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Well, I know what it looks like, but what is it, really?
Its a balistics chamber. Like the one you would see on CSI, only larger because of the size of the round it is designed to stop. The tank fires a round into the chamber, inside the chamber is a baffel system that stops the bullet and disburses the gasses. The round can then be recovered and inspected to determine if there are imperfectoins in the rifleing characteristics of the gun. That is a Paladin tank which is an artilary gun, (155 mm bullet and a 40 mile effective range) there is no reason to silence an artilary gun, because the target is so far away that they wont hear the blast anyway.
Wow.. Thanks for the info.. Been trying to find out what it was..
Oh they will hear a blast, just not the initial one.
ah yes… a silencer for a tank! w00t
What is it expecting ??? a bigger bullet ?
Im guessing a giant silencer?
The bigger the gun, the bigger the silencer.
I thought you were joking, but then I looked it up.
This really is a silencer in Germany for mobile howitzers. More photos at the bottom of
this page.
I’m never joking. I’m a boring man.
D..ck Cannon!!
Yeah, if a cannon fires at you, you should duck.
Aye its a giant silencer IIRC located in germany. I wish they would get one for Aberdeen Proving Grounds, I can hear them shooting stuff off all times of day.
This is a soviet made tank gun silencer at a testing range. While I can see why it would be very useful, I don’t think it’s portable enough for the battlefield.
So why is a US made M109 Paladin using it?
germany has no army. however, the united states maintains a few bases on german soil
That makes me wonder with what kind of ‘army’ i served my compulsory military service and why they were equipped with H&K G36es
No, seriously, Germany definitly has an army, the “Bundeswehr”, and each male German must serve nine month either in compulsory military or alternative service. Of course ‘real’ deployments (for example in Afghanistan) are only done by regular soldier rather then conscripts.
Um, that is NOT an M109A6 Paladin, but rather an M109A3G M155SP howitzer. The Paladin is the designation used for the A6 version, and the previous versions had no nickname applied to them. That howitzer model is about 20 years old, and does not have NEAR the capability that the Paladin does. A single A6 paladin could wipe out a whole battalion (12 guns) of these ancient machines, before the Germans could even emplace, boresight, and get safed. And yes, I do know what I am talking about, spent 4.5 years at Fort Sill in the very first Paladin battalion 2/5 FA, 212th Field Artillery battalion.
We do NOT give our newest tech to anyone else, the Paladin has basically, in laymen’s terms, a computer with a modem that runs over a dedicated radio instead of telephone lines, to get data from the Fire Direction Control (FDC)section. A couple buttons pressed, and this thing aims itself. Wonderful tech.
“We do NOT give our newest tech to anyone else” – well, thx, just keep it. German Army is nowadays equipped with the PZH 2000. Go Figure.
German Army doesnt use the m109 anymore since early 2007.
After the full batch of PzH2000 got in service, theyre not needed anymore.
The U.S. GIVES their newest technology to other countries. E.G. the F35 is being developed together with some European Countries which will afterwards order some of these birds.
The M109 where bought by the german Bundeswehr centuries ago and today it has the PanzerHaubitze 2000 which would mess with any Paladin version.
The M1A1 main gun is produced by Rheinmetall, Germany, btw.
How can one believe that Germany has no Army?!?
U.S GIVES the latest tech to other countries? Haha, are you seriously thinking that? Yhe U.S army can’t do advanced stuff on their own anymore. They have to have help as high tech does not exist in the U.S. Marine – England, Norway, China. Army – Germany, Sweden, China. Aviation – Germany, France, Sweden, Norway. If you guys were to try on your own it would be a sad useless modification of some old crap. Bulky, overweight and overpriced.
I posted at the top that it was a paladin, and I was mistaken. As john pointed out the paladin upgrade is a computer system. (amongst other important upgrades). However; germany is not the only place in the world to have one of these devices I saw them at ft hood whilst I was stationed there.
I’m thinking they use the silencer for test so that it wont disturb people living nearby…
In the military we dont care about bothering the civilians that live around post. (not with training excercises anyway) If they dont want to hear the tank fire they can move the hell away from the base.
Where is your god now? Hopefully not up there, or he’s screwed.
Don’t know what it is, but I WANT ONE.
All this work just to have more fun when they say : “In your face”
this is the silencer for the test
I was just going to ask why a cannon would need a silencer.
Wait, why does a cannon need a silencer?
So you don’t make everyone deaf firing test shots all day long.
They use this just went testing and practice to reduce the noise propagation, even more went it is cloudy, went they are close from residential neighbor.
