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Comment on blue bullets (2011-03-16 17:28:13)
What you linked here is .50 Cal (12,7mm) Ammunition, Civilian Use; Civilians can paint their Ammo in any colour they like. But in NATO Military Use "Blue Rounds" is code colour for training ammunition...
Comment on blue bullets (2011-03-16 14:19:11)
Biggest difference is the Price ;-) Mostly it depends on what weapon the Ammunition is made for; e.g. when i did my draft time (I'm German, we still have draft), we shot Rifle with the Blue training round - this was actually plastic ammunition, while live ones were steel jacket. For the "Panzerfaust" (kind of Bazooka) Training rounds had kind of Aluminium Bolt instead of the "live" Explosive Warhead on the propelling Charge. The purpose of the blue ones is to have a cheaper and less dangerous ammo for training (they often have a reduced ammount of Propellant and through that - range). The ones in the Picture are 25mm rounds (you can read that on one of 'em, my guess would be they're for the Bushmaster Chain Gun of a Bradley). With those it's most probably a kind of Aluminium Jacket with a kind of plaster filling.
Comment on When you gotta go... (2010-02-04 15:10:12)
I would say this Photo has been shot during a Test of the Ejection Seat. It is clearly a Trainer or Doule Seater Version; and it's flying without Canopy - which i would say is rather rare on normal flight (SU27 is supersonic....) ;-) And "normal" Ejection (which you do in an emergency) wouldn't remove the whole Canopy (that would take WAY too long) but depending on System frags the Glass with a detonation cord that's put in the Canopy or breaks through the Glass which has predetermined Fragmentation Points, so it does not wound or kill the Pilot.
Comment on israeli tanks (2010-01-19 09:44:51)
Well, Minority validates Majority ;-) But Jokes aside - I do not know where you live, but maybe there the "Population" has been stable with only the normal amount of genetic mixup? While Israel has been an Immigration Country for 60 Years now... AFAIK there has for example been an immigration Wave to Israel after the Downfall of the Iron Curtain, where Jewish People from the Eastern Block came in quite big numbers. And this causes (through mixup of people from completely different regions) quite a refreshment for the Genetic Pool ;-)
Comment on High Frequency Vibrator... (2009-03-18 15:58:00)
It _could_ be a Ultrasonic Cleaning Device - quite common (in smaller versions) in the Chemical Industry or at the optometrist. They use ultrasonic sound and a fluid (for example water, sometimes with a little detergent) for cleaning. Works great for Items made of glass and/or metal, like eyeglasses... But if this is one, it's the biggest i ever saw...
Comment on Rocket Donkey (2008-06-18 03:49:46)
This is one of the Mules of a whole Company. German Army has a Mule Company, based at the Alps; part of 1st Mountain Division. These are very useful for mountainous terrain Operations, where you couldn't go with Tank or a truck because of the steep slopes.