tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post116333532238713110..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Iran Is Making a Habit of Using Drones Over US Navy Warships in the Gulf.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163369197915336332006-11-12T17:06:00.000-05:002006-11-12T17:06:00.000-05:00USN gotta have an antidote, tho--right?USN gotta have an antidote, tho--right?buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163369094003879272006-11-12T17:04:00.000-05:002006-11-12T17:04:00.000-05:00There's some sort of rocket mine that is undetecta...There's some sort of rocket mine that is undetectable on the seabed, dunno how it works but have heard it is a new threat.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163365518872377502006-11-12T16:05:00.000-05:002006-11-12T16:05:00.000-05:00lord knows what's all over that sea floor already....lord knows what's all over that sea floor already. Some nasty stuff available from the bazaar.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163363060214440632006-11-12T15:24:00.000-05:002006-11-12T15:24:00.000-05:00I think Whit's partner Tiger is a gunsmithI think Whit's partner Tiger is a gunsmithDeuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163360474077408182006-11-12T14:41:00.000-05:002006-11-12T14:41:00.000-05:00Lots of 'pullout' stuff here.Anyone know how to sa...<A HREF="http://instapundit.com/archives2/2006/11/post_302.php" REL="nofollow">Lots of 'pullout' stuff here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Anyone know how to say "Yes, Boss, No, Boss" in Farsi?buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163359791619633042006-11-12T14:29:00.000-05:002006-11-12T14:29:00.000-05:00Corsair wreck, from same site. Tell there ain't sp...<A HREF="http://www.guadalcanal.homestead.com/files/t_VILU_CORSAIR_WRECK.JPG" REL="nofollow">Corsair</A> wreck, from same site. Tell there ain't spirits around in this pic.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163359512723079372006-11-12T14:25:00.000-05:002006-11-12T14:25:00.000-05:00pic of one, found on Guadalcanal in 2004 [i think]...<A HREF="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.guadalcanal.homestead.com/files/3_WOODPECKER_REALLY_ROTTED.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.guadalcanal.homestead.com/guadacanal2004.html&h=251&w=324&sz=12&hl=en&sig2=TVZhw8BRvrfXFkeIhFQ8Eg&start=1&tbnid=B5uNFrE83bTlBM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=118&ei=xnJXReSFO6XG6gGlzJ27Ag&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnambu%2Bwoodpecker%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG" REL="nofollow">pic</A> of one, found on Guadalcanal in 2004 [i think].buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163359174992670252006-11-12T14:19:00.000-05:002006-11-12T14:19:00.000-05:00'course, WWII mg's regards, Marines would've been ...'course, WWII mg's regards, Marines would've been working against the Japanese <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=EGLC,EGLC:2006-42,EGLC:en&q=japanese+nambu+woodpecker" REL="nofollow">"woodpecker"</A>.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163356840554907712006-11-12T13:40:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:40:00.000-05:00Maschinegerwehr 42Maybe the best machine gun ever ...<A HREF="http://www.magweb.com/sample/sbwire/sbw22mas.htm" REL="nofollow">Maschinegerwehr 42</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://efour4ever.com/machineguns_germany.htm" REL="nofollow">Maybe the best machine gun ever made</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-weapons/enemy_ww2.htm" REL="nofollow">MG42</A>allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163356151113889412006-11-12T13:29:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:29:00.000-05:00ppab, there's oodles of e-auctions--try search. I'...ppab, there's oodles of e-auctions--try search. I'll bet a real BAR will be higher'n a cat's back, tho. and 'fixed' to semi-auto only.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163355920070170772006-11-12T13:25:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:25:00.000-05:00Council for Asian Parliaments for Peace, meeting i...Council for Asian Parliaments for Peace, meeting in Tehran. Achmadinejad sounding wounded that Iran is having trouble with their peaceful nuke program, that complaints are unfair and illegitimate.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163355776336829162006-11-12T13:22:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:22:00.000-05:00i really don't think they'll stab us in the eye ag...i really don't think they'll stab us in the eye again. i think they're doing too well rolling up the flanks.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163355371458577762006-11-12T13:16:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:16:00.000-05:00I'm new to the world of firearms, having just aske...I'm new to the world of firearms, having just asked the state police of IL to furnish me with the requisite documents, so let that qualify any dumb question I'm about to ask - <BR/><BR/>Is the only difference between the BARs in the link below and those used in WW2 is the magazine?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/category.asp?value=002B" REL="nofollow">Browning's BAR catalog</A><BR/><BR/>I'm looking for a gun-building project and was wondering about the BAR, but there are auctions where they are selling those models above and they arent badly priced it seems...<BR/><BR/>Anyone own one of these things?ppabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397701842612162531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163355338072882092006-11-12T13:15:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:15:00.000-05:00ppab, about three or four of the New Bosses have l...ppab, about three or four of the New Bosses have lit my nearby tv screen just this morning, trying to top each other with how fast we be gwan skedaddle out the neighborhood. Carl Levin was just the latest, just now.