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JU_88
11-10-11, 11:39 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15652440
Cool video clip of them test firing the gun :DL
Gerald
11-10-11, 11:44 AM
:salute:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=189501
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 11:52 AM
Made In Britain :smug:
Gerald
11-10-11, 11:53 AM
Made In Britain :smug: Yes,:salute:
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 11:55 AM
http://www.thebullatlinton.co.uk/images/churchill-poster.jpg
Gerald
11-10-11, 11:59 AM
http://www.thebullatlinton.co.uk/images/churchill-poster.jpg Is it a well oiled tonight, :DL
JU_88
11-10-11, 12:00 PM
Made In Britain :smug:

Those were the days :woot: Long before we made SA-80s that jammed if you look them wrong. :D
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 12:06 PM
Is it a well oiled tonight, :DL

Not sure...waiting of a phone call from the son and heir.
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 12:07 PM
Those were the days :woot: Long before we made SA-80s that jammed if you look them wrong. :D

The days of wood and metal firearms...long before plastics :DL
Gerald
11-10-11, 12:10 PM
Not sure...waiting of a phone call from the son and heir. Yes it is more important, rubber legs, you can have another night :up:
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 12:13 PM
Aye.

Back OT F.
JU_88
11-10-11, 12:14 PM
The days of wood and metal firearms...long before plastics :DL

bring back swords and Knights in shining armour!
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 12:16 PM
bring back swords and Knights in shining armour!

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!

http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/grail/large/HolyGrail034.jpg
JU_88
11-10-11, 12:21 PM
"You yellow bastards! Ill bite yer legs off!" :up:
http://content8.flixster.com/question/60/67/31/6067310_std.jpg
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 12:32 PM
http://www.goldlabel.com/wp-content/themes/GoldLabel_1r4/images/product-categories/monty-python/monty-python-flesh-wound-merchandise.jpg (http://www.goldlabel.com/monty-python/monty-python-flesh-wound-merchandise.html)
Ducimus
11-10-11, 12:37 PM
Anyone else recognize the narrator in the video in the BBC link? He was one of the narrators to the modern battlefield series or some name like that. I watched that entire series, wish they'd make more of them.
Oberon
11-10-11, 12:54 PM
Dan Snow, son of the Swingometer ;)

There'll be a series covering archeological digs on World War II sites early next year I believe, of which the Spitfire will be one episode. :yep:
gimpy117
11-10-11, 12:57 PM
I remember when they pulled the 20MM cannon from Glacier Gal it still fired, no restoration required
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 01:04 PM
I remember when they pulled the 20MM cannon from Glacier Gal it still fired, no restoration required

Rgr that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p8h43TRXwk
nikimcbee
11-10-11, 02:31 PM
http://www.goldlabel.com/wp-content/themes/GoldLabel_1r4/images/product-categories/monty-python/monty-python-flesh-wound-merchandise.jpg (http://www.goldlabel.com/monty-python/monty-python-flesh-wound-merchandise.html)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkDYo-78rqA
papa_smurf
11-10-11, 02:43 PM
Proud to be British:salute:
soopaman2
11-10-11, 02:50 PM
Makes me proud to be a colonial offspring.
We certainly did inherit your military tradition.


God bless the queen, and god bless the USA:D
JU_88
11-10-11, 03:47 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkDYo-78rqA
:haha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_qLOL6TUU
:woot:
Oberon
11-10-11, 03:58 PM
:haha:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_qLOL6TUU
:woot:

Saw him live, bloody funny :yep::yeah:
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 06:29 PM
Saw him live, bloody funny :yep::yeah:

Rock on :DL
Sailor Steve
11-10-11, 07:22 PM
Made In Britain :smug:
So were Lucas electronics. Remember "The Lord Of Darkness"? :O:
:rotfl2:
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 07:31 PM
So were Lucas electronics. Remember "The Lord Of Darkness"? :O:
:rotfl2:

