NationStates Jolt Archive

I was sent this pic of an item found in Kosovo near the site of a cluster bomb strike (he's out there doing mine clearance), and he asked me to identify this for him.

It didn't take me long to figure out what it was, but since some of you seem to think you know your Russian equipment better than I do, I'll give you an hour to come up with the answer.

This is especially for those military aficionados on this forum, especially those who are Russian.

I'll even tie in a Firefly (the Serenity movie) joke at the end.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/unk.jpg

Oh, and it's not a Russian Lawn Dart...

Is it your mom's dildo?

I think it is.

Some kind of AP dart?

No correct answers yet...

By the looks of it, it's part of the cluster bomb.
Sticks in the ground, and then goes KABOOM!

Is it some sort of AT or AA missile?

16/07/2008 :confused:

though my suspicion is a modified image it seems to ring a bell for a piece of cleaning kit

erm...I mean are you 100% you should be revealing military connections on a public forum? have you checked up on your permission to do this?

16/07/2008 :confused:

though my suspicion is a modified image it seems to ring a bell for a piece of cleaning kit

erm...I mean are you 100% you should be revealing military connections on a public forum? have you checked up on your permission to do this?

It's ok, they're civilians doing mine clearance (ex-military).

No correct answers yet... and the image isn't modified.

The item is not some super secret device.

Tent stake, mayhaps?

It looks like you launch it, but I can't imagine how. :P

Is it some sort of AT or AA missile?

the parts coming off are definitely not fins due to:

1) being at the front (though I won't go out on that being a rule)
2) I can't imagine any equipment that could launch it
2a) if the fins deploys after launch...well there is just no room for them
2b) if the fins did deploy after launch they would not be gleaming
3) unstable shape

Still no right answers (and no, it's not a Klingon toilet paper holder).

It looks like someone stuck it in the ground...

My guess is a RPG round of some sort, based on the head I'd say it's an anti-infantry, probably fragmentation type.

or it could be a lightsaber.

Still no right answers (and no, it's not a Klingon toilet paper holder).

How do you know what a klingon likes to hold his toilet paper with?

It looks like something Big Bad of a fantasy film could fight with.

Well, about 30 minutes to go... still no right answers.

I will prove my answer by showing you a picture of the item in use, so you won't have to get your panties in a bunch.

possibly a surveillance device or trip flare?

Is it a mine of some sort?

possibly a surveillance device or trip flare?

Nope. Reading the letters might help you.

Rolling squid;13920227']Is it a mine of some sort?

Nope. You might hurt someone if you whack them with it...

Type of bayonet?

Google doesn't know what AП(3)-08M 121И0 is, but I'd like to hear the Serenity quote!

Looks like some antenna part from a plane - but why would it lie around there?

Type of bayonet?

Nope. The clock is ticking - answer at 8 minutes after the hour...

Google doesn't know what AП(3)-08M 121И0 is, but I'd like to hear the Serenity quote!

Looks like some antenna part from a plane - but why would it lie around there?

You're getting warmer...

Anti-Personal Dart dropped from a plane? I know they used similar weapons in WWI.

Anti-Personal Dart dropped from a plane? I know they used similar weapons in WWI.

Nope, not a dart.

A Turkish loofah, a Swedish suppository, a Greek squid melter and a Congolese chocolate rinser.

It does see a lot of use!

Mmmm... Chocolate :fluffle:

The guidance head to a bomb?

Type of rader device? Maybe dropped to monitor things on the ground?

A Turkish loofah, a Swedish suppository, a Greek squid melter and a Congolese chocolate rinser.

It does see a lot of use!

Mmmm... Chocolate :fluffle:

Creative, but no.

Type of rader device? Maybe dropped to monitor things on the ground?

Nope. Six minutes to go.

Or maybe a refueling probe?

Shoot, if you were talking Soviet-era consumer goods I might be able to help...

