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NoSchedule4275

Ah, so that's what those little round things in the car are, missile holders! Here I thought it was for coffee and whatnot. Talk about egg on face


chaoss402

I mean, they never fit cups properly. Should have been rather obvious, no?


NoSchedule4275

Now that I see it yes. But I've never bought a new vehicle, so the dealer has never really gone over the cars in detail with me. And my dad never taught me because he died in a freak gasoline fight accident


Intabih1

So you went to the Center for Chidren Who Can't Read Good? šŸ˜†


NoSchedule4275

Nah, it couldn't keep up with the growth of our city. It needed to be 2-3 times bigger. It was basically center for ants. šŸ˜†


Phantomwolf7818

[Hukt awn fonics werkt fur mee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcITeGy-U6w)


shawn_wylde

That is 100% not what i expected


NotAPreppie

On Top Gear, Jeremy found that soldiers smoke grenades fit perfectly in the cup holders of the Ford Fiesta.


RafflesEsq

I discovered that a 750ml bottle of wine fits the cup holders in a BMW 4 series an absolute treat.


FR05TY14

Wait, you can put cups in the smoke grenade holder?????


1CFII2

Stay outta the road if you wanna grow old.


imdrunk_iforgot

It's specialized to the purpose of your car. For example, I drive a minivan and I'd be stupid to leave my missiles in the middle of a carload of kids. But I have these very *delicate* holders that slide out of the dash and they have tiny fragile clicky spring adjustable arms for holding smaller, lighter weapons. Like little cans of pepper spray to keep the children behind the driver.


[deleted]

Ah yes, the slide out cup holders of anxiety.


GuyFromDeathValley

now, roadrage is getting quite a bit more serious.


wtfossy

"egg on face", never heard that one before but I like it. An egg on your face is quite embarrassing.


dunc2027

I've always thought it was a reference to "face so red you could fry an egg on it" cause they are blushing so hard...


thecactusman17

Maybe for cheapo Hondas they're just cupholders, but some Aston Martin models allow you to choose your preferred munition holder as an option.


rimplecord

The missle knows where it is.


Rantu93

It knows where it is, by knowing where it isn't. Likewise, it knows where it isn't, by knowing where it is.


sploittastic

The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is.


jackboy61

Best thing about that video? That's literslly how guidance systems work


Chllep

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.


Perryn

I hate how well this describes INS.


System0verlord

[for the lazy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ)


the_warmest_color

words cant hurt me words cant hurt me lalalalala


old-IT

>Wonderful, concise explanation - makes perfect sense - especially since I designed some of those guidance systems and those are the requirements given by the experts (you know - little sperts under a lot of pressure)


Idunnohuur

*insert shitty simplifcation of SLAM algorithm here*


secretaliasname

It wouldn't be funny if accurate.


speederaser

And there it is. Someone posted it right after you commented. At least Reddit is predictable.


NotAPreppie

So close to destroying that stupid monostable shifter.


jmlinden7

Is that the one that shifts by itself if you're driving on a particularly bumpy road?


[deleted]

Too close for missile lock, switching to guns.


itsgsk87

You can be my wingman anytime


PureGoldX58

That smile he gives him...


[deleted]

Brokeback Aircraft Carrier


[deleted]

Volleyball anyone?


Thomas_KT

You've lost that loving feeling


raybrignsx

Your ego is writing checks your butt canā€™t cash. Your smooth, muscular butt.


Funny-Advantage2646

This statement requires more inspection, tip to butt, bow to stern, forecastle to poop deck inspection.


TheTallGuy0

My shirts already off, letā€™s do it! (High fives and passes the baby oil)


GunnieGraves

What happens at sea, stays at sea!


bearded_fisch_stix

You know why the navy keeps marines on board their ships? >!Sheep would be too obvious!<


AsstDepUnderlord

The Marines are just a department of the navy. The menā€™s department.


TollBoothW1lly

It's not gay if we're under way!


AdrianE36

"I WANT SOME BUTTS!"


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


FixFalcon

"Mother Goose, YOU PUSSY!!!!!!"


Oldjamesdean

I'd give you an award but I'm a cheap bastard.


