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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => 20th Century => Topic started by: fsn on 22 February 2016, 09:34:13 PM

Title: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: fsn on 22 February 2016, 09:34:13 PM
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/v/t1.0-9/12729361_551051458395920_1254986532599798865_n.jpg?oh=2d68b91b84c21be64e6aa07da7d89f03&oe=575A0F06)

Anyone any ideas about this?

Seems to me the first shot would take the creature's ears off.
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Leman on 22 February 2016, 09:35:31 PM
I imagine there's another one following with the wheels.
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: fsn on 22 February 2016, 09:37:28 PM
Can you identify the weapon?
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: petercooman on 22 February 2016, 10:03:31 PM
Well, you are supposed to put a carrot on the ground before firing, to make it lower its head.
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Womble67 on 22 February 2016, 10:07:02 PM
Quote from: petercooman on 22 February 2016, 10:03:31 PM
Well, you are supposed to put a carrot on the ground before firing, to make it lower its head.

;D lol

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on 22 February 2016, 10:26:16 PM
Hello

Sorry to be pedantic (no, love it actually  :D ) that's a mule, not a donley.

Donkey
(http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/donkey-340x242.jpg)

Mule
(http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mule-340x255.jpg)

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan
(Didn't realise how much I'd been missing the Preview button)
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: paulr on 23 February 2016, 12:14:20 AM
Hopefully not the M-29 Davy Crockett tactical nuclear recoilless gun :o

My guess would be the US M18 recoilless rifle used in Europe and the Pacific late in WWII :-\
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: d_Guy on 23 February 2016, 06:10:49 AM
It looks remarkably like a V-1 buzz bomb - with four landing gears and a biomechanical guidance system. A late war mark VII I think.
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Roy on 23 February 2016, 09:02:34 AM
the real 'weapon of mass destruction' is deposited from the mule, after the gun's fired, and the animal sh**s itself in fright.

(http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smileys-and-emoticons/horses/smileys-horses-662210.gif)
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: NTM on 23 February 2016, 10:06:20 PM
Makes a change from this one

(http://i.imgur.com/WDeAoSg.jpg)
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: fsn on 23 February 2016, 11:31:16 PM
Schreck and donkey.
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: paulr on 24 February 2016, 12:35:09 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: FierceKitty on 24 February 2016, 01:20:10 AM
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Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Techno on 24 February 2016, 07:56:00 AM
Very good, Nobby !  ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Roy on 24 February 2016, 11:35:11 AM
 ;D  :-bd

but I've now got so many questions concerning that ww2 model...

Personally, I'd favour a camel

(http://trooperworld.wikidot.com/local--files/camel-guns/army_camels5.jpg)

QuoteDeveloped in 1851, the zoomburuk (a.k.a. "camel gun") has changed life in the desert regions of the planet. Early models had a fibrous matting stuffed in among the barrels which could be soaked with water to cool the barrels down. Later models eliminated the matting-filled barrels as being counterproductive. The ammunition was initially a steel cylinder charged with black powder and primed with a percussion cap, because self-contained brass cartridges had not yet been fully developed and become available. The shells were gravity-fed into the breech through a hopper or stick magazine on top of the gun. Each barrel had its own firing mechanism. After 1861, new brass cartridges similar to modern cartridges replaced the paper cartridge, but camel guns did not switch to them immediately.

(http://trooperworld.wdfiles.com/local--files/camel-guns/camel.JPG.jpeg)

QuoteStarting in 1874, many desert nomadic tribes began purchasing the zoomburuk, and mounting them to their camels. These guns featured a shorter, lighter bronze breech that resulted in a lighter and sturdier .45 cal. gun. The gun had an automatic or manual traversing mechanism and for the first time, an adjustable set screw which permitted head space adjustment. A right hand mounting sight permitted the feed hopper to be shifted from 45° to a vertical feed, using a new box magazine. The guns were made in two lengths, a musket length and a smaller shorter length zoomburuk gun. This ten-barrel .45 cal. gun had an improved automatic or manual traversing mechanism.

(http://trooperworld.wikidot.com/local--files/camel-guns/Gatling_Camel1.jpg)

QuoteFurthermore, one of the most charming and characterful of these "stable technologies" is the camel, a stubborn creature able to survive in some of the most inhospitable environments in the world. Camels have long been admired by indigenous desert dwellers and foreigners alike for their toughness, intelligence, and reliability in arid environments. Indeed, as a staple method of transport they have survived through even into the present day, surpassing automobiles in certain areas. With pests ranging from the Temujin, to land coral, the zoomburuk serves as powerful tool for many nomadic tribes in the region.


(http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/1857revolt/reinforcements/iln1858b.jpg)

(http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky3yrmXJkC1qavaugo1_1280.png)

(http://www.iranicaonline.org/uploads/files/firearms-zanburak.jpg)

(http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/l.aspx?k=1262311)

Or an elephant!

(http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/s_640x_480-tfb.jpg)

Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Roy on 24 February 2016, 11:36:38 AM
I can see a whole host of future figure requests from this thread!  ;D
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: FierceKitty on 24 February 2016, 12:54:02 PM
Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 24 February 2016, 11:36:38 AM
I can see a whole host of future figure requests from this thread!  ;D

Easy conversions in many cases, don't you think?
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Roy on 24 February 2016, 01:32:47 PM
Possibly. But DIY stuff always runs the risk of looking inferior to a professionally sculpted miniature (unless the sculptor was drunk while pushing the putt). 
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Techno on 24 February 2016, 04:07:07 PM
Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 24 February 2016, 01:32:47 PM
(unless the sculptor was drunk while pushing the putt). 

That's against the rules of golf.....You must strike the ball cleanly with a putter.....Not push it.  :D

Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Anti Tank Donkey
Post by: Roy on 24 February 2016, 06:24:19 PM
Ha. I won't say what it was I was doing that got me thrown off the putting green!  :P  ;)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aUe-U1Xmc9s/TkQpLkXGVPI/AAAAAAAAAKw/btiawiExELk/s600/042.JPG)