>>32833 Have you seen the movie "Fury"? End credits said over 100,000 men were killed in this tank in WWII. Worth the watch.

The WWII T-34 Tank cut in half

>>29565 >>32091 I wonder who makes the decision to melt it into cars or dump it into a field somewhere?

A section of the vehicle carrier MV Tricolor cut up during salvation operations after sinking in the English Channel in 2002.

Nerf in half

I guess.. The 5.1 setup is attached to my HTPC using (3x) 3.5mm jacks and for movies & gaming it's pretty good; I can hear the sounds surrounding me, which is what it was designed for..and it does sound clearly but I have no direct comparison.
I am thinking of buying first a usb DAC.. http://schiit.com/ or https://www.asus.com/us/Sound-Cards/Xonar_U7/overview/ and later some premium 5.1 audio speakers.

>>31907 Do you get decent sound?

All I have is a tiny 500 watt 5.1 speaker system

Here's a pair of rear woofers with each cabinet having 1-15" Rockford-Fosgate woofer and 1-8" mid-range Kenwood speaker. These speakers are the reason my amp. was destroyed. They each need their own amplifier. I haven't the room for them in my living room so they just sit there. I've tried giving them to a needy person but no one is old school anymore. I assure you the fidelity from these beats any little sound-powered amp. that comes with the surround sound t-v's and computers now-a-days.

I built and baffled these speakers over 20 years ago; before the flat-screened t-v was even thought of. I drove them with a large Harmon-Karden amp. I sucked the life out of it and about a year ago bought this Panasonic amp. that would drive them better. It's old school but has great fidelity and response. At 25% volume, I can shake the walls. Each speaker box has 1-10" woofer, 1-8" mid-range and 1-6" tweeter with a 3" (built-in) tweeter. Center speakers consist of 4-6" speakers (no tweeter since the output is usually voice). I apologize for not cutting them in half for this thread.

a Home Theater speaker

JD's gearbox

we had it already but here are a more sliced-through silencers

>>31783 Look at that..no rudder needed...another great idea to save extra steel, labor, room and cost.

And here's a incomplete one, humon for size

>>31781 depending on the ship yes. But in these cases they are HUGE

>>31777 What a great idea; saves a tremendous amount of room for a long shaft alley. I'll bet in real life those gears and shafts are huge.

The Rolls-Royce Azipull is a low drag, high efficiency pulling thruster that provides both steering and propulsion. It combines the advantage of the pulling propeller with the flexibility of using almost any type of drive to suit specific vessel requirements.

"The pistol was developed to give Soviet special forces and secret police an almost completely silent option for covert operations such as reconnaissance(?) and assassinations." And it does have an internal silencer.

I guess the Russian didn't want to wait to screw on a suppressor on their pistols, and perhaps change the mags with better subsonic ammo

>>31674 Interesting gun and ammo. Not much power but I guess the ruskies will find a use for it.

The cartridge of the SP-4 pistol
more info here: http://imgur.com/a/ZGO6Z

hahaha! probably vodka as fuel and as guidance too.

Can of gas and a fuse.

yeah, and very complicated. I wonder how the Russian rocket looks like.

Wow! That's involved, huh?

Saturn V rocket

>>31408 Did a little reading on the shortened version of the M16 or M4. It came in dead last in the sandstorm competition against 3 others. The army also had to modify the normal ammo to make the M4 operate better since it had a 3.5 greater failure rate than the M16. I don't know how much of the 133 million was spent for a better 'close quarters' rifle.

Colt M4

A V6 or V8, kinda hard to tell.

>>31137 There are times barbed wire is just not your friend. Look on the bright side: She's happy and pretty and a Band-Aid is commin'.

woops wrong thread

btw, your pic >>31126 and mine >>31131 are both VTG

Porsche does have some form of dual turbo: Variable Turbine Geometry. Used mostly in diesels.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911#997_Turbo

>>31127 Maybe Porsche should read Wikipedia. The system you've offered >>31127 takes an intricate set of exhaust piping, from what I've read in the article. Probably most people that purchase cars with turbocharges don't know what they're getting and not all auto manufacturers offer the 'twin-scroll' model.

>>31126 Well, you do have the Twin Scroll Turbo

"Twin-scroll or divided turbochargers have two exhaust gas inlets and two nozzles, a smaller sharper angled one for quick response and a larger less angled one for peak performance."
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbocharger#Twin-scroll

I was looking at some of those Porsche turbo chargers and they range in price from $1500 to $4000. I was amazed to read there's different kinds. One operates at lower rpm for greater acceleration and another at high rpm for more power. None will do both. So, there was some conjecture or differences of opinion on whether it was worth the extra price to buy a car that's turbo-charged.

