Tank Silencer

[ericire12]

Your holy crap moment of the day:

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/16/worlds-largest-gun-suppressor/

This photo, taken at a German Army artillery range, is not a fake.I know what you are thinking: "WTF!".It was build to reduce noise to communities nearby. The vehicle pictured is the M109G 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

[MikeBjerum]

Oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Kayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 

And someone actually felt this was an important thing to do 

This is what rednecks do in our back yards, not what the military does in their research departments ... I thought.

[Pathfinder]

No, Eric, that is one giant WTF moment.

WTF? ? ? ? ?

[Hazcat]

[ericire12]

If its just for training on a base, I dont understand why they had to go to the trouble and cost of painting it camo

[Sponsor]

[WatchManUSA]

Another technology with no practical application.

[tombogan03884]

If its just for training on a base, I dont understand why they had to go to the trouble and cost of painting it camo

They had to paint the bare metal and the Army supplied Camo paint free.

Another technology with no practical application.

It DOES serve a purpose, it keeps the younger people from bitching about the range noise. The older folks remember the LAST time the Russians went through so they didn't bitch any way.

[ericire12]

It DOES serve a purpose, it keeps the younger people from bitching about the range noise. The older folks remember the LAST time the Russians went through so they didn't bitch any way.

Those idiots that moved next to an artillery base and then decided to complain about the noise.

[tombogan03884]

 Those are the one's. They couldn't get the place by the airport. 

[2HOW]

Makes absolutely no sense. Firing a gun is the least part of training how to operate it successfully. So many other things have to happen up to the point you pull that lanyard.