Who / What / Where Game

[Jimbuna]

What exactly is this?

https://i.postimg.cc/ydWk913t/ggukukl.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Texas Red]

No picture for me, @Jimbuna

EDIT: Now the picture is there.
Is it some sort of tank?

[Jimbuna]

Indeed

[Aktungbby]

German?

[Texas Red]

Is the tank still in service?

[Catfish]

French?

[Jimbuna]

German?

Nope

[Jimbuna]

Is the tank still in service?

It is.

[Jimbuna]

French?

Nope and first clue: Not European.

[Texas Red]

IAV Stryker?

[Jimbuna]

IAV Stryker?

Not Canadian.

[Texas Red]

Armored Personnel Carrier?

[Jimbuna]

No picture for me, @Jimbuna

EDIT: Now the picture is there.
Is it some sort of tank?

Indeed

:yep:

[Texas Red]

:yep:

:06::hmmm:

What do you mean by that? Is it an answer to my question?

If it is, is the tank American?

[Catfish]

Russian ?

b.t.w. @the beast: it. is. a. tank. :O:

[Jimbuna]

Russian ?

b.t.w. @the beast: it. is. a. tank. :O:

Honestly Kai, you couldn't make this up....a German clarifying English to an American :)

Not Russian.

Hint: From a country I visited back in the day where it was usually very hot during the day but considerably colder in the evening.

[Aktungbby]

Israeli Centurion?

[Jimbuna]

Israeli Centurion?

Getting warmer.

[Aktungbby]

Israeli ?

[Catfish]

Merkava?

[Jimbuna]

Israeli ?

Merkava?

Nein

[Aktungbby]

Arjun Mark II?

[Jimbuna]

Arjun Mark II?

That's a good guess but it's not Indian.

Hint: Not as heavy as the Arjun.

[Aktungbby]

Is it considered 'a main battle tank'? Went with the Arjun II because the Arjun I has been deactivated as worthless crap.

[Jimbuna]

According to the country of origin it is classed as a MBT yes.

[Aktungbby]

Turkish?

[Jimbuna]

No not the Turkish Altay but currently an ally of Turkey.

[Texas Red]

Is the Ally that you speak of from the South Caucasus?

[Aktungbby]

m95 Degman? https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/8b/1a/a58b1a92c3d4e8f424aa06fbbc351d4c.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Is the Ally that you speak of from the South Caucasus?

The Altay is a Turkish MBT

[Jimbuna]

m95 Degman? https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/8b/1a/a58b1a92c3d4e8f424aa06fbbc351d4c.jpg

Good guess and different but nope, not that.

Hint: A warmer climate.

[Eichhörnchen]

Iranian "Karrar"

[Aktungbby]

/\Iran is ally of Turkey??:hmmm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Turkey_relations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Turkey_relations) However, the reconciliation suffered a massive setback when Turkey launched a military offensive against Rojava (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Turkish_offensive_into_north-eastern_Syria) and Syrian Government. Iran, which is in good term with Turkey since the coup, began to criticize and condemn Turkey for invading Syria and violation of Syrian territorial rights. Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif) has voiced opposition to the offensive viewing it as a violation of Syria's sovereignty.In addition, Iran's parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Larijani) cancelled his scheduled trip to Turkey.Iran and Turkey’s lack of trust for each other has hampered them from achieving their various economic and political goals.According to Ahval news, an analyst wrote that while the two countries are competing for influence in Central Asia, particularly Muslim republics, it is hindering them from becoming real allies. The relations go decline further after Syrian Army shelled Turkish Army in Idlib (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idlib), as Syria is backed by Iran and presence of Iranian Army in Northern Syria; and Turkey's perceived tacit approval to the United States to conduct airstrike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani) in Baghdad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad)

[Aktungbby]

Is the tank used in the country of its manufacture or a third party import? (warmer than Croatia:hmmm:)

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/r1hPINt.png https://i.imgur.com/IaFwbBL.jpg

Don't beat yourself up any more, Aktung :haha:

[Aktungbby]

https://i.imgur.com/r1hPINt.png https://i.imgur.com/IaFwbBL.jpg

Don't beat yourself up any more, Aktung :haha:I believe you but Iran and Turkey are clearly not allies! It's a Brit conspiracy:O: boardering on Elder abuse!:Kaleun_Mad::O:

[Jimbuna]

Iranian "Karrar"

BINGO! :yeah:

https://i.postimg.cc/HxRBY9Pr/Iranian-third-generation-tank-Karrar.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Over to you :salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/QtawmqB.jpg Really easy one... what's this?