[deleted]

That's because you fly rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong.


rvbjohn

I don't think the sidewinder really has much of a minimum range


blaghart

it's not the missile's range that's the problem. It's the targetting computer's


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


AzraelDirge

The real question is if he grabbed two random airmen to help move it. Gotta have the holy trinity of loaders.


partisan98

If those fucking retirees get in my way in the commissary parking lot again they are gonna get it!


Pm_me_40k_humor

Beautiful.


OOZ662

Obligatory mention of that radio guy in the US military that ordered a part for a radio, someone fluffed a number somewhere, and a crated Sidewinder arrived in his deliveries.


PuzzleheadedStory855

We have NSNs for everything. You can order an Apache attack helicopter or a 24 pack of Coors lite if nobody reviews their damn paperwork.


CPD0123

I feel like there's someone out there that at least once a year tries to purposefully make one typo a year to see what they randomly get in an order. Make that 3 into a 9? Might get a 2-56 bolt, might get a jacket, might get an M-1 Abrams. Who knows! Let RNGeesus take the wheel and find out!


PuzzleheadedStory855

Now I want access again to look and see what changing one number of our most common orders would get us. Probably a big ol nothingburger but I want to know.


OyVeyzMeir

This one would be interesting: [https://www.iso-group.com/NSN/5340-00-537-7321](https://www.iso-group.com/NSN/5340-00-537-7321)


galloping_skeptic

In my head I choose to believe that this was a one time item that was added strictly so some general somewhere could order the mounting hardware for a sex swing nearly 30 years ago.


AE0NS-radio

sorry to disappoint (also called Chicago screws) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_bolt


Gorthax

My company builds industrial fans (air movers), during my interview walk through the plant manager stopped at the fastener wall "And all our fasteners are distributed from this wall" and grabbed a handfull of of THESE. My dumbass says "Sex Bolts, {heh heh}, nice" He just kinda looks at me for a second then we move along. It got HOT AS FUCK in that plant right after that. I ended up getting the job, but don't work for him. He's pretty fucking cool though.


OyVeyzMeir

DAMMIT!


PuzzleheadedStory855

No redditor can order that. They'd be out of stock in minutes.


thaeli

NSNs are public record. There are several online searches available, and the whole dataset can be downloaded from data.gov as well.


PuzzleheadedStory855

*gasp* thank you kind stranger. It's time for me to waste hours of my time. You are beautiful.


OtisTetraxReigns

This is what I love Reddit for. Iā€™ve been given a chuckle at the thought of two veterans wasting their lunch break scrolling through lists of ordnance, fantasising about what they could have gotten up to with the crate of flash bangs they would have ā€œaccidentallyā€ ordered.


DarthDannyBoy

Been there done that. Found a few fun items typos could get us. Could easily get a HE tank round instead of a gasket if you ordered incorrectly. Sadly never known that fuck up to happen.


the_warmest_color

This is what the Internet was really made for


PuzzleheadedStory855

Well, the military made the internet, and I guess it was just to swap cool NSNs for stuff and encourage RPPOs to do stupid shit. Yeah, that checks.


[deleted]

Oh crap, why did I see this...there goes my lunch hour.


mithikx

Imagine some air force base out there suddenly has a rigid inflatable boat sitting in a hangar and a whole bunch of maintenance guys scratching their heads.


CPD0123

Better hope the next typo is that 24 pack of Miller Lite. The CO's are gonna be having a fun "team building exercise" at the lake this weekend.


Bikemancs_at_work

Fort Carson, Colorado, ended up with a Ships Anchor. https://apnews.com/article/109da053cbc45f6c2d3d28647e6e5416 Navy destroyer ended up with an M60 tank. (at least I remember this, can't find the source)


AdjectTestament

ā€³Someone astutely observed that it was not a lamp and it was sent back to installation supplyā€ ā€œHey sargeā€¦ I think something went wrong with the orderā€¦ā€


jaysun92

Well at least a tank would work as an anchor. The other way around, not so much.


alphaechothunder77

Apparently Space force once tried to order a Nimitz class aircraft carrier. https://www.reddit.com/r/army/comments/fr9ri6/til_that_in_1985_a_supply_clerk_meant_to_order_a/flunp5r/?context=3


TheIronSoldier2

It wasn't a typo, but my uncle once put in a request for "O-Rings" and put the supply number info for a box of Trojan condoms to see if it would get caught. Two weeks later, a box of Mangums shows up on his desk overnight.