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163354864195858452006-11-12T13:07:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:07:00.000-05:00plus it weighed 20 lbs. that long barrel would've ...plus it weighed 20 lbs. that long barrel would've been the shitz with less total wt. i don't think anyone much shoulder-fired it, anyway, right?buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163354666783550362006-11-12T13:04:00.001-05:002006-11-12T13:04:00.001-05:00My Grandpa hefted one of those BARs. Has only goo...My Grandpa hefted one of those BARs. Has only good things to say about it.<BR/><BR/>====================<BR/><BR/>The seemingly intractable situation of sectarian violence belies the ambiguity of who has the monopoly of force. <BR/><BR/>Right now, all the ambiguous violence only serves to tug along a given constituency. Of course, it seems the Shias and Sunnis are tugging a little harder. <BR/><BR/>And the amount of violence you are willing to produce should, in the Iraqi environment, testify to how likely you are to remake that environment into what you want. <BR/><BR/>I can't help but think about <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_of_New_York#Plot_synopsis" REL="nofollow">Gangs of NY</A> and the final scene:<BR/><BR/><I>"Bill's gang and Amsterdam's meet in Paradise Square. At the moment they are ready to fight each other, the Union Navy fire their cannons into the city, directly into Paradise Square. Many of both gangs are killed, and an enormous cloud of dust and debris covers the area. This destruction is followed up by a wave of Union soldiery, who wipe out many of the gang members (including McGloin) with massed rifle fire. Abandoning their gangs, Amsterdam and Bill exchange blows in the haze, then are both thrown to the ground by another cannon blast. When the smoke clears, Bill discovers he has been mortally wounded by a piece of shrapnel impaling his side. Looking around at the devastation, he declares, "Thank God I die a true American," and allows Amsterdam to stab him, dying with his hand locked in Amsterdam's."</I><BR/><BR/>All in all, were going to have to get some bloodlust. Iraqis will stop being fools once we show them that fools get killed fast. Iraq isn't a mess. Our national conscience or w/e is. I think its only as intractable as our sympathies overwhelm the desire to deliver retribution. <BR/><BR/>Forgiveness only means something in a context where retribution is an accepted norm. Otherwise, it just paints you as a blind optimist, i.e. bait, prey or a tutsi.ppabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397701842612162531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163354664305733372006-11-12T13:04:00.000-05:002006-11-12T13:04:00.000-05:00if if if, the Alabama boys hadn't force-marched th...if if if, the Alabama boys hadn't force-marched the night before, if they had et anything that day, if they had even known what the hilltop was--an infilade along along the whole union line--the battle goes the other way, and maybe only a truce would've kept Lee out of DC.<BR/><BR/>Only thing I can think of in that league of "razor-thin margin with momentous outcome", was the timing of those dive-bombers over the EOJ fleet at Midway.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163353629217733542006-11-12T12:47:00.000-05:002006-11-12T12:47:00.000-05:00One of my uncles was at BloodyNose Ridge AND Heart...One of my uncles was at BloodyNose Ridge AND HeartBreak Ridge.<BR/><BR/>He told me a good inner tube was a great weapon cause it could sling a granade over the razorback of the mountain on which the the other side was full of Chi-coms.Habuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883037170077821624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163353529045352492006-11-12T12:45:00.000-05:002006-11-12T12:45:00.000-05:00Chamberlain's order to "fix bayonets!" and run dow...Chamberlain's order to "fix bayonets!" and run down the hill after the Bama 15th was the froth floating on top of the high water of the high water. And it came because they plumb ran out of gunpowder.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163353333727497572006-11-12T12:42:00.000-05:002006-11-12T12:42:00.000-05:00durn blue-nose computer and its forbidden zone.tha...durn blue-nose computer and its forbidden zone.<BR/><BR/>that BAR, was a long-range sniper rifle in the barren hills along the Korean static line, i've read. It must reach far and not just fast.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163352711713784342006-11-12T12:31:00.000-05:002006-11-12T12:31:00.000-05:00I was always a fan of this piece of personal artil...I was always a fan of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M79_grenade_launcher" REL="nofollow">this piece</A> of personal artillery.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163352344730932672006-11-12T12:25:00.000-05:002006-11-12T12:25:00.000-05:00my computer forbids me to see the ammo toter, tho ...my computer forbids me to see the ammo toter, tho the red textile-covered unit did come thrubuddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163351947046077362006-11-12T12:19:00.000-05:002006-11-12T12:19:00.000-05:00if Gettysburg was the South's high-water, then the...if Gettysburg was the South's high-water, then the attack on Little Round Top was the high-water of the high-water. That attack was made by an Alabama unit.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163351871709107332006-11-12T12:17:00.000-05:002006-11-12T12:17:00.000-05:00Rufus,Ya gotta have someone tote the ammo.AmmoTote...Rufus,<BR/>Ya gotta have someone tote the ammo.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://64.211.46.141/rp/Silvstedt_J88423294.jpg" REL="nofollow">AmmoToter</A>Habuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883037170077821624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163351652776187282006-11-12T12:14:00.000-05:002006-11-12T12:14:00.000-05:00I was born in Alabam. Jackson, on the Tombigbee ri...I was born in Alabam. Jackson, on the Tombigbee river.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.com