Rock Island Armory museum. Unfortunately the wall-o-guns was taken back by the Army, but I was able to check out stuff. Apologies for some bad pics, the lighting here sucked for photos. First off here's an prototype M16 variant with a upper with a huge brass deflector and prototype-A2 sights built in an XM16E1 lower
>>65160983Close up to show there a hole to show the drum setting, and the windage adjust know isn't quite A2 shaped yet
>>65160990The fuckoff huge brass deflector
>>65160992Vietnam era experimental plastic magazines
Thank you for the quality off the beaten path OC
>>65160997The blurb for the mags
>>65160983>Unfortunately the wall-o-guns was taken back by the ArmyWhat? Why? Is it going in one of their own museums or something?
>>65161004XM19 SPIW. Again sorry the lighting prevented a good straight in photo.
>>65161009Butthole 4chan formatting
>>65161015SPIW mag and mag pouch. >>65161006Don't know. Apparently it happened a few years ago according to front desk. I was very disappointed given what I'd seen online before going
>>65161022Port firing weapons, with the HK submission included
>>65161030Bunch of rare older rifles. The M1 Garand is one of the few surviving gas trap versions
>>65161036Rodman Labs XM21. Sadly no info blurb on this exact variant regarding the thumb hole stock and such.
>>651610791902 and prototype 1903 Springfield rifles
>>65161082M1917A1 cutaway
>>65161088Krag rifle and Krag carbine
>>65161096Outside.From the sign:USA/Iran/Iraq M1158-inch Heavy Towed HowitzerThe M115 was the standard issue howitzer during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. It was a general artillery support weapon, served by a crew of 14. It fired both high explosive and nuclear shells. This howitzer was overhauled at Rock Island Arsenal in 1977 and sold to Iran.It was captured by Iraqi troops during the Iran-Irag War, and was later captured by U.S. forces during the Gulf War.
>>65161105Ontos, one my my favorites. And it's so tiny in person. From the sign:USA M50, Ontos 106mm, Self-Propelled Antitank GunOntos is Greek for "The Thing." The M50 is a light, mobile antitank system mounting six 106mm recoilless rifles. The Ontos was developed in the mid 1950s and designed for direct sea to land invasion. It was adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps and saw service in Vietnam. Its primary design flaw was that the recoilless rifles could only be reloaded from the outside of the vehicle.
>>65161107More Ontos
>>65161109Nuke artyFrom the sign:USA T131280mm Heavy Motorized GunThis is the experimental model of the M65 atomic cannon. Adopted in 1956, the cannon could fire both nuclear and conventional shells up to 18 miles. The cannon weighs 47 tons and is mobile. The prime mover consists of both a front and a rear truck that can reach a maximum speed of 30 mph. The atomic cannon was replaced by more mobile rockets in the mid 1960s.
>>65161118From the sign:Mark VIII "Liberty" TankA joint British-American design, the Mark VIll "Liberty" tank was designed for a major spring 1919 Allied offensive. The Armistice on November 11, 1918 led to the suspension of the project. In 1919 Rock Island Arsenal took up the project to assemble the tanks from parts already manufactured, producing 100 Mark VIll tanks between 1919 and 1920.Based on the British Mark V tank, the Mark VIll was a heavy tank stretching more than thirty-four feet long and eleven feet wide, and weighing in at nearly 40 tons. It was armedwith two six-pounder Hotchkiss guns and either seven Hotchkiss machine guns or five M1917 Browning Machine Guns. It was powered by a V-12 Liberty Engine and had a maximum speed of just over five miles per hour.Once completed, the tanks were shipped to training camps in the east. As tank design progressed during the interwar period (1919-1940), the Mark VIll tank quickly became obsolete. Today only three of these tanks are still in existence-two are held in U.S. Army's historical collection and the third is in the collection of The Tank Museum in Bovington, England.
>>65161123Front view
>>65161082So weird to think that the Springfield might have come in infantry and cavalry lengths.