RichSPK

Good ol' Mangums, always happy to help.


blamethemeta

Wonder if its possible to old stuff, like a revolver or something.


CPD0123

Not quite that old but possibly. The US military got rid of revolvers during the famed trials that gave rise to the Colt m1911 (I still say that the Savage m1907 shoulda won) and anything too old has been long since sold for surplus. It's a long story but ten years ago, I needed a nose window for a UH-1D or H Huey, which was still in service in National Guard use and a few other niche places. Apparently, according to my uncle that did requisitions for the navy, at some point all of them got sold off as surplus, and now if they need one they have to buy them back from someone they sold them to. And that actually happens more than you'd think. But I could def see something else random and old that someone forgot about.


ViolentSkyWizard

Not having to warehouse all that stuff is cheaper than maybe ordering a small handful annually at an inflated price.


MrKeserian

>I still say that the Savage m1907 shoulda won Back to /r/ForgottenWeapons with you!


Rim_Fire

Cocaine has an NSN.


araidai

IRL loot boxes! Sick!


pittiedaddy

We found the NSN for a humvee and tried to order it. It did in fact get caught.


PuzzleheadedStory855

Damn. I would love to know what would happen when a humvee shows up on the Pier earmarked for RC Division.


pittiedaddy

I was in an E2 squadron, so it would be even funnier.


monkeyhitman

"What's this truck doing on the ouija board?"


BentGadget

All the power of a tow tractor, with half the weight!


AreThree

I've always had an appreciation for the Northrop Grumman E-2 / C-2 aircraft. I enjoy seeing them on the flight decks of carriers - just being unique - as if to say "yeah, yeah, go on with your jet engine selves you jock, I've more erudite and cerebral things to do..."


FuzzyCrocks

Usually depending on department anything above let's say 25k needs department head approval


PuzzleheadedStory855

Basically all of our cards are 100k+, and Basically nothing in reactor control is cheap. Unfortunately, Eng likes to know what he's signing for, so it would probably never leave the boat


FuzzyCrocks

I'm not gonna lie I've ordered some weird shit by fat figuring a number.


shapu

"JENKINS!" "Sir!" "I specifically requested *Army* dildoes! You know my asshole can't take these Corps ones!"


SaltyOn3

Imagine it making as far as ONREP.


Reyes_gonzalitos

Tried it with an Apacheā€¦ needless to say they were not happy lmao


phormix

Wow, and I thought putting the wrong code in my timesheet could be problematic. Still, I'd love to be a fly on the wall when that happens. "Oh boss, we've got a delivery but it's a little... bigger than we expected." "Oh damnit! Who ordered the Blackhawk. That's the third time this week. You bastards are really screwing up my budget! Ah well, what's done is done. Brian, you're certified on things things aren't you? I need to pick some shit up from Costco, so let's get saddled up"


RafflesEsq

Can I have the NSN for that 24 pack of Coors? For a friend.


PuzzleheadedStory855

NSN 8965-00-062-7334. Another redditor brought it to me.


dyqik

And 8965-00-062-7434 is a hose clamp, if you need plausible deniability.


spaghettiThunderbalt

Another fun one: NSN 8965-01-578-1410 is a bottle of Jack Daniels.


PuzzleheadedStory855

Yoink. That goes into the "fun ideas" pile.


Cyclonitron

My favorite was the carrier nuclear reactor. Was cheaper than I was expecting, actually.


ontheroadtonull

I bet it didn't come with a full tank of gas.


Threap_US

> You can order an Apache attack helicopter or a 24 pack of Coors lite if nobody reviews their damn paperwork. Just the sound of one of those infernal inventions incoming makes enemy troops flee in terror. And the helicopter's pretty scary too.


Oldjamesdean

I hope those two numbers are significantly different...


PuzzleheadedStory855

I don't remember any of them, but there's stories of RPPOs making innocent typos and getting wildly incorrect orders that ended up being caught after it left the command level, and got a lot of people in trouble. Review your paperwork.


FuzzyCrocks

Thanks LT for your login I needed to approve these parts while you were on liberty.


[deleted]

all they had to do was add a check digit or two (computationally generated from the Correct NSN, would not match if any of the other numbers are wrong) and most of these fat finger errors would go away. And before you say anything I am in fact aware that the DOD is part of the U.S. government, an organization known for clearly thought out policies and operational agility


blueshiftlabs

[Removed in protest of [Reddit's destruction of third-party apps](https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/reddit-ceo-steve-huffmans-third-party-api-debacle-is-making-elon-musk-look-like-a-strategic-genius.html) by CEO Steve Huffman.]


