Cool piece of artillery.

[straycat]

Stopped by my local cool gun shop today and they had just finished up the paint job.
Be fun to own something like this.

[tomanyjacksons]

It's great, after the first shot, you're deaf of course. I don't miss my time in the Army. LOL

[straycat]

Not sure what model of mechanized cannon this is but its pretty slick.
Not as big as a full sized tank.
The guy has an old Huey UH 1 B as well.

[DRM]

Huey's are so badass. One of the most iconic sounds in the world when flying.

[straycat]

Any idea what this piece is DRM?
Huey's are pretty cool I agree.

[DRM]

Let me ask some of the guys at work. One of the history buffs is bound to know.

[straycat]

Cool I appreciate it.

[Razor]

That tank looks like an Israeli Merkava to me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkava

[straycat]

The Merkava is way bigger than this one.
I'll ask the guy next time I'm at his store.

[straycat]

Razor you have a good eye it is a scaled down version of a Merkava that was used as a movie prop.
V8 engine, headers,big carb to feed it.
Everything works turret moves but the gun is non operable.
The owner is thinking about turning the gun into a flame thrower just for show.

[Rsmacker]

Ha! My brother and his mates own a load of stuff like an Abbott Self-Propelled Gun, Ferrets, Foxes, Scorpions and Scimitars, and they even have a Challenger tank in a barn somewhere. My bro loves his Striker (mobile missile launcher), we were sitting aound in it one day drinking beer (as you do) when some bloke sidled up and said he used to work at BAE and wanted to know if we wanted some dummy missiles for it, better than the ones bro had knocked up for illustration purposes...

I'll post pics of them zooming round villages in convoy...

[Razor]

Razor you have a good eye it is a scaled down version of a Merkava that was used as a movie prop.
V8 engine, headers,big carb to feed it.
Everything works turret moves but the gun is non operable.
The owner is thinking about turning the gun into a flame thrower just for show.

That's cool as hell, and thanks for the props on me getting something right for once.