Porsche Turbo (charger)

Half of a motorcycle engine + bonus video!
https://vimeo.com/109746074

Some rocket

drawing of an astronauts spacesuit

>>30563 Meeee to. Something's creeping down my leg.
This is a good demonstration for a lot of people (especially the youngsters) that can see how an internal combustion engine works. You'd be surprised how many folk don't have a clue.

Oooh, this sorta thing gets me going.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9G_vkmVIc4

I was just amazed by the huge saw..compensation anyone?

>>30511 Funny! Even after destroying 'high C' he had the audacity to pop a top.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5kNtebLcU4

>>30497 It was supposed to power this B50D plus 5 other planes but the war ended before it could go into service. They built over 18,000 of them. Interesting.

Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major

According to wiki >>30430 is Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM), which looks a lot like US Woodland pattern.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_clothing_camouflage_patterns

>>30431 It's all NATO. REME stands for Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
>>30436 I'm not gonna suggest it, he looks angry already.

>>30430 Looks a little cheaply made. Probably be more assured of reaching your destination by hopping on the back of that monster Sargent-man.

>>30430 The ultra-light landrover never did catch on.

>>30430 that looks just like the Royal Dutch Army bdu

I fink there's a bit missing, Sarge....

>>30418 Pretty cool, but would be better if the driver was cut in half too :D

>>30417 Wow. Just 4 months, too.

Audi R18 E-Tron Le Mans racer

>>30415 yes I have >>29451 but I'll let it slide

exploded view of a heli http://i.imgur.com/BGlPbMM.gifv

This was interesting. You've probably already seen it though. I never knew.

This is a Scania truck, not sure which plant produced (assembled) it.

http://www.scania.com/scania-group/scania-around-the-world/production-units/

We'll, I'm a-skeerd now. Where's it made?

cut more and the thing will fall apart

>>30393 Laziest cut in half ever :D

this truck has got the steering wheel on the best side: left. It's roomy even for a +6ft like me. And hookers don't sleep there.

I like the passenger seat. Bunk's a little small.

Cab of an European truck (lorry if you're English)

no just files, file cabinets, file managers, and manager filers.

Maybe I shouldn't ask what you're compressing. It doesn't have anything to do with dead bodies or anything of the like. Right?

>>30288 I did but all the equipment is too big to fit in my apartment.

>>30283 You the man, Grim. I don't know if you've had time to view some of the other products MAN produces but they're quite interesting.

found it! It's a 'Process Gas Screw Compressor'. Made by MAN Diesel & Turbo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stjvbAO_6JQ
Process gas screw compressor applications lie in heavily contaminated gases or gas mixtures which shorten the life of other compressor types. These positive displacement compressors also allow the broadest stable operating range. Typical applications include oil & gas production, fuelgas, styrene monomer, flaregas recovery, butadiene, soda ash and blast furnace. Suction flow rates up to 100,000 m³/h, discharge pressures up to 50 bar.

source: http://turbomachinery.man.eu/products/compressors/process-gas-screw

>>30271 I'm guessing a transmission but I've never seen transfer gears like that.

>>30271 Compressor of some sort

>>30271 It's a hypodlkjfarmaputulator with an exempahfjlkdjalfk shaft and doisjf 4000-bit nodule system. Duh..

No idea what this is or for what

>>30246 >>30247 WOW! Interesting how Renault has taken the exhaust and breaking power, stored that energy in a battery and re-uses in later for acceleration thru electric motors coupled with the engine. This additional power allows for a smaller fuel tank...wonderful...more power, less fuel.

well, it's a render unfortunately. From this video (2:02) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Bb9KkQwKM

I think it's from a Honda or Renault formula car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8merlwmPCkA

>>30244 I was wondering the operative duty of this beast and found it. I didn't find, however, what it was installed in.

not cut in half but a see-through turbo (compressor) !PORN!

Only 1174 rounds in it's belly! What I know from simulation games is that burst fire is the key which at 4200 rpm is needed!

>>30239I have looked at these things firing and it's really, really fast. The drum capacity is small compared to the rate of fire. Leads me to believe after a pass or two the plane would be out of ammo on this particular gun.

>>30212 Thanks. Still a little more noise than I would have suspected.

GAU-8/A 30mm Avenger armament system

here ya go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Nm3yIgclE

more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhHx7PdRZZE

>>30206 I'd really like to hear the noise, using a silencer, but they're illegal here. Probably cost a fortune anyway.

How does a suppressor/silencer work?

And I like to see the rest of the engine. That must look like a bomb went off

>>30088 That had to make quite a racket when the connecting rod got bent.

Owl, don't worry no gore

Not technically cut in half but still awesome: a small connector rod

Actually the sim lock is 1st, closely followed by the pin tumbler and the warded lock.