>>65160983Was this the aforementioned wall o guns?Why did the army take it? Where did it go?
>>65160983How hard is gun ownership in philippines? What if theoretically my filipina wife is in government, hypothetically of course
>>65161163That looks like what I expected. Don't know, guy just said the Army took them back from the museum.M15 variant of 1911, and XM203
>>65161173From the sign:USA M31 Honest John762mm RocketDeveloped in the early 1950s, the Honest John Rocket System was the U.S. Army's primary field artillery rocket until the mid 1970s. A mobile, tactical system, its free-flight, fin-stabilized, surface-to-surface rocket carried a nuclear or high-explosive warhead.A handling beam was temporarily attached to the rocket to load it on the truck mounted, rail-type launcher.Rock Island Arsenal was responsible for the design, development, and manufacture of the Honest John M386 truck mounted launcher.
>>65161124>You think you can defeat me
>>65161183Everything reminds me of her
>>65161167hes talking about the actual one in america
>>65161167OP meant Arsenal and not Armory.
>>65161124neat photo
Extremely cool shit Anon. Hope to get there see it myself one day.
From the display sign:USA M4A3 Sherman76mm Medium TankThe M4 Sherman Tank was the standard U.S. tank in the Second World War. This tank was assigned to the 4th Armored Division and was disabled by German gunfire during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - January 1945.Additional armor plate applied to the front and turret of this tank was partially successful.Several enemy antitank rounds ricocheted harmlessly. One enemy round bounced off the armor and destroyed the gun barrel.
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>>65161285From the sign:USA M2A2 Terra-Star105mm HowitzerThis experimental model was designed to improve the mobility of towed artillery weapons. The Terra-Star major/minor wheel running gear was fitted to a standard M2A2 105mm howitzer. When moving on hard surfaces, the two small wheels rotate as on any normal wheeled vehicle. When moving on soft surfaces, the drive is transferred to the central axle and the whole three-wheeled assembly rotates. The Lockheed Aircraft Service Company and Rock Island Arsenal tested this weapon from 1969 to 1977, when the project was terminated. This howitzer has a carriage manufactured at Rock Island Arsenal in 1954 and a recoil mechanism manufactured at Rock Island Arsenal in 1945.
>>65161290From the sign:USA T664.5-inch Multiple Rocket LauncherIn 1944 and 1945, 500 T66 multiple rocket launchers were manufactured. They saw service in the Second World War and the Korean War. The self-contained system had built-in azimuth and elevation adjustments and electrically fired rockets.It was light, easy to maneuver, and could put down a devastating volume of fire in a short time. These features were needed, because the back-blast and rocket smoke produced during firing instantly revealed the launcher's position.
>>65161293From the sign:USA M558-inch Heavy Self-Propelled HowitzerThe M55 was a standard U.S. Army motorized howitzer during the 1950s and early 1960s, until it was replaced by the M110. It was largely deployed in NATO areas and was used extensively in the Vietnam era. This howitzer was designed to provide general artillery support to ground troops and close general support to armored columns.A crew of six was required to operate the vehicle.The crew was protected from both enemy fire and radioactive fallout.
>>65161123>Today only three of these tanks are still in existence-two are held in U.S. Army's historical collection and the third is in the collection of The Tank Museum in Bovington, England.So what did we see in Raiders of the Lost Ark?
>>65161297A custom prop inspired by this design. https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/fictional-tanks-hatay-heavy-tank/
>>65161315Thx. Wow, I blew my reference. Will have to rewatch. I did like the last one Insaw, where he becomes the burnout fuddy duddy prof. P gud.
good thread.>>65161004>deny enemy metalinteresting to remember that
Very good posts, thanks OP.
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>>65160983Looks like a Mossy Oak shirt I have. Neat camo.>>65160990Now that's fucking cool. I get why the window would've been done away with but damn is that cool.
Thanks for the dump, OP. I wonder if the Army took their loans back because the RIA museum was one of the ones scheduled to close by the previous budget?
>>65161118Oh my.
