Posts by NathanD

Tragic

Everyone's said it so very well already but condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

Pint raised in his honour today.

re: Why not stick it underneath,

We put the radar on the top so that the chopper can hide behind trees or a convenient ridge and still scan a tank on the other side and even launch its missiles without ever revealing itself.

Everyone elses apaches have to pop-up in order for the visual target acquisition stuff in the nose to do the same job, exposing the helicoptor to risk.

@ AC re: PIstol - Revolver

>> Pistols use the back compression of a cartridge to eject a round and chamber the next from a spring loaded clip. (Pistol-Piston - get the mechanics?)

Nope - pistol was a term used in the seventeenth century to describe early guns designed to be fired one handed. The words etymology comes through high-german from thge Czech word "pistala" which means pipe. Nothing to do with pistons!

As already stated - all handguns are pistols, but not all pistols are revolvers!

I'll get me coat - its the English Civil War Buff with the pair of english-lock horse pistols...