[Jimbuna]

An egg?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope... whatever made you think that? :haha:

[Catfish]

Turkish allies automatically ruled out Syriah, as Aktung said. Well.. :03:



A baldhead ?

[Eichhörnchen]

A baldhead ?

Nope, that's crazy... why would I post a picture of a baldhead?

[Texas Red]

Rising Sun Roundel?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope

[Texas Red]

Japanese Flag?

[Catfish]

Vegetable?

[Catfish]

Nope, that's crazy... why would I post a picture of a baldhead?
:03::haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

Neither of these

[Jimbuna]

A knee?

[Aktungbby]

https://i.imgur.com/QtawmqB.jpg Really easy one... what's this? Nope, that's crazy... why would I post a picture of a baldhead? ONe of my album's photos ....cropped? :D https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11178 https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=10456

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope not a knee

And not your chum's crazy bald head either, Aktung :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Is it a body part?

[Aktungbby]

OR A BAWDY PART:O:

[skidman]

a building?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Jim & Aktung: no kind of body part

@ skidman: I think it'd best be described as a 'structure' rather than a building; it is, however, also referred to as a "shelter"

[Jimbuna]

A religious building?

[Aktungbby]

is it an emergency inflatable shelter?

[Eichhörnchen]

No to both of the above

[Catfish]

A bird shelter? :D

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope

[skidman]

made of concrete?

[Texas Red]

Is it bunker?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ skidman: I've been unable to discover what it's made of, but I think it's very unlikely to be concrete

@ the beast: no, not a bunker

[Texas Red]

Is it some sort of observatory?

[Aktungbby]

used in mtn. climbing?

[Eichhörnchen]

No again to the beast and Aktung

[Jimbuna]

Umbrella?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope

[Jimbuna]

Plastic?

[Eichhörnchen]

I've not been able to find out what it's made from, but it could well be some kind of plastic

[Jimbuna]

Is it a roof of some kind?

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes... of some kind

Clue: I said earlier that it's sometimes referred to as a "shelter"... but I did not say that it's a shelter for people

[Jimbuna]

For butterflies?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nice guess but no

[Aktungbby]

for moths?

[Jimbuna]

Cattle?

[Texas Red]

Shelter for nuts?

No just kidding.

Does it shelter pigs?

[Eichhörnchen]

Not moths, cattle, nuts or pigs

[Jimbuna]

Hay?

[Aktungbby]

alfalfa?

[skidman]

a monument?

[Catfish]

No moths, hmm.
What about earwigs?

[Eichhörnchen]

Not hay, alfalfa nor any other crop... or earwigs either :haha:... neither is it a monument

[Catfish]

Made of clay?

[Eichhörnchen]

No, I am certain of that

[stork100]

Is it bigger than a breadbox?

[Jimbuna]

Agriculture related?

[Eichhörnchen]

It's much bigger than a bread box, and it's not related in any way to agriculture. Perhap I could help some more by showing another view of it:

https://i.imgur.com/5YH1xEQ.jpg there... how's that?

[Catfish]

there... how's that?
I bet there are earwigs in that.

[Jimbuna]

Aircraft hanger?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Catfish: There might be a few earwigs crawled up in there, but that's not who it was designed for

@Jim: not an aircraft hangar

[stork100]

Is it a 'shelter' for biological entities rather than mechanical (or man made)?

[Jimbuna]

For large balloons?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ stork100 and Jimbuna the answer is no to both

[Aktungbby]

houses scientific equipment?

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes, I guess you'd probably call it that

[Eichhörnchen]

It's sometimes referred to as a shelter (as I've said) but although I wouldn't myself have thought of that word to describe it, it did give me a chance to have some fun & throw you all off the track

Now that Aktung's sniffing around in the right place I can fess up

[skidman]

Telescope / refractor inside?

[Jimbuna]

Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)?

[mapuc]

The only word that keeps on popping up in my head, when seeing this picture is:

Basketball

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope, not telescopes and it's not a basketball

[Aktungbby]

is it used on earth?

[Aktungbby]

It's sometimes referred to as a shelter (as I've said) but although I wouldn't myself have thought of that word to describe it, it did give me a chance to have some fun & throw you all off the track

Now that Aktung's sniffing around in the right place I can fess upby shelter do you imply sanctuary in the ecclesiastical sense?

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm only allowed to answer one of these so I'll take the second one and say "no"

[Aktungbby]

used on earth?

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes :haha:

[Aktungbby]

made in Britain?

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes

[Aktungbby]

temperature measuring gear?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope

[Jimbuna]

London Underground?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope

[Jimbuna]

Bigger than a three bedroomed house?

[Eichhörnchen]

Much

[skidman]

Telemetry and Command Station at Oakhanger, Hampshire?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope... but getting warmer

[skidman]

RAF Spy base, Menwith Hill?

[Aktungbby]

military?

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/9oI4VKx.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/XFvqV5D.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill

And I still had my fun with eggs and baldy heads, didn't I :haha:

[mapuc]

....now that's what I call a big basketball

Markus

[skidman]

or rather big ears...

And now for something completely different:

What and where is this?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/96oggi1kooj2aqg/2.png?raw=1

[Aktungbby]

Aztec pyramid steps?... in central 'Merica?

[mapuc]

Stairway to heaven ?

It is stairs but where ?

Markus

[skidman]

@Aktungbby: Nope

@mapuc: Not a stairway

[Aktungbby]

in Europe?

[skidman]

Yes

[Eichhörnchen]

In the UK?

[Catfish]

Germany?

[skidman]

@Eichhörnchen: Nope

@Catfish: Yes

[Catfish]

Not sure.. is it in Kassel?

[skidman]

Not in Kassel

[Aktungbby]

part of a medieval structure?

[skidman]

No, not so old.

[Jimbuna]

Berlin?

[skidman]

No not Berlin

[Aktungbby]

Nazi era construction?

[Catfish]

^ No.
:haha:

[skidman]

:har:

No, it was built 1900-1905.

[Jimbuna]

Cologne?

[skidman]

No, but getting closer.

[Aktungbby]

Is it part of a habitable building?

[skidman]

Nope

[Catfish]

part of a public garden?

[skidman]

Nope.

[Jimbuna]

Zoo?

[skidman]

Nope

[Jimbuna]

A monument?

[skidman]

Nope, it's something useful.

[Catfish]

Something to do with .. water?

[Aktungbby]

Urft dam spillway?

[skidman]

Bravo Aktungbby you nailed it!

The Urft reservoir is a really nice place for hiking and mountain biking. And there is a booth near the dam selling coffee, sausages and very good cheese cake. When the lake is full and the water goes down the spillway it's a spectacular sight.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9nsjl7ff6v73ed/U0.jpg?raw=1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xgimm21mt0oytcs/U1.jpeg?raw=1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k356z2i49fx5ck1/U2.jpg?raw=1

Over to You!

[Aktungbby]

well...I knew it was a spillway of some sort ;:haha: the Aztecs used to 'spill' their beating-heart sacrificial victims to the gods down the steps of their pyramids. What happened to them there is anyone's guess...I believe in reincarnation and I won't drive an Aztec to this day!:o B back shortly with something less juicy. I had been in a flash flood even as the Oroville spillwayhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Oroville_dam_spillway_2017-02-11.jpg/240px-Oroville_dam_spillway_2017-02-11.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oroville_dam_spillway_2017-02-11.jpg) was dangerously close to collapse incl. the dam in 2017, causing the entire town to evacute! Tends to re-orient yer thinkin'! :yep:

[Aktungbby]

OK WHAT"S THIS? https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11185

[Eichhörnchen]

The back end of a futuristic 1920s auto?

[Aktungbby]

JEEZE! but yes

[Eichhörnchen]

I've looked and looked... was it a race car?

[Catfish]

1920ies is quite late for this :hmmm:

[Catfish]

Rumpler "Tropfenwagen"?

[Eichhörnchen]

Looks like you got it... I googled 1920s and pre-war 'boat tailed' cars every which-way I could, but this one never came up. Squirrel power!

[Aktungbby]

CATFISH takes it!:Kaleun_Salute: https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/aero-Rumpler_Tropfenwagen.jpg?resize=522%2C410The breakthrough aerodynamic passenger car was the German Rumpler “Tropfenwagen” (teardrop car) of 1921. Unlike the impractical and heavy Castagna Alfa, the Rumpler was as dramatically different (and influential) for its completely integrated and original design and engineering. It had a mid-engined W6 engine, and four wheel independent suspension using swing axles which Rumpler patented. The Tropfenwagen was tested in VW’s wind tunnel (below) in 1979,https://www.classic-trader.com/de/magazin/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Rumpler-Tropfenwagen-Windkanal-1400x790.jpg and achieved a Coefficient of drag (Cd) of 0.28; a degree of slipperiness that VW’s Passat wouldn’t equal until 1988 https://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/images/page_headers/Car_Reviews/Rumpler.jpgUsed as Berlin taxis, two are known to exist. It was a surprise to say the least, to see such a machine being conceived and built in war-struck Germany instead of being a product of flourishing US economy. It was the brainchild of Viennese engineer Edmund Rumpler, who started his career with the Nesseldorfer Waggonfabrik (the Bohemian company predecing Tatra in the current Czech town of Koprivnice) and the Berliner company Allgemeinen Motorwagen Gesellschaft before moving to Frankfurt in 1902 to start work at Adler. A year later he was the patent-holder of the swing axle which would become such a vital ingredient of 20s and 30s automobile construction. Rumpler returned to Berlin in 1906 to start his own company, freelancing as an engineering consultant to the automotive and aviation industry. Four years later he acquired the rights to fellow Austrian Igo Etrich’s Taube (‘dove’) airplane and started building it in large numbers as the Rumpler-Taube, eventually employing some 3,000 workers in two factories at Berlin-Johannisthal (the later home of the East-German EMW/DAMW racing effort) and Augsburg.

http://www.forix.com/8w/prewar/rumpler-tropfenwagen.jpgWith Germany losing the war and being prohibited from manufacturing aircraft, Rumpler turned back to automobiles, founding the Rumpler Motoren Gesellschaft GmbH – but the aviational inspiration remained. His teardrop-shaped Tropfenwagen Typ 0A 104 was the star of the show at the Deutsche Automobil-Ausstellung, as its streamline, its winged fenders and its rearward arrow-banked W6 engine (commissioned from Siemens & Halske) took everybody’s breaths away. But nobody actually wanted to buy it! The aero shape was just too far ahead of its time while it didn’t help that the over-engineered 36hp water-cooled engine was unreliable and through its position behind the driving seats was taking away vital storage space.

Rumpler entered into a licensing deal with Benz in 1925 to place Benz’s 2.6-litre 50hp engine in the back, and converted back to traditional fenders too to create the Typ 4A 106 follow-up, even switching to front-wheel drive as a last resort, but it was too little (or perhaps too much) too late. The remaining Tropfenwagen, of which only a hundred were built, were sold off cheaply to Berlin taxi drivers while the rest of them were ritually burned to the ground at the end of Fritz Lang’s famous masterpiece Metropolis, having been sold at bare value to movie company UFA.

[Catfish]

^ well this was interesting. My father once told me about this car, and i saw one in the "Deutsches Museum" at Munich. But i did not connect Aktung's photo with it at first - on the photo it somehow looks like a pointed end, not like a vertical 'fin'..
It was a bit futuristic for its time, so Fritz Lang even used (and wrecked) ten of those in his Metropolis film from 1927:

https://i.imgur.com/4bgKQYGl.jpg

OT Rumpler sure was ingenious and clever, but he will never be forgiven for stealing the "Taube" idea and concept from Igo Etrich including the yoke idea - the "Etrich Taube" was the original plane, first one to be fully aerobatic b.t.w.. Rumpler stole/violated Etrich's patent and built the same plane under his own name.

