HomeBrew's Military thread

[Homebrew]

Holy Crap. What an awesome looking machine

But we can't have healthcare or afford to pay teachers...

Stay in your lane sparky.

[Homebrew]

When they hear or see A-10s, they know the business end of combat is overhead and that maybe it's time to retreat and withdraw because ... they know the punishment that we can deliver is pretty devastating.

[Antknot]

When they hear or see A-10s, they know the business end of combat is overhead and that maybe it's time to retreat and withdraw because ... they know the punishment that we can deliver is pretty devastating.

In the late 70s early 80s I help test the ammunition for that weapon. We would get a bunch in test a third of it at ambient temperature, a third it cold soak temperature using liquid nitrogen, and the third and the elevated temperature. They always tasted the elevated temperature stuff last cause it was always Squirrley. Well not always Squirrley but historically Squirrley.

[stonedmegman]

When they hear or see A-10s, they know the business end of combat is overhead and that maybe it's time to retreat and withdraw because ... they know the punishment that we can deliver is pretty devastating.

In the late 70s early 80s I help test the ammunition for that weapon. We would get a bunch in test a third of it at ambient temperature, a third it cold soak temperature using liquid nitrogen, and the third and the elevated temperature. They always tasted the elevated temperature stuff last cause it was always Squirrley. Well not always Squirrley but historically Squirrley.

I read somewhere that the A-10 did not eject shell casings when firing.

[Antknot]

When they hear or see A-10s, they know the business end of combat is overhead and that maybe it's time to retreat and withdraw because ... they know the punishment that we can deliver is pretty devastating.

In the late 70s early 80s I help test the ammunition for that weapon. We would get a bunch in test a third of it at ambient temperature, a third it cold soak temperature using liquid nitrogen, and the third and the elevated temperature. They always tasted the elevated temperature stuff last cause it was always Squirrley. Well not always Squirrley but historically Squirrley.

I read somewhere that the A-10 did not eject shell casings when firing.

No it doesn’t. The spent casings are returned to the drum that the ammo is stored in. The drum is a giant screw and Ed’s chain fade from the drum to the gun from the gun back to the drum.

[CentralTexasCrude]

When they hear or see A-10s, they know the business end of combat is overhead and that maybe it's time to retreat and withdraw because ... they know the punishment that we can deliver is pretty devastating.

In the late 70s early 80s I help test the ammunition for that weapon. We would get a bunch in test a third of it at ambient temperature, a third it cold soak temperature using liquid nitrogen, and the third and the elevated temperature. They always tasted the elevated temperature stuff last cause it was always Squirrley. Well not always Squirrley but historically Squirrley.

I read somewhere that the A-10 did not eject shell casings when firing.

No it doesn’t. The spent casings are returned to the drum that the ammo is stored in. The drum is a giant screw and Ed’s chain fade from the drum to the gun from the gun back to the drum.

What's the reason/ reasoning behind that?

[Animal]

to maintain the weight balance.

[Antknot]

to maintain the weight balance.

That’s probably a minor consideration. The weight of the projectile and spent propellant is more than the remaining case. My suspicion is that an ejected case would have a tendency to get into the intakes of the jet engines.

[Homebrew]

Sgt. Al Merkling, one of the best artists in the South Pacific, working on B-24 Liberator “Patched up Piece”.

[Animal]

[Animal]

[Homebrew]

Very nice finds.

[Homebrew]

October 17, 1922 Lt. Virgil C. Griffen made the first take-off from a U.S. aircraft carrier in a U.S. aircraft, the Vought VE-7, from the deck of the USS Langley.

[Homebrew]

On October 19, 2001, several 12-man Special Forces detachments from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s 5th Special Forces Group, began arriving in Afghanistan in the middle of the night, transported by aviators from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

They were the first ground Soldiers of the war on terrorism following the attacks on September 11.

[Homebrew]

On October 22, 2015, SGM Thomas Payne was part of a daring nighttime hostage rescue in the northern town of Hawija, Iraq. Their mission: to free dozens of Iraqi hostages held at a prison by ISIS. Many of them were captured Iraqi security forces personnel, and the task force had learned that they were under imminent threat of execution.

Once the rescue team exited the CH-47 helicopters at the prison, a battle almost immediately erupted. They were able to scale a wall to get into the compound, where they cleared one building and found 38 hostages, who were freed and taken to safety.