There are no civilians living close to an artilary training exercise fireing area. It would be dangerous. These ranges are miles and miles from anywhere important. That is why Fort Hood and Fort Sill are 2 of the largest military posts in the world. Its not because of the inhabited areas of the post, its because of the range areas. They are HUGE!!!!! lol.
I like the way it’s been camouflaged. It’s virtually invisible…
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I always wondered if this huge frakin’ silencer was a fake or not… some sources claim it’s real, other not…
It’s funny because it looks like a giant wang
Really? No, it can’t be that.
Thanks cap
What does Austin Powers have to do with this?
It’s an AS90 155mm field howitzer with a silencer attached.
It is a British gun although the daft nob-shaped silencer is all of US design.
AS90 has 6 suspension wheels. The M109 has 7. This is an M109 Paladin.
This is the US military’s attempt at the mario brothers cannon. With this new technology moving troops would be extremely easier. So far testing has not gone as well as expected. Other Mario technologies being worked on include fire flowers and painting teleportation have had similar success stories.
LOL!!!!! hold on…. hear that…. i thinks its the ROLFCOPTER slam landing for EVAC. LOL!!!!!
Behold… BAZOOKA COCK
Well, at least they’re using protection . . .
is the camouflage really necessary?
Say the secret word if you want me to stop. . .
“Is it in yet?”
Amidst slumping ticket sales, Cirque de Soleil decides it’s time to cannon-launch an acrobat. Into orbit.
So now we say, “Woo baby you are built like a tank…-silencer.”
A whole new meaning to cumming like a cannon.
you’d think the whole “tanks shoot exploding shells” thing would kind of defeat the purpose of a silencer.
When your gun just isn’t big enough…
So does it go BOING instead of BOOM?
2 BALLS!
Now THIS must be blowing a big load. I wonder if it’s firing blanks…
I could take an educated guess
I get e-mails trying to sell me these things all the time. They never work…
Docking?
Is nobody else all that concerned that this thing could rollback and squash the crap outta that tank? How ironic would that be then, the silencer making a shit ton of noise.
It may be secured ofc, but from this angle, one can only assume.
Hey, if your tank can’t handle a BBW then stick with the rexia’s.:)
Sir, I don’t think the tank will lift it…
This is called a Haubitzenschalldaempfer… I translated it and it came out as meaning “Howitzer shell damper”. If this is correct, I would assume it is a chamber that dampens the sound and/or measures the muzzle velocity.
It’s the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon! It exists! Hey, it’s pretty good….
lmao, I’m surprised someone on here knew about the Armstrong Cannon from Gintama! xD
Ah, yes, a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Canon. Must be a more compact model, usually the barrel’s a bit longer.
While a silencer is cool and all….. how does one aim, when its fixed to the ground?
toys for boys?
That’ll give the enemy a good pounding.
win.
It’s a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon!!! konoyarou!
Hey isn’t this the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon? This mega cannon was used to put down riots during the nation wide shortage of nmaibo…yeah this is really perfect.
Is it a clearing barrel for a tank?
Very Nice they could do with a few of these in iraq
Interesting cannon… Wonder who thought this one up?
Even tanks can get even more manlier…
When the Army over compensates for something
By the way: Germany has an army!
Two balls! ! What is that? It looks just like an enormous…
His penis must be really small to need that much compensation,
I mean he already has a tank.
It looks like something that costs lots of money
isnt it some kind of crash test lab for ammo ?
I can’t see it being particularly effective on the battlefield, I mean it’s not exactly portable is it?
ZOMFG! Artillery Silencer!
So the first thing that came into your mind was Google?
In times like this i am ashamed to be german…or proud…im not sure
Wang! Pay attention. Sorry I was distracted by that giant flying…
Oh my God, it looks like a hugePecker! Where? Over there. A rare redbilled woodpecker!
So the first thing that came into your mind was Google?
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they _are_ loading it from the back
sooo…nobody seems to notice that the barrel doesn’t connect to the giant chamber and that’s it’s just pointed at the hole? As mentioned at the top of the comments, it’s a ballistics test chamber. A silencer would be pointless and absurd to use in the field. The point of artillery is not to be stealthy and there is no tactical advantage to being quiet when you’re 20 miles or more away from the target. Jesus just look at the picture before going on and on about it being a silencer. And EVERYTHING in the military (any country) is painted some sort of camo. It’s the military after all.
This tank is clearly compensating for something…
tank silencer
neo armstrong cyclone jet armstrong
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