Pardon?.....could be me :hmmm:
Sailor Steve
11-10-11, 07:35 PM
Pardon?.....could be me :hmmm:
Just teasing. "Made in Britain" was meant to be praise, and it was, and I agree. But it put me in mind of a British firm that was legendary for its bad products, so of course I just couldn't resist.
http://www.hermit.cc/mania/tmc/articles/lucas.htm
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 08:04 PM
Naughty bugga :DL
Falkirion
11-10-11, 09:59 PM
I thought the ability of bogs around the British Isle to preserve things was widely known. I've read stories about people from the middle ages and earlier being well preserved thanks to them.

Awesome that they managed to restore the gun and get it to fire, would love to be able to ride in the backseat of one of these fighters one day.
Sailor Steve
11-10-11, 10:13 PM
I thought the ability of bogs around the British Isle to preserve things was widely known. I've read stories about people from the middle ages and earlier being well preserved thanks to them.
And of course my warped brain started turning 'bogs' into some kind of ale and "people from the middle ages" into "people in their middle ages", and you can figure out the rest.

Seriously, though, I too think that it's purely awesome that they have the gun in working order. :rock:
TLAM Strike
11-10-11, 10:14 PM
Made In Britain :smug:
From an American design. :know:
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 06:41 AM
From an American design. :know:

But improved upon during the manufacturing process....and by women at that :O:
Oberon
11-11-11, 07:59 AM
But improved upon during the manufacturing process....and by women at that :O:

Like a couple other things we got our hands on from America:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/P51_Mustang_Wairarapa.jpg/220px-P51_Mustang_Wairarapa.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3096/hybridsherman.jpg
TLAM Strike
11-11-11, 10:00 AM
Like a couple other things we got our hands on from America...

Why do you think we gave those to you?

Don't get cocky, in case you forgot you boys payed real money for these:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2230/britishm3grant.jpg

Lets review:
Sherman Firefly and Mustang: Highly effective designs modified by the UK in to better designs after America gave them to the UK.

The M3 Grant: A outdated, poorly designed piece of garbage that was considered acceptable to the British army so much they spent all the British money in America on it.

:O:
Sailor Steve
11-11-11, 10:08 AM
Sherman Firefly and Mustang: Highly effective designs modified by the UK in to better designs after America gave them to the UK.
Umm, the Mustang was designed by North American at the request of the British. They were asked to license-build P-40s, and said "We can do better". They had the prototype built and ready to fly in 120 days, which leads me to believe they had already designed it and were just looking for a buyer. The point here is that they weren't given to the RAF either, but bought and paid for.
Dread Knot
11-11-11, 10:09 AM
The M3 Grant: A outdated, poorly designed piece of garbage that was considered acceptable to the British army so much they spent all the British money in America on it.

:O:

Hey. It was good enough for Humphrey Bogart. :salute:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Sahara_-_1943_-_-poster.png
Dread Knot
11-11-11, 10:18 AM
Of course, I guess that is mitigated by the fact that it was good enough for Dan Aykroyd too. :hmmm:

http://movieactors.com/freezeframes33/1941-26.jpg
Oberon
11-11-11, 11:42 AM
Why do you think we gave those to you?

Don't get cocky, in case you forgot you boys payed real money for these:


Lets review:
Sherman Firefly and Mustang: Highly effective designs modified by the UK in to better designs after America gave them to the UK.

The M3 Grant: A outdated, poorly designed piece of garbage that was considered acceptable to the British army so much they spent all the British money in America on it.

:O:

Ah, the Ug-Lee, Yes....well at that point we were so desperate for tanks to throw at the DAK that we'd have taken back the World War One tanks the French gave you if we could have. :O:
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 12:33 PM
Ah, the Ug-Lee, Yes....well at that point we were so desperate for tanks to throw at the DAK that we'd have taken back the World War One tanks the French gave you if we could have. :O:

LOL :DL

Very true :nope: