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0|0|0|||1||%22... and a tank.%22|Gryphon||20:16:40|08/14/2015|I decided I needed a new wallpaper.  Hunted around a bit and eventually came across %5Blink%3Awallpaperaday.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F106262319278%2Fday-51-girls-und-panzer-1080p-version%7Cthis one%5D.  Shortly thereafter%2C Mother was more than a bit puzzled.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5DMako Is Watching You%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||||RE%3A %22... and a tank.%22|ratinox||14:31:09|08/15/2015|WIN%21
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A %22... and a tank.%22|Gryphon||16:40:00|08/16/2015|%3EWIN%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AYou say that%2C but I may have to stop using it.  Mako%27s eyes follow you around the desktop.  She knows your darkest secrets.  Knows%2C and enjoys knowing that you know she knows.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
3|3|2|||1||RE%3A %22... and a tank.%22|MoonEyes||08:06:40|08/17/2015|%3EKnows%2C and enjoys knowing that you know she knows. %0D%0A%0D%0ABut if you know that she enjoys knowing that you know she knows%2C is it really that bad%3F After all%2C you knowing would sort of neutralize her knowing that you know. No%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A...%21%0D%0AGott%27s Leetle Feesh in Trousers%21
4|1|0|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Gryphon||19:31:23|08/28/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-28-15 AT 07:33 PM (EDT)]Speaking of tanks%2C today I learned a Fun History Fact.  In WWII%2C the US Army discovered to its chagrin that the infantry was having serious problems communicating with the crews of Sherman tanks%2C because tanks make a lot of noise and the infantry%27s radios couldn%27t talk to the tanks%27 radios.  The procedure at the time was for the infantry to radio anything they wanted the tanks to know back to base%2C and then someone back there would tell someone else who would radio it to the tanks.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou can imagine how well that worked in actual practice in%2C e.g.%2C the bocage country of Normandy.  Something like that would take half an hour or more%2C which is not ideal when you%27re a tank and the message your infantry support wanted to relay to you was LOOK OUT PANTHER AT 2 O%27CLOCK.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe solution%3F  Develop a radio system that the infantry and tanks could use to talk directly to each other%3F  Noooo%2C of course not%2C that would have been far too complicated and taken too long%2C and there%27s probably some kind of rule about any military communications system interoperating that obviously.%0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C what they did was weld a box on the back of the tank %28those boxes that belts of machinegun ammo came in were popular because every tank unit had a lot of them lying around%2C but they%27d use anything that was reasonably waterproof%29 and stick a telephone in it%2C wired into the tank%27s intercom system.  If an infantryman had something he thought the commander of a tank needed to know%2C why then he could just walk up to the back of the tank%2C open the box%2C take out the phone%2C and speak to the commander.  %28Or%2C knowing the American GI%2C ask the operator to put him through to the White House.%29%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.xenophon-mil.org%2Fmilhist%2Fmarinemuseum%2Fp1030400s.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0AThis... evidently worked%21  I like the slightly crocky but completely logical slapdashery of it.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|2|4|||||RE%3A and a tank|Wiregeek||18:41:01|08/29/2015|In the modern public safety arena%2C fire engines have quite frequently similar problems.  The vehicles are noisy enough that hearing protection is required for all onboard personnel%2C and with good reason.  Any sort of conventional radio system just can%27t hang in that acoustic environment. %0D%0A%0D%0ASo they have rather aggressively noise-cancelling headsets that are also hearing protection%2C tied into the vehicle-to-vehicle intercom %28usually using voice activation%2C and usually working%21%29%2C and a PTT button that routes audio to the radio.. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m starting to see %22industrial bluetooth%22 wireless versions of this equipment%2C which I think is a grand thing%2C provided it _works_
6|2|4|||||RE%3A and a tank|rwpikul||14:14:35|08/30/2015|%3EThe solution%3F  Develop a radio system that the infantry and tanks %0D%0A%3Ecould use to talk directly to each other%3F  Noooo%2C of course not%2C that %0D%0A%3Ewould have been far too complicated and taken too long%2C and there%27s %0D%0A%3Eprobably some kind of rule about any military communications system %0D%0A%3Einteroperating that obviously. %0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t forget one other important thing at the time%3A  Radios were not general issue%2C most of the infantrymen wouldn%27t even have one.%0D%0A%0D%0AAdding an external access for the intercom system meant that anyone stuck on foot could talk to the tank crew%2C not just the one guy in the squad with a radio.