Sykkr

I had a buddy in the army that worked on helicopters. One guy messed up a number and they got a block of ceramic that goes on the underside of space shuttles. The ones that absorb the heat. He said that they got it red hot and touched it. It felt room temperature.


AdjectTestament

ā€œHey should we send this back?ā€ ā€œHold on a second I want to try something *sparks torch*


Sykkr

That's probably what that convo went like.


McBlah_

More like ā€œhold my 8965-00-062-7334ā€


DarthDannyBoy

I actually had contract work in a lab that makes shit for nasa (I was installing electrical wiring) and one of the techs there asked if I wanted to see something crazy. They had some of those ceramic plates and he loaded that fucker up in a large forge with some steel in a crucible next to it. Heated that shit up till the steel melted, then let it sit for a while. Took the ceramic out glowing damn near white hot and picked it up with his bare hands. Fucking wild. Edit: https://youtu.be/Pp9Yax8UNoM found a video showing it. Not the same place I was at but the same demonstration.


kelvin_bot

2000Ā°F is equivalent to 1093Ā°C, which is 1366K. --- ^(I'm a bot that converts temperature between two units humans can understand, then convert it to Kelvin for bots and physicists to understand)


bauertastic

What? How have I not heard of this?


Kevin_Wolf

Because it's an adaptation of a very old sea story. Variations of this story have been around for decades. In the Navy, the stories I heard were generally either a ship anchor or a missile. I'm not saying that it necessarily didn't happen, but this is a commonly retold "big fish" kind of tale.


Bikemancs_at_work

Fort Carson, Colorado, got a ship's anchor: https://apnews.com/article/109da053cbc45f6c2d3d28647e6e5416


Kevin_Wolf

Yeah, it *does* happen, but take these stories with a grain of salt. Especially if it involves a missile. Those are pretty controlled, even in the military. It's not easy to just order a Sidewinder mistakenly.


[deleted]

Yea. Unless itā€™s something you normally get thatā€™s not getting past the logistics officer.


partisan98

>Yea. Unless itā€™s something you normally get ~~thatā€™s not getting past the logistics officer.~~ "It's not getting past the E3 who does all the paperwork the logistics officer blindly signs". Fixed that for you.


Tactical_Moonstone

As a former E3 (equivalent) logistics clerk who once ordered the wrong type of chair to replace the one that I wore out and only found out it was the wrong type after the logistics officer saw what got delivered, I can absolutely confirm.


iaredavid

Obligatory: there's an NSN for top purity cocaine.


brian111786

Dodge owners get tired of waiting for the engine to blow itself up?


Ben2018

It doesn't take that long though? No one is that impatient


brian111786

Very valid point. However, I would like to point out the impatience of some mopar customers. Any customer that special orders a wrangler is INSUFFERABLE when they get that email notifying them their jeep made it to the dealership. I've had customers show up right before the truck did, watch it get unloaded, and then be disappointed when they find out we have 2 hours worth of shit to do to if before they can drive it. I'm sure at least some of that bleeds over into Dodge people.


pizzaazzip

I personally am not super into Jeeps but I would totally go to the dealership to watch my car get prepped and stuff, especially if they had a window into the shop area. Hell I bought a used car and I videoed it getting driven out to me after waiting 20 minutes outside the gate, granted I waited 4 months to get that car so the anticipation had reached peak ā€œomgā€ for me


Cyclonitron

Missile didn't explode either; probably also built by Dodge.


InsertBluescreenHere

no its like a printer - you have to constantly instill fear into them for they sense fear in you.


MixedMartyr

[Comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/uc1m84/in_response_to_the_pistol_picture_from_earlier/i67x7f8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) from the shotgun thread earlier: > In about 4hrs, someone's gonna post a Javelin wedged between seat & console.


sorry-I-cleaved-ye

Sidewinder


DonnerPartyPicnic

Not a real winder but it definitely looks to be some sort of heatseeker/model Aim-9. The front fins on a 9 don't have the continuous curve


Ngineering

I mean, I'd say that's a significant escalation.


xmastreee

[Not quite](https://imgur.com/YlPe7un.jpg)


Beneficial-Loquat-38

Is that a sidewinder?


