Why artillery doesn't come with silencers.

Safeway

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Originally posted by: Mrvile
No seriously, what is that?

It looks like CGI to me ...

But yea OP, where did you get the picture and what the heck is it? 30
 

Demon-Xanth

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It's a silencer used by the German military on one of thier ranges to keep complaints from a neighboring town down.
 

Demon-Xanth

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Translation of the caption:
The photo shows a PzH M109 with muffler with the military engineering agency (WTD) in Meppen) (photo: Pahlkoetter)
 

Safeway

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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
It's a silencer used by the German military on one of thier ranges to keep complaints from a neighboring town down.

Holy crap, it is real! Thanks for the information Demon-Xanth. That is one wicked silencer. 36
 

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it is indeed a piece of test equipment, used by the German Army's Wehrtechnische Dienststelle (military engineering department). As it turns out, it is a silencer, to reduce the earth shattering kabooms that'd otherwise drive the good people of Meppen, near the test range, nuts.

... "Schalldämpfer" means "muffler".
 

dullard

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I don't know what you guys are talking about. I only see a grey platform and some vegatation growing on it. The plants do have an odd shape though.
Originally posted by: Safeway
Holy crap, it is real! Thanks for the information Demon-Xanth. That is one wicked silencer. 36
Are you counting your posts for the day or what? I keep seeing numbers after your posts in threads today.
 

Atheus

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Originally posted by: dullard
I don't know what you guys are talking about. I only see a grey platform and some vegatation growing on it. The plants do have an odd shape though.
Originally posted by: Safeway
Holy crap, it is real! Thanks for the information Demon-Xanth. That is one wicked silencer. 36
Are you counting your posts for the day or what? I keep seeing numbers after your posts in threads today.

I was just gonna mention that - thought it was the number of words in his post at first
 

Mrvile

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Originally posted by: Atheus
Originally posted by: dullard
I don't know what you guys are talking about. I only see a grey platform and some vegatation growing on it. The plants do have an odd shape though.
Originally posted by: Safeway
Holy crap, it is real! Thanks for the information Demon-Xanth. That is one wicked silencer. 36
Are you counting your posts for the day or what? I keep seeing numbers after your posts in threads today.

I was just gonna mention that - thought it was the number of words in his post at first

Yeah I noticed that too and I was just about to ask.