Tailhook?

an unexploded bomblet from a cluster bomb?

its a radar jammer? but I know that it is clearly a thing!

You're getting warmer...
I hope you mean closer! :tongue:

Then it's the antenna for the cluster-bomb which was guided via radio.

I'd say something along the lines of a projectile from one of the Russian MRL systems.

I know what this is. This...is an espresso machine.

SP-50 (NATO code name "Swift Rod") ILS (instrument landing system) antenna.

Specifically, one from a MIG-23.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/swiftrod.jpg

The "Swift Rod" system is on almost every Russian aircraft, including helicopters, but in a different antenna configuration.

As seen on the MiG-29 (note the same position, but slightly different fins)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/m29tail.jpg

Some Mig-29 models have the Swift Rod mounted under the nose.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/39_SwiftRodILSAntenna.jpg

Looks like some antenna part from a plane
I hereby claim thread-win!

I hereby claim thread-win!

Yes, German Nightmare is our winner!

And now for our Serenity quote:

"What was that? Did something just fall off my ship?"

Yes, German Nightmare is our winner!
http://www.blaster-foren.de/images/smilies/victory.gif

*does victory shuffle*

*snip*

I was just about to say that....

http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/p/paranoid.gif

...is a snowcone maker?

...is a snowcone maker?

aaaand not a briss knife either...

That is not nearly as violent as it looks. I'm strangely disappointed.

Rolling squid;13920350']That is not nearly as violent as it looks. I'm strangely disappointed.

I'm not merely interested in the violent aspects of things. The arcane, yes.

Rolling squid;13920350']That is not nearly as violent as it looks. I'm strangely disappointed.
It can still poke out your eye.

aaaand not a briss knife either...

you may know russian military hardware, but certainly not traditional jewish ritual. The "bris knife" is an izmel.

I'm not merely interested in the violent aspects of things. The arcane, yes.

But this had so much potentional. I mean look at it. It had a couple of blade like things on it, and what could have been a warhead, and rocket engine.

I'm not merely interested in the violent aspects of things. The arcane, yes.

Well ya, but it looks so dangerous and boom worthy, to find out that it's a landing aid makes one do a double take.

SP-50 (NATO code name "Swift Rod") ILS (instrument landing system) antenna.

Specifically, one from a MIG-23.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/swiftrod.jpg

The "Swift Rod" system is on almost every Russian aircraft, including helicopters, but in a different antenna configuration.

As seen on the MiG-29 (note the same position, but slightly different fins)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/m29tail.jpg

Some Mig-29 models have the Swift Rod mounted under the nose.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/39_SwiftRodILSAntenna.jpg

Thus proving that DK knows a lot about tanks :p

Thus proving that DK knows a lot about tanks :p

Would you like for me to do a tank component thread?

Would you like for me to do a tank component thread?

You could make it a weekly thing.

Looks like some kind of alien rectal probe to me.

You could make it a weekly thing.

That's a good idea. I'll post a pic of something oddly arcane and military, and we'll see if anyone can determine what it is.

Looks like some kind of alien rectal probe to me.
http://www.southparkclub.com/pix/season1/Cartman%20Gets%20an%20Anal%20Probe/1.jpg

Would you like for me to do a tank component thread?

I would like for you to sing the aria Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix since I imagine you to be a mezzo-soprano. :wink:

That's a good idea. I'll post a pic of something oddly arcane and military, and we'll see if anyone can determine what it is.

posting pictures of your cock is frowned upon :wink:

posting pictures of your cock is frowned upon :wink:
Really? http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/huhn.gif Too bad!

...is a snowcone maker?

I thought the same thing... and then felt such a strange combination of giggling and shame...

God damn California.

I thought the same thing... and then felt such a strange combination of giggling and shame...

God damn California.

it's not a tumor!

I would like for you to sing the aria Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix since I imagine you to be a mezzo-soprano. :wink:

Baritone, actually. Would you like to hear A Du Mein Holder Abend Stern?