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- 4/8/2003 3:53:13 AM

Belisarius

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Voriax
[B]Rubber band? :D

Voriax
(imagines a large slingshot...) [/B][/QUOTE]

OK, that's it! No more coffee for you! :D :D :D

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- 4/8/2003 4:13:00 AM

Voriax

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Belisarius
[B]OK, that's it! No more coffee for you! :D :D :D [/B][/QUOTE]

I prefer tea anyways :)

But seriously, it was a Soviet weapon. Somewhat of a bazooka lookalike that fired a spherical container filled with flammable liquid, possibly white phosphorus. Propellant was supposed to be black powder.

So it's been pinched into japanese oob.. :)

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Re: Spigot? - 4/8/2003 6:11:38 AM

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Buzzard45
[B]The rod driving forward sets off an explosive charge that propels the main charge forward. Much like a Mortar round works. Instead of dropping the charge down a tube, the rod moves. The back pressure from the explosion is supposed to reset the spring loaded rod. But, It didn't always work and has a helluva kick.

I don't know where the Spigot comes in. Likely a name derived from a water pipe.

Is this right John? [/B][/QUOTE]

The spring drives forward the spigot rod which acts as both the firing pin to set off the round and the rod also acts as the lauch rod that the round lauches off of.

Contrary to what some think, the spring doesn't launch the round, it just drives the spigot rod forward.

Instead of being fired out of a barrel, it is launched off the rod.
thanks, John.

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- 4/8/2003 6:23:52 AM

john g

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For those who have never seen a spigot mortar, or Blacker Bombard as some were also known, I found pictures on the net.

http://uk.geocities.com/pillboxesuk/spigot.html

In the picture you can see it looks nothing like a tube or Stokes mortar.
thanks, John.

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