7|3|6|||||RE%3A and a tank|Star Ranger4||23:36:35|08/30/2015|%3EDon%27t forget one other important thing at the time%3A  Radios were not %0D%0A%3Egeneral issue%2C most of the infantrymen wouldn%27t even have one. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0Aeven as recent as a few years ago%2C only elite units like the seals would have squad level radio communications.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn WW2%2C IIRC%2C maybe your platoon or company commander had a radio link back to your parent unit%3B it certainly wasn%27t originally intended to provide links to other units.  That was one of the things they learned during ww2%2C how usefull it could be for the grunts to be able to pass information such as forward spotting of artillery or look out for the panther at 2 o%27clock%2C etc.%0D%0A%0D%0A
8|2|4|||1||RE%3A and a tank|The Traitor||19:36:58|08/31/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-31-15 AT 07:42 PM (EDT)]This is not even the weirdest half-arsed pseudosolution cooked up by the Allied military in WWII%2C though it%27s probably the most successful one. We all know about B. F. Skinner%27s pigeon-guided missile%2C but the immediately-postwar British military took his ideas a step further. See%2C they needed a means of keeping components warm when they were buried under the ground in Germany in case of Soviet invasion. Ideas of how to do this ranged from the fairly normal %28giving the gigantic landmines snuggly blankies%2C which is also %5Bi%5Dadorable%5B%2Fi%5D%29 to... well%2C %5Blink%3Anews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fuk%2F3588465.stm%7Csee for yourself%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%3A Additionally%2C since we%27re talking about the Rainbow Codes %28Britain%27s official Department Of Weird Shit What Blows Up Good%29%2C I%27ve recently discovered a program from the %2750s to make an anti-ship nuke. Its name%2C randomly generated in accordance with Rainbow Code standards%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AGreen Cheese.%0D%0A%0D%0AMake your own jokes about British cooking here. %3D%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DLet%27s just say the original script for %5Bi%5DChicken Run%5B%2Fi%5D had a considerably darker ending and leave it at that.%5B%2Fsmall%5D
9|3|8|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Gryphon||19:55:12|08/31/2015|%3EThis is not even the weirdest half-arsed pseudosolution cooked up by %0D%0A%3Ethe Allied military in WWII%2C though it%27s probably the most successful %0D%0A%3Eone.%0D%0A%0D%0ACertainly it worked better than the plan to firebomb Japanese cities with swarms of incendiary bats.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBat_bomb%7CNo... really.%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Although apart from the bats%27 poor IFF discrimination%2C that actually worked fairly well in testing.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESee%2C they needed a means of keeping components warm when they were %0D%0A%3Eburied under the ground in Germany in case of Soviet invasion. Ideas %0D%0A%3Eof how to do this ranged from the fairly normal %28giving the gigantic %0D%0A%3Elandmines snuggly blankies%2C which is also %5Bi%5Dadorable%5B%2Fi%5D%29 to... well%2C %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Anews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fuk%2F3588465.stm%7Csee for yourself%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AMoney quote%3A %22The Civil Service does not do jokes.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
10|4|9|||1||RE%3A and a tank|The Traitor||20:25:17|08/31/2015|Yes%2C I considered bringing them up but%2C well%2C everyone knows about the bat bombs. Or at least I do. And I am secretly everyone. Stare into your mirror and watch me stare back. %3D%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ABut yeah%2C between them and the Soviet %5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnti-tank_dog%7Cdog mines%5D%2C WWII wasn%27t a good place to be if you were an animal. It %5Bi%5Ddid%5B%2Fi%5D%2C however%2C give us this picture%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Ff%2Ff0%2FF_ww2_sov16.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich people who like dogs will presumably find less than objectionable. %3D%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5Di have a phobia this was hard%5B%2Fsmall%5D
11|5|10|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Gryphon||20:32:02|08/31/2015|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FG-GFX%2Fkkbb.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
13|6|11|||1||RE%3A and a tank|The Traitor||20:41:53|08/31/2015|Funny you bring that up%3A here%27s a diagram from %5Blink%3A%7CProject Acoustic Kitty%5D%2C a CIA plan to bug the Russians with%2C well%2C I%27m sure you can guess.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fnsarchive.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F06%2Facoustickitty.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0ALet%27s all be thankful they didn%27t go for one of the other common nicknames for cats.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D.
