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		Some garbage collectors find tin cans and glass bottles in the trash. These guys found a used military-style rocket launcher (blog.chron.com)		117
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Sgt Otter		2012-04-20 01:14:26 PM

It was probably a tube from a used LAW or AT-4. You can't reload them. It's basically just a giant empty shell casing.

highendmighty		2012-04-20 02:36:21 PM

Cool tag was blown up?

Pants_Optional		2012-04-20 02:36:59 PM

"Some garbage collectors find tin cans and glass bottles in the trash. These guys found a used military-style rocket launcher"

There are non-military style rocket launchers?

BurnShrike		2012-04-20 02:37:08 PM

What else are you gonna do with that? It won't compost.

Oznog		2012-04-20 02:37:58 PM

"The preliminary examination of it reveals that the rocket launcher was inert and no explosive material has been identified, so it was not classified as a destructive device," Orchowski said. "There was no violation of the Gun Control Act, the National Firearms Act or any federal explosive laws."

LOL TFA actually includes proquote on why this is NOTHING AT ALL.

destrip		2012-04-20 02:38:06 PM

Bruce Cockburn finally hit the jackpot!!

/obscure?

Dr. Mojo PhD		2012-04-20 02:39:47 PM

Pants_Optional: "Some garbage collectors find tin cans and glass bottles in the trash. These guys found a used military-style rocket launcher"

There are non-military style rocket launchers?

Came to ask this. Where might I find one of these civilian-grade rocket launchers? Do pawn shops take them? Can I pick them up there?

Antimatter		2012-04-20 02:40:15 PM

Pants_Optional: "Some garbage collectors find tin cans and glass bottles in the trash. These guys found a used military-style rocket launcher"

There are non-military style rocket launchers?

NASA style rockets, fireworks, civilian rockets, etc.

Slaves2Darkness		2012-04-20 02:40:29 PM

Pants_Optional: "Some garbage collectors find tin cans and glass bottles in the trash. These guys found a used military-style rocket launcher"

There are non-military style rocket launchers?

What? You have not seen the hello kitty launchers? Or the give Peace a chance line? You know for the kids.

Flakeloaf		2012-04-20 02:40:44 PM

Sgt Otter: It was probably a tube from a used LAW or AT-4. You can't reload them. It's basically just a giant empty shell casing.

Or only the coolest DIY ghetto blaster body in the whole borough.

Maud Dib		2012-04-20 02:41:21 PM

destrip: Bruce Cockburn finally hit the jackpot!!

/obscure?

28.media.tumblr.com

Fubini		2012-04-20 02:42:12 PM

destrip		2012-04-20 02:42:14 PM

Pants_Optional: "Some garbage collectors find tin cans and glass bottles in the trash. These guys found a used military-style rocket launcher"

There are non-military style rocket launchers?

There are, actually. For instance:

www.scientificsonline.com

CygnusDarius		2012-04-20 02:42:49 PM

Plexo		2012-04-20 02:43:19 PM

That was a waste of Money. Thing was worth at least a couple hundred.

Sticky Hands		2012-04-20 02:43:25 PM

BurnShrike: What else are you gonna do with that? It won't compost.

a planter or maybe something to grow potatoes in.

blatz514		2012-04-20 02:44:12 PM

FTFA: "Orchowski said the launcher, which had a military serial number, has been "demilled," meaning it's no longer a military item. He said he couldn't release photos of the device without permission from the military."

Then why can't they show pics of it?

Sock Ruh Tease		2012-04-20 02:44:18 PM

MythDragon		2012-04-20 02:44:26 PM

They shoot teddy bears and tin cans.

CujoQuarrel		2012-04-20 02:44:28 PM

Why is this labeled 'scary'? It's nothing more than a metal tube.

Love to have one to put on my wall ...................

dittybopper		2012-04-20 02:44:59 PM

Orchowski said the launcher, which had a military serial number, has been "demilled," meaning it's no longer a military item. He said he couldn't release photos of the device without permission from the military.

So, if it's no longer a military item because it's been demilled, why would you need the permission of the military to release a photo of it?

BurnShrike		2012-04-20 02:45:29 PM

dittybopper: Orchowski said the launcher, which had a military serial number, has been "demilled," meaning it's no longer a military item. He said he couldn't release photos of the device without permission from the military.

So, if it's no longer a military item because it's been demilled, why would you need the permission of the military to release a photo of it?

You've just been put on a list for asking questions.

Plexo		2012-04-20 02:46:04 PM

CujoQuarrel: Why is this labeled 'scary'? It's nothing more than a metal tube.

Love to have one to put on my wall ...................

Here ya go http://www.keepshooting.com/israeli-bazooka.html

MythDragon		2012-04-20 02:46:53 PM

I'd be like "Cool!, an AT-4 casing." Hose that farker off, and put it on a shelf.

I bet it would be fun to hang out with one in front of the White House, since you know, it's not illegal or anything.

Foxxinnia		2012-04-20 02:47:05 PM

Jeeze, am I the only guy who has a recreational sport rocket launcher?

dittybopper		2012-04-20 02:47:52 PM

BurnShrike: dittybopper: Orchowski said the launcher, which had a military serial number, has been "demilled," meaning it's no longer a military item. He said he couldn't release photos of the device without permission from the military.

So, if it's no longer a military item because it's been demilled, why would you need the permission of the military to release a photo of it?

You've just been put on a list for asking questions.

Meh. I'm likely already on a bunch of lists. What is one more?

MythDragon		2012-04-20 02:50:01 PM

/Small end goes up front.

