Anybody know what type of rifle is pictured in #25? Is it some sort of strange P90 variant?
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#42Anybody know what type of rifle is pictured in #25? Is it some sort of strange P90 variant?
It's an FN F2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_F2000)
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#43I was puzzled that the UB-32 rocket launchers have English instructions printed on them instead of Arabic. The CIA World Factbook does say that Arabic, Italian, and English are all understood in the major cities. Still surprising.
I was surprised by that too. I would have excepted Russian instructions instead of Arabic though. Maybe all (official) Russian exports have English text?
English is the new lingua-franca.
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#44This is the makings for a hit show on Discovery channel or TLC
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
When the person in picture #3 makes that sign, it is described as the "victory sign." I imagine that's what the guy holding the rockets meant, too.
Both the "peace" and "V for victory" signs have the palm facing forwards. That's a "fuck you" sign, at least where I'm from. I'm not from Libya though.
From http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/the-v-sign/biogr...
"The Churchillian gesture
Winston Churchill took up the Victory campaign enthusiastically, and made a V sign with his fingers whenever a camera was pointed at him, his palm facing in both directions. This dismayed his private secretary, John Colville. In September 1941, Colville wrote in his diary, ''The PM will give the V-sign with two fingers in spite of representations repeatedly made to him that this gesture has quite another significance.''
Churchill was eventually persuaded to use only the palm forwards gesture."
There are images of Churchill using both gestures.
I don't think one can be entirely sure of the intention though general body language and facial expression usually will carry which meaning is intended.
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#46Hopefully they don't get too good at this. It's rare that a revolutionary army can lay down its weapons after the war. The French thought it would be fun to "liberate" the rest of Europe after their revolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars
well America did it pretty well
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is no recoil.
Well, there's a bit but its not like they're firing 120mm cannons from those things. And really, the US fires missiles from the backs of trucks all the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hmmwv-036.jpg
That hummer also weighs in excess of 5000 pounds stock not including the missile system and is designed to have recoil less rockets fired from a top mounted turret. That Toyota truck weighs less, has a weaker chassis, and is in no way designed to have a non professional weld job mounted missile launcher designed for a hind gunship mounted in the bed. The Toyota truck only weighs about 3000 pounds, firing that system on the slightest of inclines would literally roll the truck over.
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#48Hopefully they don't get too good at this. It's rare that a revolutionary army can lay down its weapons after the war. The French thought it would be fun to "liberate" the rest of Europe after their revolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars
well America did it pretty well
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#49The first image, with the flag-painted rocket launcher, suggests morale is high.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, there's a bit but its not like they're firing 120mm cannons from those things. And really, the US fires missiles from the backs of trucks all the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hmmwv-036.jpg
That hummer also weighs in excess of 5000 pounds stock not including the missile system and is designed to have recoil less rockets fired from a top mounted turret. That Toyota truck weighs less, has a weaker chassis, and is in no way designed to have a non professional weld job mounted missile launcher designed for a hind gunship mounted in the bed. The Toyota truck only weighs about 3000 pounds, firing that system…
There is no recoil from a tube-launched rocket. These have no jump-charge, as they were not designed to be operated with humans in range, so it's pure rocket propulsion from the start.