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Tank Silencer
Here's another photo that's doing the rounds on the internet. It's captioned 'Tank Silencer'. I have no idea what this device is actually used for, but somehow I don't think it's a tank silencer. So this would be a case of 'real picture, false caption.' Click image for larger version. (via Hell in a Handbasket)
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Categories: Military, Photos/Videos Posted by Alex on Tue Nov 30, 2004 |
Comments (23) |
No, that really *IS* a tank silencer. It was constructed by the Rheinmetall corporation so that tanks at gunnery ranges in Germany wouldn't disrupt residental communities nearby (a lot of the bases and training facilities were built during the cold war, with the main concern being the red horde coming across the Fulda Gap and not the citizens nearby).
Posted by Anon on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 02:21 AM
BTW, that isn't actually a tank. It's a self-propelled artillery vehicle. You can tell by the turret size and shape, position at the rear of the vehicle, and the elevation of the gun. SP's generally carry bigger guns than tanks, hence a bigger "boom," and thus the apparent silencer.
Posted by Frederick J. Barnett in Sorrento, LA on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 09:55 AM
looks kinda perverted
Posted by me on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 10:20 AM
Why camo a piece of equipment at a ffiring range?
Posted by Mo in Earth on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 03:33 PM
haha the camo won't do much good considering it's the size of a doublewide
Posted by John on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 04:18 PM
I saw this photo a long time ago and sent it to my Marine brother in law. He said it was a practice device to keep noise down just as Frederick J. Barnett and Anon described.
Posted by gunner in Nashville on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 06:29 PM
twig and berries a la camouflage. tank silence'her.
Posted by visitingjoke on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 06:29 PM
It's about time somebody came up with a tank silencer. Those things are darned noisy, even when they aren't shooting.
Now we need an SUV silencer.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Tue Nov 30, 2004 at 06:48 PM
Now we need an SUV silencer.
SUV is noisy? This is new to me. You just imagine things. What are really noisy - little "Latino-style" Hondas.
Posted by Loxx on Wed Dec 01, 2004 at 01:34 PM
Last time I checked, Hondas were Japanese.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Wed Dec 01, 2004 at 01:55 PM
Loxx meant to say Latinos are the ones who trick out the Hondas. But he's got a point, people put the fattest mufflers on old-school Hondas and Acuras just to make it noisy as hell... They think they're so badass because because their farting cuntmobile is noisy! Either they're insecure about their sexuality, or they have a small penis. Someone really needs to dosomething about it, like make a law.
Posted by John on Wed Dec 01, 2004 at 03:42 PM
and It's just not latinos who do it! I've seen white boys in street racing hondas.
Posted by John on Wed Dec 01, 2004 at 03:49 PM
I apologize for my sophomoric remarks
Posted by John on Thu Dec 02, 2004 at 04:51 PM
Hi, leider reichen meine Englischk
Posted by X-Ray in Deutschland on Tue Dec 14, 2004 at 08:57 AM
Hi, leider reichen meine Englischk
Posted by wolfrevo in germany on Fri Dec 17, 2004 at 08:08 AM
Definitely perverted!
Posted by Jack M. Eoff in Beats me on Sat Sep 10, 2005 at 11:30 AM
Its Not a Tank Its a Artillery Vehicle! Like someone said Above o And it went from a Tank silencer toa Honda WTF?? lol 
Posted by CapETan in China town on Tue Oct 03, 2006 at 09:07 AM
Wrong! That vehicle is just pimped by MTV.
Posted by ME in Here on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 12:09 PM
Shut up nerds its a tank to normal people, just because you sit outside military bases with some paper towels and some binoculars, shagging the nearest soldier just to find out the name of their new TANK.
Posted by jimmy in USA on Sat Jul 28, 2007 at 07:28 AM
it's a artillary vehichle just like fredderick said. i dunno if that fucking huge thing that looks like a penis is a silencer or not but i does half look cool!
Posted by sean in england on Sat Oct 13, 2007 at 05:05 AM
That is not a silencer. Silencers must cover the barrel as they do on pistols. But that thing is spaced from the artillery's barrel. "So what is it then", you may ask. When enemy aircraft tries to shoot down that artillery, he see a big "pFUCK you" on ground. That's what it is. It's a swearing equipment. Hell, the enemy aircraft may take a few rounds in sky and take some pictures for analysis by the time which they will shoot him down. So, its a swearing machine and also a mind interceptor.
Posted by rezz in Emirates on Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 11:48 AM
why does it look like a stubby wang?
Posted by donkeydong on Thu Apr 23, 2009 at 06:39 PM
You are all wrong. It's a new way to launch Hubble kind telescopes. The painting is to avoid to recover the sat' if launching fails (and ask for a new space shuttle mission to NASA).
Posted by Wizz on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 04:11 PM
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