# What military hardware is this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-hardware-is-this/707837>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 21, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-hardware-is-this/707837 "2014-12-21T19:01:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-hardware-is-this/707837/1 "2014-12-21T19:01:45Z")

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And what the feck is going in this pic? Someone on [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) was using this as his avatar:

[http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/members/avatars/6/2/27646\_170.jpg?3](http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/members/avatars/6/2/27646_170.jpg?3)

The bottom left looks like self-propelled artillery but what is it firing into?!?

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-hardware-is-this/707837/2 "2014-12-21T19:11:54Z")

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That’s an artillery silencer.

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-hardware-is-this/707837/3 "2014-12-21T19:16:17Z")

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Wow, thank you!