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

At 08:41 PM 5/14/99 -0600, you 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
> 
>That's better than in initial acceptance tests.
>They retrofit them alongside 220mm HVCs and they
>lasted about 3 shots. They work much better with
>the new synthetic monocrystalline optics, but
>they're still iffy except on recoilless main
>guns.
> 

*sigh*

I think I will go with it being a beer keg after all.  

It will be a Biphase Carbide thermal superconducting quantum monopolar
refrigerated beer keg though.

Lurker First Class,

Ndege Diamond