[Catfish]

Ok, maybe a bit easier(?)

https://i.imgur.com/lT1qP4il.jpg

Yes, it is a car :D

[Jimbuna]

Mercedes-Benz 500K roadster?

[Catfish]

^ no, but the time is about right (+-)

[Aktungbby]

English?

[Jimbuna]

German?

[Catfish]

No to both - not english, not german.

[Aktungbby]

European?

[Catfish]

^ Yes.

[skidman]

Bugatti Type 57 SC Corsica Roadster

[Eichhörnchen]

So is it Italian?

[Catfish]

Not a Bugatti.
Not italian.

[skidman]

French?

[Catfish]

I guess for the Bugatti's money you could have bought 30 of those :03:

Hint: it is not a french car either.

[Eichhörnchen]

A product of the well known Swiss motor industry?

[Catfish]

^ No.

Of which swiss car or company did you think? :o

[mapuc]

In the beginning, when cars was the new thing, almost every country in Europe had a car production.

As time got by more and more countries dropped their car production(s)

Markus

[u crank]

Did you take that photo?

[Aktungbby]

belgian?

[Eichhörnchen]

Czech?

[Catfish]

@u crank: yes, took it three years ago or so


@Aktungbby: not belgian.


@Eichhörnchen: cheeky bugger, yes czech :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

Skoda 'Rapid'?

[Catfish]

^ No

[Catfish]

In the beginning, when cars was the new thing, almost every country in Europe had a car production.
As time got by more and more countries dropped their car production(s)
Markus
Right.. some companies also had other technical products in their portfolio, so they cold drop one, or shift priorities. Some were nationalised, some bought by other companies, some bought back .. all this happened to the company which built this car.

[Jimbuna]

A Tatra model?

[Catfish]

No, not Tatra.
And we need the exact type/model..

[u crank]

Aero 30 Roadster?

[Jimbuna]

Zbrojovka Z 5 Express?

[Catfish]

Yes, that's it!
Aero 30 roadster, first version. It had a whopping 30 hp twin stroke engine, which propelled it to 110 km/h in 1934. First Aero with front drive.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_30
Photo at the upper right shows a later 30 with changed grille.


The "Aero" company also built and still builds planes (whence the name), but no cars anymore. 1947 the company was nationalised, somewhere in the 1990ies the US company Boeing bought it, but it was was bought back later. They now produce civilian and military aircraft.

Full photo - the engine is not original, but a similar small two-stroke one lent from a "Wartburg". Spare parts are hard to come by, also lots of aluminium used. So it is very light and real fun to drive..


https://i.imgur.com/icbh0xXl.jpg


Over to u crank :up:

[u crank]

Nifty car. Be fun to drive.

I'll try to have something soon.

:salute:

[u crank]

Ok what might this be?

https://i.imgur.com/QLkZMpt.jpg?1

As they say ..."should be easy"

:D

[Catfish]

Russian?

[u crank]

Russian?

No.

[Catfish]

First thought of an icebreaker, but then .. is it a (or in a) museum?

[u crank]

but then .. is it a (or in a) museum?

Yes.

[Jimbuna]

Canadian warship?

[u crank]

Canadian warship?

Aye.

[Jimbuna]

Haida?

[Catfish]

stern of the ship?
I bet it is a corvette.

[u crank]

Haida?

Not Haida.

stern of the ship?
I bet it is a corvette.

Yes.

[Aktungbby]

Is it in Halifax? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HMCSSackville06.jpg/1024px-HMCSSackville06.jpgHMCS Sackville? the dockage appear similar.

[u crank]

HMCS Sackville?

It is the Sackville, the last remaining of Canada's 123 corvettes that sailed in WW2.

https://i.imgur.com/KChcQjM.jpg?2

Photo by yours truly while on a boat tour of Halifax harbour last month. A couple of years ago I was on her and what struck me is how small it is. Can't imagine what it would have been like in the North Atlantic in a February gale. They we tough lads.

Over to you Aktung.

