Wonders of Destruction 2

[Mikoyan]

Probably the world's most powerful Shotgun... the Jackhammer!

 

[Mikoyan]

Saiga 12K, Russian semi-auto shotgun.

 

[insurgent]

Stupid little things. No THIS is power!

It's BIG!

It's powerful!

It's pretty!

And it's the RUSSIAN MI-26 GIANT HELICOPTER!

 

[Zwelgje]

...and it's vulnarable

 

[insurgent]

That's the unfortunate state of all Russian equipment... A great military though, just a little starved at the moment... just a little...

...

 

[Mikoyan]

A piece of Russian equipment that isn't very vulnerable.
The Su-25 Attack plane:

 

[insurgent]

This thread was kind of losing momentum, so here is an attempt to boost it again:

The classic MiG-21!

It looks good AND it's Russian...

That's more than you can expect!

And here's a real picture of it...

 

[CurtSibling]

My favourite mechanized vehicle!

The Hannemog!

 

[insurgent]

I don't know which mech inf I like best, but it's probably just the scout cars of Germany during WWII...

Couldn't find one, so here's a Frenchie ( ):

 

[CurtSibling]

Nice!

Always happy to oblige, the Ace has a nice image of the superb Kubelwagon!

 

[insurgent]

Are they actors, those soldiers, or is it a very high-quality colour photo dating back to the war? I'm guessing they're actors.

Thanks, BTW...

 

[CurtSibling]

It's from a re-enactment thing in the USA...
But it looks like a lot of fun!

I would want to be a Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger officer!

 

[insurgent]

This is unfortunately just a model...

That was a German Puma APC

That wasn't a real pic either, but it's the Greif scout car...

 

[insurgent]

Originally posted by CurtSibling
I would want to be a Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger officer!

Luftwaffe ground units? Bah!

The Luftwaffe even tried to build up an SS-like army, because Goering, the nutcase, wanted one. Typical, and they never did well, they did very bad infact.

I'd be a tank officer, sitting in the command vehicle, ordering steel beasts around...

 

[Mikoyan]

SS-24 "SCALPEL", railway-based mobile nuke system.

 

[insurgent]

What's that high cylinder? Is it a chimney, a silo, or something else?

 

[Mikoyan]

It's the silo.

 

[insurgent]

Strange that it's necessary to have a such thing on the train...

This is an American missile silo (on the ground ) :

Those things are huge, but you see so little of them from above:

 

[MadScot]

Originally posted by insurgent
Strange that it's necessary to have a such thing on the train...

It's one way to try to make sure some of your nukes survive a first strike. (Same logic as missile subs, basically.)

Although the fixed silos look impressive, I doubt they would survive a direct hit, and with modern ICBM CEPs that's quite likely.

If I recall correctly, one of the rationales for the B-2 was to try to take out the mobile ICBMs (since it's much easier to retarget the bomber than to retarget an ICBM)

 

[IceBlaZe]

World's best AA Missile, the Python 4.

The Lockheed Martin and Rafael team offers Python 4, the world’s most advanced short-range air-to-air missile. Python 4, a 4th generation infrared (IR) missile, was developed by Rafael and is fully operational with the Israeli Air Force. The missile has unprecedented maneuverability and an ultra-sensitive seeker that allows the pilot to achieve an absolute victory even in the fiercest dogfight.

Python 4 has a superior seeker and excellent aerodynamic performance in comparison to previous generation missiles like the Sidewinder. The missile has a large "no-escape" zone, extending to most of the pilot’s frontal hemisphere, thus allowing the pilot to destroy any target within this zone, regardless of the target’s flight path or evasive maneuver. This enlarged "no-escape" zone gives pilots an 8-to-1 advantage in close-range dogfights over any existing missile.

In addition to large detection and kinematic range, Python 4 has advanced IR counter-countermeasures (IRCCM) and high performance against fast targets.

4.6MB Movie showing the Python 4 in action: http://www.missilesandfirecontrol.com/our_news/videolibrary/PYTHON4.mpg

From FAS:

The Python-4 fourth generation A/A missile, in operational use in the Israeli Air Force , features a novel "no escape volume" performance with a unique aerodynamic configuration for superior agility. The state-of-the-art, high performance seeker incorporates an advanced IRCM & background rejection capabilities. The missile includes a highly effective fragmentation warhead. Python 4 is a very nimble "fire and forget" missile with an improved maneuvering capability. It has an advanced homing head with a lateral "squint" capability which allows it to receive signals from the line of vision of the pilot who sees the enemy plane through a special (Elbit-developed) helmet. The missile receives these signals and hits the enemy plane without requiring the pilot to steer his aircraft at the enemy plane. The Python 4 can be launched at a range of over 15 km, its warhead is over 11 kg, and its electromagnetic proximity fuze is one of the best in the world.

You don't wanna mess with Israeli planes...