An intense firefight was underway in a second building, which had started to burn. Payne and other US soldiers responded to radio calls for assistance from Kurdish soldiers who were pinned down. Through intense gunfire, Payne and another soldier climbed a ladder to the roof where they engaged several enemy fighters on the ground. After an ISIS fighter detonated a suicide vest to try to collapse the building, and all of the other enemy fighters were eliminated, the two men returned to the ground to seek another point of entry.

Payne and a Kurdish commando entered the burning building and faced intense gunfire. He cut one door lock but had to retreat due to the heavy smoke and gunfire. A Kurdish commando tried to cut the second lock but failed. After entering the area again, he was able to cut the last lock and free an additional 30 prisoners. With the building collapsing, the order was given to evacuate. Payne directed everyone out and was the last person to exit after going back in the burning building two more times, to ensure that no one had been left behind.

For his actions that night, SGM Payne became the first living Delta Force member to receive the Medal of Honor.

[Homebrew]

Early Sunday morning on October 23, 1983, a suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb at the building serving as a barracks for 1st Battalion 8th Marines (Battalion Landing Team – BLT 1/8) of the 2nd Marine Division, killing 220 Marines, 18 sailors and 3 soldiers, making this incident the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Another 128 Americans were wounded in the blast; 13 later died of their injuries, and they are counted among the number who died. The explosives used were later estimated to be equivalent to as much as 21,000 pounds of TNT.

A group called Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombings and said that the aim was to drive the multinational forces out of Lebanon. Some analysis highlight the role of Hezbollah and Iran, calling it "an Iranian operation from top to bottom". There is no consensus on whether Hezbollah existed at the time of bombing.

The attack eventually led to the withdrawal of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon, where they had been stationed following the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) withdrawal in the aftermath of Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

[Homebrew]

On October 25, 1944, the first kamikaze suicide bombers attacked Allied warships during World War II’s ferocious Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought in the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines.

[CentralTexasCrude]

Thanks for keeping this thread going, HomeBrew

[CentralTexasCrude]

You've seen the docs on the Pearl Harbor attack forever.
Found a 3 part documentary on the aftermath- Salvage efforts that lasted a long time to get the damaged ships, docks, equipment repaired and the base back on to a war footing. I've heard even 3 years later, the harbor stank for miles around from all the oil. Pretty dry watching but worth a watch when you have an hour and a half free

[Homebrew]

A German V-2 rocket prepared by the British military with the help of Wehrmacht personnel for a test launch at a proving ground in the Altenwalde region, Germany. October 1945.

[Homebrew]

B-17 of 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group at Rackheath with battle damage from a mission over Hamburg, 6 November 1944.

[CentralTexasCrude]

B-17 of 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group at Rackheath with battle damage from a mission over Hamburg, 6 November 1944.

Holy crap

[Homebrew]

F-14 FUN FACT OF THE DAY

In order to park an F-14 Tomcat, the wings must be swept back to 75 degrees. The wings are in “oversweep” as they overlap the horizontal wing stabilizers, allowing them to fit more aircraft on the flight deck.

The wiring that put the wings into this position broke “a lot”. Lieutenant Commander Walt Winters, a former F-14 Tomcat electrician with 12 years of experience on the Turkey, had the following to say about the wiring that would set the wing sweep to 75 degrees:

Sometimes you would have to jury-rig it. And you're doing this while you're on top of the airplane. It's still running, the engines are hot, and the [flight crew] are still in there. You've got panels open, and the boss is yelling over the loudspeaker, 'Get the wings back!' Jets are landing right beside you at 150 miles an hour. And taking off. And sometimes it's raining.

[Homebrew]

U.S. Marine and combat cameraman Norman Hatch, gives a drink of water to a kitten who was hiding under a destroyed Japanese tank, during the battle of Tarawa on November 23, 1943.

[Homebrew]

Dec. 5th, 1945, Flight 19 of five TBF Avengers disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. A Navy investigation concluded that the planes ran out of fuel after leader LT Charles Taylor got lost. Taylor's mother did not want her son blamed, so she lobbied to have the report changed to state "cause unknown" which has led to bizarre theories about the aviators being abducted by aliens.