>>30068 The old 'pin-tumbler' system is (I would wager) the most common throughout the entire world'. I have an old slave lock that has a screw for a key.
This is a cool graphic video you have here.

most common lock in Europe

>>30026 No plastic. Cool!

>>30026 Gorgeous!!!

Lexus 8-speed automatic gearbox

>>29978 The tutorial is much appreciated here, Grim. I took my first bowling lesson from a pro in 1963 but never realized the dynamics of a ball had come this far. I finally found this particular ball (>>29965) on youtube. I learned something today.

for your reading pleasure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_ball

>>29965 Something new, maybe? Never saw one like that inside.

finally somebody cut something in half again. A bowling ball this time

North Korean or Chinese tractor simulator

>>29759 XD

Engine of the T-72

The fembot

>>29722 No. The pic of >>29710 is from WWII, 76mm vs 150mm (ish) armor, it was either a test fire or a real piece of a tank. Either way it's still impressive. Seen at Bovington Tank museum (http://www.tankmuseum.org/home).

>>29717 this is the barrel of the Royal Ordnance L7 105mm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Ordnance_L7)

Did this (>>29710) come out of this (>>29717)? I'll bet the guys behind that chunk of steel are glad it was a dud.

Gun of a tank

VW Panorama bus

17 pounder AP round penetrated (SFW) armor

an old mac cut in half

gif of the AA12 shotgun with exposed parts shooting
http://i.imgur.com/kZaxcwT.gif

Cassi II Rotational Core Biopsy System

CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon

fire hydrant (and grim story)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860951/Man-DECAPITATES-tying-rope-neck-attaching-fire-hydrant-driving-van.html

Rhino .357 Magnum (revolver)

>>29631 :(

>>29623 FUCK NO! Can't you read? It says no touching.

>>29617 I could watch that gif all day long. Mechanical ballet, beauty in its simplicity.

>>29619 CUT IT IN HALF!

An 1897 Felix Millet rotary motorcycle.

Wankel engine (gif)
The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. Over the commonly used reciprocating piston designs, the Wankel engine delivers advantages of: simplicity, smoothness, compactness, high revolutions per minute, and a high power-to-weight ratio. The engine is commonly referred to as a rotary engine, although this name applies also to other completely different designs. All parts rotate moving in one direction as opposed to the common piston engine which has pistons violently changing direction. The four-stroke cycle occurs in a moving combustion chamber between the inside of an oval-like epitrochoid-shaped housing, and a rotor that is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle with sides that are somewhat flatter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine

>>29584 in real life

LHD Canberra Class

>>29582 :D . I wonder how good it floats, probably as good as >>29565

>>29571 Idiots! They've forgotten to cut it in half! ;D

HMMWV & Hummer portal axle, to raise the monstrosity just a bit more

>>29567 huh? It didn't?

>>29565 It would appear this kind of land based half and half ship never caught on. Can't think why...

another ship cut in half

Here's a cut-a-way of a cable-laying ship. Must be a good reason those fillers are added; that kind of engineering is way over my head.

Fillers apparently

or maybe to make the cable a bit more round? Maybe there are other cables in them..? questions, questions

>>29553 This is interesting. I'm wondering if the white nylon/pvc is inserted in the cable to prevent stretching as it makes it's long way down to the ocean floor?

submerged cables

Rheinmetall Fly-K silent mortar

35mm AHEAD ammo

Turbofan

>>29544 yes ;) this whole thread is NSFW ;)

does that engine have opposing heads?

This one is practically pornographic.

Am I doing it rite?

>>29523 I've seen that in real life, at the Science Museum in London.

would hwhat?

>>29513>>29514>>29525 Wood.

>>29503 >>29527 sure tank
>>29534 aha. I'm waaay into computers to think outside the box.

>>29502 Render...to provide or furnish.

Gutless

Tanks alot

>>29524 The outside IS clad in metal. The inner hull is wood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUZgapiBwE0

>>29514 just to come back at this. I looked at this pic and made my conclusion. It looks like metal. That or they had some really good painters.

>>29514 too much text discourage me to read the little details. Besides it keeps the site alive. ;)

And it makes sense as it was a mine countermeasure ship. Not good to be metal.

>>29513 That ship may be wood, but here is a section of a steel ship before being fitted...

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/26/business/maersk-triple-e-biggest-ship/index.html

>>29502 I cut your observation in half!

>>29494 I maintain that this was wood. Looking closely, you can see where the hull was sheeted in steel, but the hull is laminated, grained, and fibrous. Notice on the bottom where the damage took place, the fibrous nature of the hull. The cross section of the beams show solid sections. Wood construction tends to use solid sections for strength, where as steel construction would used profiled beams of "I" or boxed shapes, in the interest of weight reduction. I will offer up a wager of 1000 merlin's bar gift shop points to those who could prove otherwise.