BurnShrike		2012-04-20 02:51:15 PM

MythDragon: dittybopper: Orchowski said the launcher, which had a military serial number, has been "demilled," meaning it's no longer a military item. He said he couldn't release photos of the device without permission from the military.

So, if it's no longer a military item because it's been demilled, why would you need the permission of the military to release a photo of it?

[home.comcast.net image 640x268]
/Small end goes up front.

That's nice telescope. Which end do you look in?

gizmanjr		2012-04-20 02:53:24 PM

Link
Bruce knows what to do with it.

Nem Wan		2012-04-20 02:53:55 PM

Liberty City Sanitation Department?

Benjimin_Dover		2012-04-20 02:54:00 PM

So they found what was essentially an empty tube in the garbage. Big deal.

StoPPeRmobile		2012-04-20 02:54:57 PM

So, I had a friend. His dad worked for the NY sanitation department. Jeez that kid had all kinds of cool and kickass shiat. Think about rich parents punishing their kids by throwing their crap out.

Lucky bastad.

/reMspect, sanitation workers

Oznog		2012-04-20 02:56:31 PM

BHK		2012-04-20 02:56:47 PM

Isn't this a repeat from last year? I recall this exact same "scary" tag and ensuing conversation about how the damned thing is just a metal tube.

D_Evans45		2012-04-20 02:57:32 PM

My cousin found one sans rocket in a dump out in the desert when we were kids, my poor ass uncle used to take us foraging out there sometimes. Theyre cool convo pieces, but obviously useless.

/The type of guy who wants to fire an RPG just to see the explosion in person
//Wouldnt have a problem taking a sheet of metal and some meat out there either
///Why yes, I do have grilling plans imminent

Mimekiller		2012-04-20 02:59:25 PM

Not a Jew.

Fista-Phobia		2012-04-20 03:01:49 PM

Sock Ruh Tease: [kzconcepts.files.wordpress.com image 380x203]

+1

Oznog		2012-04-20 03:03:32 PM

Throwing it out??

Those things are worth money!

True, the military consumes a bunch during training. But, policy keeps fairly tight control over the spent tubes for whatever reason... it's legal to possess in itself, but it'd be stealing from the military to take one out of their trash (they do track them), and it could be stolen property.

But there ARE ones out there in surplus stores and online (eBay has banned them), but they're worth SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. $150-$250 or so for a demilled, dead tube.

Sgt Otter		2012-04-20 03:04:30 PM

Not if you're in some shiatty film about Iraq starring 50 Cent and Jessica Biel's rubber fist.

Spade		2012-04-20 03:06:13 PM

Plexo: That was a waste of Money. Thing was worth at least a couple hundred.

You know it's going to end up in some ATF guy's house.

Thudfark		2012-04-20 03:06:39 PM

Pants_Optional: "Some garbage collectors find tin cans and glass bottles in the trash. These guys found a used military-style rocket launcher"

There are non-military style rocket launchers?

Bruce Cockburn unavailable for comment, inconsolable.

StoPPeRmobile		2012-04-20 03:07:49 PM

BHK: Isn't this a repeat from last year? I recall this exact same "scary" tag and ensuing conversation about how the damned thing is just a metal tube.

Shhhhh.

Oznog		2012-04-20 03:10:14 PM

Spade: Plexo: That was a waste of Money. Thing was worth at least a couple hundred.

You know it's going to end up in some ATF guy's house.

I bet it would be the most unique subwoofer tube EVER. Probably have pretty good sound, too.

Mishno		2012-04-20 03:10:44 PM

CujoQuarrel: Why is this labeled 'scary'? It's nothing more than a ~~metal~~ plastic tube.

Love to have one to put on my wall ...................

TWX		2012-04-20 03:11:32 PM

The local military surplus store had a few of these hanging on walls as display items not for sale. They're not exactly uncommon. It's not necessarily inappropriate for the bomb squad to take a look, but the original responding officer should have looked to see if light was shining through the length of the barrel if he could have.

MythDragon		2012-04-20 03:11:35 PM

How *not* to fire an AT-4
www.imfdb.org

david_gaithersburg		2012-04-20 03:13:01 PM

Normally derp of this nature is reserved for the North East section of the country, or California.

Oznog		2012-04-20 03:13:14 PM

Plexo: CujoQuarrel: Why is this labeled 'scary'? It's nothing more than a metal tube.

Love to have one to put on my wall ...................

Here ya go http://www.keepshooting.com/israeli-bazooka.html

www.overthinkingit.com

OBBN		2012-04-20 03:14:52 PM

OMG A USED ROCKET LAUNCHER!!! EVERYONE PANIC !!!! You have got to be darling kidding me. Someone alerted the media over a non-functioning surplus already fired rocket launcher? The only way this thing could hurt you is if you tripped over it or someone used it as a club. Jesus Christ police and news types, get a grip on yourself. Your jobs aren't so dangerous and important that everything you do needs to be sensationalized. Want a real news story? I have a couple of empty .50 caliber casings at home. They at one time contained actual .50 caliber bullets. I am in possession of a formerly dangerous item. Quick, run a story designed to cause great panic among the masses. Better send the bomb squad over, I could be in danger. You never know when those empty casings might go off.

TWX		2012-04-20 03:15:55 PM

Sgt Otter: It was probably a tube from a used LAW or AT-4. You can't reload them. It's basically just a giant empty shell casing.

If it's really an M72LAW, it actually can be reloaded, as they reload trainer units. They're also designed to be so cheap that the soldier firing one in violence can just throw it away instead of lugging an empty launcher with him while under fire.

I don't have any figures for how much new, loaded trainers cost versus buying new training rounds for an existing launcher, but I do know that trainers are probably a bigger part of the business than actual exploding rounds are.

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