:salute:

[Jimbuna]

That was next on my list :yep:

[Aktungbby]

It is the Sackville, the last remaining of Canada's 123 corvettes that sailed in WW2.

https://i.imgur.com/KChcQjM.jpg?2

Photo by yours truly while on a boat tour of Halifax harbour last month. A couple of years ago I was on her and what struck me is how small it is. Can't imagine what it would have been like in the North Atlantic in a February gale. They we tough lads.

Over to you Aktung.

:salute:well victory...after a long night of wasted effort...looking at Skoda MonteCarlo
and Popular roadsters with 'suicide doors' :wah: I'll return wit sumpin' good shortly! Being on corvettes in 40'+ waves off frigid winter Iceland in record cold 1940's was miserable...:arrgh!:

[Aktungbby]

YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=11187

[skidman]

made in the US?

[Aktungbby]

nope

[Jimbuna]

Italian?

[Catfish]

Plastic body?

[Aktungbby]

Italian? NOPE

Plastic body? I doubt it.

[Catfish]

European?

[Aktungbby]

yes

[skidman]

British?

[Aktungbby]

nope

[skidman]

French?

[Aktungbby]

NOPE!

[Eichhörnchen]

Swedish?

[Catfish]

Montenegrin?
Bulgarian?
:doh:

[Jimbuna]

German?

[Aktungbby]

Swedish?

Montenegrin?
Bulgarian?
:doh:

German?

TO all of the above: NYET! BIG HINT(S) the car's bankrupt inventor loved speed traps https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Gatso_Camera.jpg/220px-Gatso_Camera.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gatso_Camera.jpg) and won races...

[Jimbuna]

Gatso 1500 Sport, aka "Platje", 1948

https://i.postimg.cc/wM1nMLYL/1280px-1948-Gatso-1500-Sport-37977905262.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Catfish]

Wow very good, i did not find anything :D
How did you find it ? :hmmm:
Pretty car!

[Jimbuna]

From the 'inventor speed trap' clue.

[Aktungbby]

Exactly! had that not worked, my next hint would have been "Skidmans location ..."he must love nits" About skidman
Location Near the Dutch mountains ie https://img.discogs.com/1GYwBrvb26ImXXIe7RFhQ9K1RqM=/fit-in/598x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-842540-1316548121.jpeg.jpg... and I know Jimbuna speaks Dutch.:arrgh!: Over to JImbuna!:Kaleun_Salute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_Gatsonides (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_Gatsonides)

[skidman]

Dat is een heel lekker permanentje. Goed gedaan, ga zo door Jim!

[Jimbuna]

Bedankt mijn Vriend :salute:

[Jimbuna]

What is this (name and operator) ?

https://i.postimg.cc/MTbg0TMr/rrrgrrgg.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Aktungbby]

WWII era?

[Jimbuna]

More modern.

[u crank]

Does it fly? :D

[Jimbuna]

Oh yes :)

[Catfish]

Fighter jet?

[Jimbuna]

Yes

[Eichhörnchen]

SAAB Gripen?

[Eichhörnchen]

Fighter jet?

Are you skiving at work again? I just told Moira I was going to check up on you...

[Catfish]

Are you skiving at work again? I just told Moira I was going to check up on you...
You want to betray another fellow man? Who's the one with the ba... in your family? :O:

[Jimbuna]

SAAB Gripen?

Not a SAAB

[Catfish]

English?

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it only in service with one operator?

[Jimbuna]

English?

Not English.

[Jimbuna]

Is it only in service with one operator?

This aircraft has a wide and varied group of operators and I'm confident there are at least seventeen plus.

[Eichhörnchen]

Phantom?

[Aktungbby]

17 plus operators: :hmmm: American?

[Jimbuna]

Phantom?

Not the Phantom and by way of a clue neither the UK or US operate them.

[skidman]

Must be Russian then?

[Jimbuna]

17 plus operators: :hmmm: American?

Nope see above.

Forget the operator because I'm not overly confident the photo is of the operator I thought it was.

Hint: It could be argued quite a few of the countries operating this aircraft are of third world status.

[Jimbuna]

Must be Russian then?

Sorry, I didn't see your post initially.

This aircraft is a license-production copy of a Russian aircraft yes.

[Aktungbby]

Sukhoi SU 27?

[Eichhörnchen]

Mig-21

[Jimbuna]

Sukhoi SU 27?

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