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[kamlooky]

 

[diopter]

On March 12th 1907, while Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Iéna was docked for a refit at Toulon there was a magazine explosion that was probably caused by the decomposition of old Poudre B propellant. It killed 120 people and badly damaged the ship. Investigations were launched afterwards, and the ensuing scandal forced the Navy Minister to resign. While the damage could have been repaired, the obsolete ship was considered neither worth the time nor the expense; her salvaged hulk was used as a gunnery target in 1909, then sold for scrap in 1912.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

I have a big version of this hanging on my living room wall.

 

[HuskyDude]

That is a very nice Looky.
I've had a Gerald Coulson Signed Mosquito Print...
Wish I would have purchase his Lancaster at the same time.

 

[beltfed]

I have a big version of this hanging on my living room wall.

It's a popular print - I have one in my office.

Looks as though the original oil on canvas sold for a relatively cheap ~6300 pounds back in 2009.

Wonder what it is worth these days...
https_://www.bonhams.com/auction/17254/lot/224/barrie-a-f-clark-british-1943-spitfire/

 

[kamlooky]

I have a big version of this hanging on my living room wall.

Like this?

 

[I Dont Care About You]

Yep, exactly like that.

 

[CV32]

In the 1960s, a US Army Special Forces paratrooper conducts a high altitude jump with a Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM).

A closer look at the weapon in its container.

 

[RifleDude]

 

[Tikka223]

In the 1960s, a US Army Special Forces paratrooper conducts a high altitude jump with a Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM).

A closer look at the weapon in its container.

I’d never heard of a 30lb nuclear bomb. Any more details on that?

 

[bearhunter]

They were built to fit into small suitcases and business cases as well.

 

[CV32]

I’d never heard of a 30lb nuclear bomb. Any more details on that?

I believe that's the weight of the container and attachments. The actual weapon itself was a little over 58 lbs.

They were built to fit into small suitcases and business cases as well.

The reference to 'suitcase' bombs is a bit of a misnomer. The SADM, 155mm artillery shells (like the W48), and the Davy Crockett rank among the smallest nuclear weapons, all of them over 50 lbs.

 

[Light Infantry]

I believe that's the weight of the container and attachments. The actual weapon itself was a little over 58 lbs.



The reference to 'suitcase' bombs is a bit of a misnomer. The SADM, 155mm artillery shells (like the W48), and the Davy Crockett rank among the smallest nuclear weapons, all of them over 50 lbs.

That's a shame. Airline baggage handlers don't lift anything over 50 lbs. I also think you have to pay an absurd overweight surcharge.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Flew from Victoria two days ago and was 2 pounds over the 50 limit. Nice Rustjet lady asked if there was anything in there I could carry on so as to save the $110 overweight fee.

For $110, I made something work. People look at you a bit funny when a drybag is your carry-on.

Meanwhile, on this episode of "Will It Run"...

"Reckon I can drive it out if we can get the back wheels to bite a bit..."

 

[woodchopper]

That's a shame. Airline baggage handlers don't lift anything over 50 lbs. I also think you have to pay an absurd overweight surcharge.

yup, try flying commercial with all your deployment kit, 5 x deployment boxes. Cost me 780 Euros in excess baggage to come home, but that was all on a travel claim


As I understand the Nuclear bomb suitcase was actually several suitcases that were used to assemble the nuclear weapon in-situ

 

[CV32]

As I understand the Nuclear bomb suitcase was actually several suitcases that were used to assemble the nuclear weapon in-situ

Perhaps a reference to the 1950s/1960s era T4 Atomic Demolition Munition, which had four components carried by four men.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Stumbled upon this: The #1 Armoured Train, which patrolled the tracks along the Skeena River between Terrace and Prince Rupert from 1943 to '44:

Never saw action as the Japanese were disinclined to send a sub up the river.

 

[bearhunter]

Stumbled upon this: The #1 Armoured Train, which patrolled the tracks along the Skeena River between Terrace and Prince Rupert from 1943 to '44:

Never saw action as the Japanese were disinclined to send a sub up the river.

I had two good friends, now deceased that used to ride that train as well as a similar train that ran beside the Fraser/Thompson rivers during WWII.

They were both Canadian REMEs and at stops along the way they would issue or repair the firearms of the Militia or Rocky Mountain Rangers

Their names were Les Viel who went on to establish a well known gun shop in Vernon BC and Walt Rogers, who stayed in the Army until retirement.

They were mentors and treasure troves of information on everything from Lee Enfields, 1911s pistols, Webley/Enfield/S&W revolvers to Garands, Springfields and Enfield P14/17 rifles. I miss them both.

 

[CV32]

[On 4 June] 1945, over 100 feet of USS Pittsburgh's bow was snapped off by a typhoon near Okinawa. The heavy cruiser managed to make it to Guam where she was referred to as the "Longest Ship in the World" because the distance from bow to stern was thousands of miles.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

"Reckon I can drive it out if we can get the back wheels to bite a bit..."

[/QUOTE]

I learned to drive in one of those. Summer job breaking land on a reserve in Northern Alberta, think it came there by way of Princess Auto. Left hand gear shift and no synchromesh.

Grizz