14|7|13|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Gryphon||20:46:07|08/31/2015|%3ELet%27s all be thankful they didn%27t go for one of the other common %0D%0A%3Enicknames for cats. %0D%0A%0D%0AKnowing the CIA%2C that was a separate project.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
16|6|11|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Pasha||23:37:57|08/31/2015|%3Ehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FG-GFX%2Fkkbb.jpg %0D%0A%0D%0ASomeone else remembers H.O.L%21%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22
18|7|16|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Verbena||00:37:11|09/01/2015|Just so long as you don%27t put a teaspoon of Drano in the GM%27s Yoohoo.%0D%0A%0D%0ANever even read the book but that story on the back cover stuck with me. %3D%29%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0A    Fearless creatures%2C we all learn to fight the Reaper%0D%0A    Can%27t defeat Her%2C so instead I%27ll have to be Her
12|5|10|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Gryphon||20:36:48|08/31/2015|Also%2C I kind of want %5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGoliath_tracked_mine%7Cone of these%5D%2C though obviously it doesn%27t need to be able to explode.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen I was a kid I used to have a radio-controlled Sherman tank.  The gun would even make little puffs of smoke on command if you filled a little reservoir in the turret with cooking oil.  I wonder what ever happened to that...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
15|5|10|||1||RE%3A and a tank|SpottedKitty||23:33:53|08/31/2015|%3EBut yeah%2C between them and the Soviet %5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAnti-tank_dog%7Cdog mines%5D%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AIsn%27t that the cunning plan that had the minor operational drawback that the dogs were trained to run at their own side%27s tanks instead of the German ones%3F Oops...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only.
17|6|15|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Gryphon||00:02:44|09/01/2015|%3EIsn%27t that the cunning plan that had the minor operational drawback %0D%0A%3Ethat the dogs were trained to run at their own side%27s tanks instead of %0D%0A%3Ethe German ones%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ADogs are not generally renowned for their tank recognition skills.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
19|6|15|||||RE%3A and a tank|CdrMike||17:52:20|09/01/2015|%3EIsn%27t that the cunning plan that had the minor operational drawback %0D%0A%3Ethat the dogs were trained to run at their own side%27s tanks instead of %0D%0A%3Ethe German ones%3F Oops... %0D%0A%0D%0AIt is indeed.  Also they trained in relatively calm training fields%2C which bear little resemblance to the roaring and booming of a pitched tank battle.  So if the dogs didn%27t freak out over the loud noises%2C they did when their masters tried to shoot at them for running towards their own tanks%2C leading to the poor creatures seeking out the nearest safe harbor...which tended to be the underside of a T-34.
20|2|4|||||RE%3A and a tank|Willard||22:48:46|09/01/2015|Tbis is still a thing%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5BImg src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.copybook.com%2Fmedia%2Fmilitary%2Ffact_files%2Fm1abramsimage3b.jpg%22%5D
21|3|20|||1||RE%3A and a tank|Gryphon||23:16:54|09/01/2015|I think I would be less inclined to walk right up to something that%27s covered in explosive armor tiles and treat it like a phone booth%2C but hey%2C that%27s one of the many%2C many reasons I%27m not an infantryman.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
22|2|4|||1||RE%3A and a tank|McFortner||19:25:00|09/02/2015|The big problem with issuing radios were their size and how fast the tubes ate batteries.  It was a lot cheaper and more efficient back then just to attach a telephone to the tank.  Plus%2C you couldn%27t get confused over which message you heard was for you or a tank 1%2F2 mile down the road.%0D%0A%0D%0AMichael%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22%5DMichael C. Fortner%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22green%22 size%3D-1%5D%22Maxim 37%3A There is no such thing as %22overkill%22.%0D%0AThere is only %22open fire%22 and %22I need to reload%22.%5B%2Ffont%5D