Posted on 06/03/2016 7:55:48 AM PDT by Don Hernando de Las Casas
Here’s a light-hearted question for a beautiful Friday morning. What are the most visually beautiful weapons ever created? I was gonna ask for your top 5 or top 10, but, really, why limit ourselves? ANY weapons count; notice I’ve counted warships on my list. I hope I haven’t listed all the best. Have at it, gang. Tiger tank 1911 .45 1921 Thompson BAR 1851 Colt Navy revolver M-60 and/or MG-42 Any ship of the line circa. 1770 – 1815, such as L’Orient.
True, but it was used by the Air Force, quite extensively, once adopted. Never was a fan of the F-16 (I'm a former Zoomie, myself), and preferred the F-18 over anything modern Air Force, save the A-10. I prefer the Blue Angels to the Thunderbirds for this reason.
It was sitting in the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom at the Idaho Air National Guard base back in the '80s that got me into the Air Force.
So, thanks for the hand-me-down! The F-4 is a true hot rod, in that it shows that if you put a big enough engine (or two) in anything, even a brick will fly. It's among my favorites for that reason, plus it looks cool.
I could accept King Tiger instead of Panther. But Tiger, with that square, no slope armor? No way! Angles are your friend if you’re inside a tank taking incoming. Preferably steep ones. And it just looks cooler, aesthetically.
Mauser 98K
P08 Luger
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
Model 94 Winchester
1903A3
M1A
1919 Browning
M2 50 cal
The Iowa class BB’s.
To me the most beautiful propeller fighter planes were the British Supermarine Spitfire, the Vought F4U Corsair, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and the Grumman F7F Tigercat. From the jet era I select the Convair F-106 and the Lockheed F-104.
Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range
In one of the films about the Winter War, a Finnish woman spoke of the Finns in their winter whites sneaking up on Russkis and cutting their throats with their puukko knives and standing the corpses up to freeze. While handling one of the puukko knives she described it as a weapons system!
Corsair:
2 of them ?
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Runner up:
Will be unloading a few out of these at the range on Sunday.
Indeed.
I’d have to say the Luger and 1911 pistols along with the Python from Colt.
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Is that a S&W 4506?
Italian Centauro modern 8x8 recon/tank destroyer
B-58 Hustler
A-5 Vigilante
French AMX-30B2
TU-22 Blinder
HMS Hood
Silver Chrome Browning Hi-Power on the top.
Dan Wesson 15-2 .357mag on the bottom. The snubbie pulls daily duty. The 4”, 6” and 8” barrels are currently feeling rejection due to lack of use. :(
B-17 Flying Fortress.
Oh, that’s one of those trick photos. If you stare at it for several minutes and relax, she is actually holding a pistol!
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