Bonjour, I am Achmed your Ordinance Sommelier. Can I interest you in a 105 Chateau Cordite?
Posted on 08/24/2006 1:37:53 PM PDT by Brian C. Ledbetter
I've never had any experience with one, but instinct tells me to stay away....and certainly not carry around.
Photo #3 looks like a belly fuel tank for a f16.
Bonjour, I am Achmed your Ordinance Sommelier. Can I interest you in a 105 Chateau Cordite?
Photo #2 and 33 look like the same object.
33=3
The exterior shots are bomb bodies. 1000 or 2000 pounds. A bomb without the fin unit looks like a very large artillery shell.
The carrying lugs and access plugs on top are indicative that its a bomb.
I hear it goes nicely with the grilled Sperm Whale..
White phone is for you.
I have lots of experience with bomb bodies and fuel tanks. Is that what you were trying to show me? Only a 2000 pounder could be confused with a fuel tank, but the identifiers point to the exterior photos being of bomb bodies.
LOL!
I dunno. Photo three looks like an external wing fuel tank.
Photo 4 looks like a 155mm Illumination shell casing. Nothing left inside.
Its extemely unusual to drop external tanks, but its possible. Further, external tanks come in various sizes and are generally (but not always) interchangeable from belly to wing, assuming all the plumbing is in place. Finally though, the diameter looks too small for a tank, the body does not protrude far enough back behind the second lug, and there is no fill cap where there should be.
Having said that, a closer look would help.
This is a travel pod.
http://www.f-16.net/modules/pnGallery2/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=53362&g2_serialNumber=2
A link to a picture of a travel pod.
Link to f-16 centerline (sta-5) fuel tank.
http://www.f-16.net/gallery_item45927.html
Either that or that's one strong dude. A loaded 155 shell should weigh around 100 pounds. Doesn't look like he's holding that much weight.
Ping, for when you have some time.
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