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[CV32]

Would have been deadly in the ground attack mode.

Not really. Virtually no protection, so lots of personnel in exposed position, limited range, low onboard ammunition capacity.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

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There is a Youtube about some guys building warbird replicas. One flies what the other builds. At one point they were walking past a kitchen supply store. One guy stops and stares at the display of big aluminum or stainless soup ladles. Bing! That became the rearview mirror mount.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Bob's a smart lad.

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[sail32]

That's a neat picture showing the 105mm projectile going down range.

I don't remember the black smoke though !

 

[Expatriot]

Hard to say.
The trails look like they haven't dug in so if I had to guess, I would say cold bore and cold first round.

 

[Sharps '74]

Not really. Virtually no protection, so lots of personnel in exposed position, limited range, low onboard ammunition capacity.

So you dig the gun into a bunker or fortified position, a revetment.

 

[diopter]

That's a neat picture showing the 105mm projectile going down range.

I don't remember the black smoke though !

Bore likely had protective grease to prevent condensation from the cold.
The Swiss call that a "Fettschuss", when someone forgets to patched out the grease in their barrel.

 

[CV32]

So you dig the gun into a bunker or fortified position, a revetment.

There are better tools for that.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

That's a neat picture showing the 105mm projectile going down range.

I don't remember the black smoke though !

Knew a guy who's dad worked in research at Suffield during the war. One of their jobs was to observe artillery projectiles in flight. Apparently those things pitch and jaw very considerably on their way to a target. After the war, 1964 , they piled up 500 tons of HE and let her blow.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=suffield+non+nuclear+explosion&t=chromentp&atb=v200-5zk&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=8BghIznDn5o

Grizz

 

[HuskyDude]

Bob's a smart lad.

[youtube]pzkoTulqA1U[/youtube]

I wanted an Allison engine...because...one thing...all my wrenches fit it

 

[AP]

Knew a guy who's dad worked in research at Suffield during the war. One of their jobs was to observe artillery projectiles in flight. Apparently those things pitch and jaw very considerably on their way to a target. After the war, 1964 , they piled up 500 tons of HE and let her blow.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=suffield+non+nuclear+explosion&t=chromentp&atb=v200-5zk&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=8BghIznDn5o

Grizz

Apparently the ’nose’ of the projectile describes a circle and then at some point goes to ‘sleep’ .... seems to me an artilleryman once described this action to me as a ‘roseatte’ or similar term iirc. Maybe someone can correct me.

 

[sail32]

Pitch and Yaw for the technically inclined.

Detecting Pitch and Yaw and In-flight Damping with Optical Chronographs

https://www.researchgate.net/public...d_In-flight_Damping_with_Optical_Chronographs

 

[Grizzly Adams]

German version of the Hunley, built in 1850 and named Brandtaucher . The inventor and crew were luckier, they escaped with their lives. Wilhelm Bauer was honored by having the salvaged U 2540 named after him after it was similarly rescued from the Deep.

U 2540

Toured this one in Bremerhaven.

Grizz

 

[AP]

Pitch and Yaw for the technically inclined.

Detecting Pitch and Yaw and In-flight Damping with Optical Chronographs

https://www.researchgate.net/public...d_In-flight_Damping_with_Optical_Chronographs

Now I remember what it was ... the larger precessional circle described by the projectile has little (nutation) circles superimposed on it ... the arcs described are referred to as a rosette (ie the image of a rose)

 

[AP]

German version of the Hunley, built in 1850 and named Brandtaucher . The inventor and crew were luckier, they escaped with their lives. Wilhelm Bauer was honored by having the salvaged U 2540 named after him after it was similarly rescued from the Deep.

U 2540

Toured this one in Bremerhaven.

Grizz

Also there is this https://www.marinemuseum.de/ in Wilhelmshaven -- not that far away ... some trivia ... although Canadian troops were part of the occupying force in Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven immediately after wars end ... the US took over Bremerhaven as they had no port access. The Canadians continued in Wilhelmshaven. I understand that Wilhelmshaven is the only German 'deep water' port ...

 

[fat tony]

For the past 40 years, Canadians across the land have listened to CBC Radio on Christmas eve to hear the same ghost story — a tradition that leaves them both haunted and fulfilled. The reading by Alan Maitland of Frederick Forsyth's classic short story The Shepherd will leave you with chills no matter how many times you listen. Click to read the story which includes a link to the recording:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappen...ds-frederick-forsyth-s-the-shepherd-1.4458378

You can't say Forsyth does not know a great many secrets. His books all hint at this. After all it was (still is?)his job to be the custodian (janitor?) of secrets.

 

[fat tony]

The bows of USS Scorpion. Lost on an unkown mission.

 

[fat tony]

German version of the Hunley, built in 1850 and named Brandtaucher . The inventor and crew were luckier, they escaped with their lives. Wilhelm Bauer was honored by having the salvaged U 2540 named after him after it was similarly rescued from the Deep.

U 2540

Toured this one in Bremerhaven.

Grizz

The Kriegsmarin was just settling on a proper modern stabilized midget submarine at war's end. It sort of resembled the DPRK Yugo class submarine. It was designed to slip throgh a neglected Allied defence window. Luckily for the Allies they had few at war's end and very limited berthing options at the end of the war. Not enough of these made it out of the shipyards.

Zeehund iirc.

 

[fat tony]

The Brits sure liked the Polish contribution to the war effort but after WWII seemed to have considered them all to be an embarrassing burden. Correct me if I am wrong. . .

 

[Still alive]

The Brits sure liked the Polish contribution to the war effort but after WWII seemed to have considered themall to be an embarassing burden. Correct me if I am wrong. . .

There’s a movie on Netflix called “ Mission of Honor” that seems to agree with you.