Re: Name that doodad, greeble, keg of beer, or whatever.

Rick Rutherford wrote:

> On Wed, 12 May 1999, Thomas Anderson wrote:
>
> > The device which LFC Diamond is puzzled over is the Type 1415
> > Intermediate Altitude Holographic Maser Imaging Array (IAHMI),
deployed
> > on both the FWA06 SPG and the FWT42 SPAA.
>
> I'm sorry, but this is incorrect. The Type 1415 IAHMI array is
smaller, and
> mounted co-axially with the AFV's gun barrel, so that the array can
"see"
> what it's shooting at. In some AFVs, the IAHMI is mounted on the front
of
> the turret, and in others it is mounted on the turret roof.
>
> BAT Industries was the first manufacturer to incorporate the IAHMI
array
> into their AFVs, but unfortunately the early versions of the array
were
> quite vulnerable to enemy fire. The glass tubes in the cylinder
shattered
> whenever the vehicle was hit; when this happened, the tank crews said
that
> they were, "as blind as a BAT." :)
>
> -- Rick Rutherford

It sounds like a "Standard Issue Forward Mounted Contact Explosive
Charge"  or
SIFMCEC for short...8D

Donald Hosford