Tag: artillery
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In The Presence Of Russian Artillery Greatness
Russia getting slow-motion with it: Wow that’s impressive. I can’t even fathom how loud that must be… I bet when most of those go off it’s like a midget drop kicking your chest. LOL those 152mm shells and projectiles make .50 BMG look like a toy for babies. Here are the wikipedia pages for the…
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Artillery For The Queen – Watch The Throne
Today marks 60 years Queen Elizabeth II has had the throne: Read about the 62 gun salute – HERE I could listen to that brass hit the ground all day! To quote Jay-z and Kanye on Watch The Throne… “That shit CRAY!”. The queen seems cool and all, and I know it’s history… but…
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Giant Hand Cast Pellets For Rifled Artillery Competition
The mold: The giant pellets: In action: I based the design on a JSB Exact Jumbo .177 cal pellet scaled up to 3″ diameter with slight modifications. I had a local machine shop make the mold to my specs, spent a couple hours with a file tweaking alignments and on the lathe polishing the core…
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Casual Fridays in Afghanistan
As the description says: “When a firefight breaks out and an outpost is under fire the choice between rounds down range or uniforms isn’t a hard choice.” Is that a Canadian thing? Or has the U.S. military occasionally been known to slay taliban in gym shorts and flip-flops too? Hat tip: Bryan
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FPSRussia Steps His Game Up To 40mm
Wow… I’m impressed. The guy definitely knows how to have a good time blowing shit up.