John Deere Model D

And thx to everybody cutting things in half!

>>29507 sure, lol. It looks the monocoupe (carbon-fiber?) chassis saved the driver/passenger.

Does this count ;D

Amazing thread by the way!

40mm grenade

Russian Anti-Tank Missile

Tank (I think a Leopard 1)

>>29494 at first >>29488 I thought it was a wooden ship. But wiki clearly shows it's metal. Amazing.

>>29493 It's not a rendering, I think it was an exhibition in a museum or something
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/paul-veroude-view-suspended-ii

>>29488 Further investigation of an extreme close-up, shows this thing decided to snap at the keel. Mama-hoochie!!!

>>29488 Wow! Do a close-up and notice the enormous cuts (with a torch I guess) in the steel hull. I'd hate to be the diver under water hoping that thing didn't crack in half while I was under there.

>>29482 Mr. Grim has enlightened us with this super cool >>29487 rendering. The suspended (exploded) parts...awesome.
Did you notice my feeble attempt at a joke >>29447 when I snuck in the word 'Prick' for 'Prix'?

>>29484 Most failure was gunk coupled from oil and dirt usually causing the machine to slow or completely ball up (stall). We would provide a 'loaner' and take the customer's machine to the shop for a 'clean & oil'. Depending on constant use, sometimes cams would wear to the point of needed replacement. This would be called an 'over-age overhaul'. All necessary parts would be replaced but the charge was standard no matter how much was replaced. Cha Ching! We had very little competition in the 60's (having almost 100% of all bank registers and bookkeeping machines). When electronics became king, National Cash Register Co. changed to NCR to promote a better audience.

>>29488 Heavy waves crash against the grounded mine countermeasure ship USS Guardian (MCM 5), which ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea on Jan. 17. The grounding and subsequent heavy waves constantly hitting Guardian have caused severe damage, leading the Navy to determine the 23-year old ship is beyond economical repair and is a complete loss. With the deteriorating integrity of the ship, the weight involved, and where it has grounded on the reef, dismantling the ship in sections is the only supportable salvage option. The U.S. Navy continues to work in close cooperation with the Philippine Coast Guard and Navy to safely dismantle Guardian from the reef while minimizing environmental effects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Guardian_%28MCM-5%29

USS Guardian (MCM-5)

>>29482 they mold the seat to their bodies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgvd9v9KiGU

>>29440 What a cool thread this is! As a guy with mechanism design experience, I look at this and I am filled with awe. Such incredible internal complexity, veiled with a consumer friendly interface. And hats off to you GG for supplying maintenance and keeping them functioning. I am curious as to what was the typical failure with adding machines like these?

>>29439 This camera cross section is a CAD rendering, I recognize it, because I use them often to portray unseen details for work.

>>29447 Now this is interesting! Such a bizarre position for driving, but I would still thrill to have the opportunity.

>>29478 They served their purpose for their day but talk about complicated...the steam engine can't hold a candle to the newer ones.
The newer diesel-electric, hybrid-diesel-electric, diesel-hydraulic, multi-engine locomotives are mind boggling.
This picture is simple in the drawing (shown) but after reading an abstract and then the explanation, my mind needed a rest.
My grandfather is so, so outclassed by the modern mechanic/electrician for the newer engines.

yeah, I just thought it would be similar to a house boiler (only with coal), a cylinder, and wheels. Didn't think about them until I saw >>0
and now >>29475, those things are insane. Also very inefficient.

>>29475 Interesting cut-away. My grandfather was a mechanic that worked his entire life on steam engines. They're a lot more complicated than I would have ever imagined.

4-6-0 GWR Castle Class no. 5000 Launceston Castle locomotive

radial engine gif

Hercules XVI

Old gun, I bet you guys know the name

Some large ship section

Jonsered chainsaw motor

centrifugal compressor

Morgan Plus 4

MG B

British WWI 18Lbs shrapnel shell

>>29458 Their women seem to work the same upside down.

>>29453 Reversed head, what will those crazy Japanese think of next?

Speaking of sandwiches, that killer air bag looks to me like a bunch of rolled up sliced ham. It has now become clear to me why the world-wide recall of them is so intense. New cars would begin smelling like a dead pig after a few weeks.

Sandwich

Killer airbag

Silencerco Osprey Suppressor

Yamaha YZ450F Engine

Counterflow plate chiller, for rapidly cooling boiling beer to fermentation temperature.

those things look like a maze, goodgrief

>>29440 When I worked for NCR, I repaired those things.

I'd always wondered about the inner workings of a Grand Prick racer; now I know.

Always read the small print before going to a 'half price' sale :D
I do love looking inside stuff to see how it works.

And somebodies ancient calculator

Camera