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).

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.

looks kinda perverted

Why camo a piece of equipment at a ffiring range?

haha the camo won't do much good considering it's the size of a doublewide

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.

twig and berries a la camouflage. tank silence'her.

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.

SUV is noisy? This is new to me. You just imagine things. What are really noisy - little "Latino-style" Hondas.

Last time I checked, Hondas were Japanese.

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.

and It's just not latinos who do it! I've seen white boys in street racing hondas.

I apologize for my sophomoric remarks

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Definitely perverted!

Its Not a Tank Its a Artillery Vehicle! Like someone said Above o And it went from a Tank silencer toa Honda WTF?? lol

Wrong! That vehicle is just pimped by MTV.

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.

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!

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.

why does it look like a stubby wang?

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).

It is a silencer - the barrel of the AS90 155mm SP Artillery piece is longer than it appears and goes well into the silencer.

Why is it there? so it can be fired for testing on a range without upsetting locals too much.

Why is it camouflaged? To make it less obvious from the air and also because that is the kind of paint we tend to have a lot of.

So, you just brush on the camo paint and it makes that camo pattern?

Self-propelled artillery vehicle... or tank. Ya know... it's an armoured vehicle on tracks. It shoots a big gun and has guys inside. It looks like a tank. It's built like a tank. Therefore, it's a friggin' tank. With a big gun!

No, a tank and a self propelled gun are very different things. That is an AS90 Self Propelled 155mm howitzer. The kinds of paint we have a lot of are olive drab, brown and black and that is what makes DPM.

Given that I have provided the answer and you now know, I am a little confused as to why you are banging on about it.

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