Things that look like alternate history, but aren't

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Petike

Oh, let's hope they won't.

Anyway, the Cobras are indeed amphibious :


You can already notice by looking at the shape of their lower hull. They kind of remind me of our own Kerametal Aligátor, which uses a similar design :

The 1117 has a similarly shaped hull, and while it can ford deep water (and has a bilge pump to keep water out of the engine) it can't float, and is thus not truly amphibious. Does the Cobra (or the Aligátor) float?

[von hitchofen]

Originally Posted by Petike

that Piet Mondrian camoflage will come in useful if terrorists take over the Museum of Modern Art

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by von hitchofen

that Piet Mondrian camoflage will come in useful if terrorists take over the Museum of Modern Art

That or a grayscale Legoland.

[TurkishCapybara]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

That or a grayscale Legoland.

Or fighting Deer.

[Iori]

Considering all of North Koreas issues and such the state of their dental facilities is sort of surprising.

[Klisz]

Originally Posted by Iori

Considering all of North Koreas issues and such the state of their dental facilities is sort of surprising.

The possibly-unintentional pun! It buuuurns!

[Krall]

Originally Posted by Klisz

The possibly-unintentional pun! It buuuurns!

Now, I enjoy a good pun - heck, I enjoy bad puns too - but I'm honestly not seeing what the pun is here.

[Klisz]

Originally Posted by Krall

Now, I enjoy a good pun - heck, I enjoy bad puns too - but I'm honestly not seeing what the pun is here.

Since it's North Korea, the dental facilities are presumably state-run.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by Klisz

Since it's North Korea, the dental facilities are presumably state-run.

I wish Ontario ones were. Dentists charge way too much and it is important to overall health.

[Iori]

Originally Posted by Klisz

Since it's North Korea, the dental facilities are presumably state-run.

...and? (filler)

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Klisz

Since it's North Korea, the dental facilities are presumably state-run.

That pun landed about 30 yards from the goal.

[Transparent Blue]

Originally Posted by Marc Pasquin

might be a back up plan in case they need to fade into the background in a cubist museum.

Dazzle camouflage, perhaps?

[Color-Copycat]

"Designated the TR-5b, the futuristic Tragfluügelboot concept called for the addition of twin turbojets to be added to a VS- type hydrofoil to create a high-speed, heavily-armed hydrofoil fast attack craft. The turbojets (two Jumo 004s or He S 011s) were to be mated to the hydrofoil to allow a drastic increase of speed during the final attack phase and disengagement of enemy vessels."

[oshron]

Originally Posted by Color-Copycat

"Designated the TR-5b, the futuristic Tragfluügelboot concept called for the addition of twin turbojets to be added to a VS- type hydrofoil to create a high-speed, heavily-armed hydrofoil fast attack craft. The turbojets (two Jumo 004s or He S 011s) were to be mated to the hydrofoil to allow a drastic increase of speed during the final attack phase and disengagement of enemy vessels."

that thing would sink the instant it was launched

[Color-Copycat]

Leave it to Nazi funded weapons research to come up with an attack hydroplane.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by oshron

that thing would sink the instant it was launched

Why is that?

[oshron]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Why is that?

admittedly, im no expert when it comes to ship design, but that thing looks like it would either tip over or sink to the point where its "legs" would be completely pointless

[Iori]

Originally Posted by oshron

admittedly, im no expert when it comes to ship design, but that thing looks like it would either tip over or sink to the point where its "legs" would be completely pointless

When it's not moving or moving slowly those are underwater, it's only when it reaches a certain speed that the ship lifts-up.

[oshron]

Originally Posted by Iori

When it's not moving or moving slowly those are underwater, it's only when it reaches a certain speed that the ship lifts-up.

it still looks like it would be REALLY unstable

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by oshron

admittedly, im no expert when it comes to ship design, but that thing looks like it would either tip over or sink to the point where its "legs" would be completely pointless

I was looking at it wrong; completely missed the waterline. I was thinking the "legs" were that long for some inexplicable reason but that it rode with the hull on the water. Yeah, I have to agree with you.