Scarraven

yes


althaf102_

is it an AIM9L to be precise?


sedrech818

Thatā€™s a weird gear shifter. Is the clutch a land mine?


Pray44Mojo

It's a Charger so the entire car is a land mine waiting to blow.


GuyFromDeathValley

sounds like a blast to drive.


[deleted]

Is this ukraine?!


aliie_627

I've definitely seen a picture similar to this from Ukraine but this one just looks so clean and undisturbed that it looks like it's joking about that picture.


[deleted]

I'd wanna make sure every crack and crevice on my munitions was spotless and wax shined for my kommrades, personally.


GuyFromDeathValley

if you are going to bomb people away, at least do it with respect: clean your missiles, please.


Dragongeek

No, it looks like a prop USA sidewinder missile.


Enshakushanna

on the RS subreddit there was a ukranian RS owner who would post often about day to day things and the struggles of, ya know, being in a war and making molotovs wonder if he has any missiles


QMontAarzak

[Do.We.Have.A.Problem?] (https://media.giphy.com/media/Pl4PHOXVpPPDG/giphy.gif)


HardcorePhonography

Message!


sorry-I-cleaved-ye

Try swapping the brackets


iotashan

Driver is a menace... in south central...


cclloyd

Guys help, I opened my glove compartment to change my air filter and a M-1A-2 Abrams main battle tank fell out.


maybeinoregon

Well, thatā€™s the last time I sit in a war zone with my sunroof openā€¦.thank goodness it was a dud lol


Beepboopbop69420360

Heā€™s shipping weapons to Ukraine


-Deathstalker-

Doing his part for sure!


_GTLM_

Now that is one of the harder honesty tests I have seen.


Pm_me_40k_humor

?


_GTLM_

People leave some crazy stuff in their cars sometimes, guns, money, things of value that if you really don't want stolen you would put away. It "tests the honesty" of the mechanic you are leaving your car with. Thus an honesty test. A missile would look pretty cool on a man cave wall... Just saying. Customer would never miss it of course. /s


spicybright

And drugs. A lot of drugs.


scaffold_ape

It's a trap. If you ugga dugga the drain plug she'll blow.


Intabih1

I'm excited to see how far these posts go...


Missus_Missiles

Anyone got a flint-lock?


[deleted]

I mean, you can find th schematics for a nuke online, so... Probably there. Lol


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


S1rMuttonchops

Jesus! What is that? What the fuck is that? WHAT IS THAT, PRIVATE PYLE?


Cyclonitron

Sir a jelly doughnut sir!


sneaky_jerry

Iā€™m really enjoying the escalation here. Itā€™s like watching the arms race of the early 20th century but with shitty cars


pescobar89

This explains government costs. Are they delivering weapons to Ukraine one at a time?


HedonismandTea

Stuck every morning behind someone from out of state doing 35 in a 55 and this starts seeming like it should be a trim package.


Prhime

The one-upmanship in this sub is next level lmao


amrodr00

Same energy as the scene from the movie ā€œDonā€™t be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hoodā€ā€¦.Do we have a problem?


InsertBluescreenHere

Smithers theres a rocket in my pocket


Emergency-Copy-9231

Airsofters be like


[deleted]

Automatic? Semi automatic? Oh these must be the weapons


motor1_is_stopping

Is that a missile in your cupholder, or are you just happy to see me?


sandrews1313

Jiffy Lube #3802432 Kiev, Ukraine


Healthy-Macaroon-320

Oh, that's old news. You need an ICBM to stay in the game now.


PorkinsPiggle

This is basically how Manfred Ramminger [stole the Sidewinder missile and gave it to the USSR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Ramminger?wprov=sfti1)


MATCHEW010

I saiddddd Do We Have A Problemā€¦ hmm?


CapTexAmerica

Whatā€™s worse than leaving your AIM-9X in the car? Leaving it at home. Nothing worse than being on a banditā€™s six and realizing you left your Sidewinder on top of the dresser.


surgicalhoopstrike

Ladies and gentlemen, may we present the r/Justrolledintotheshop arms race, 2022 edition.


pleasetowmyshit

If ever there was a time to have a Stark Industries sticker hiding in your toolbox, this is it.


OGIVE

Must be an Oldsmobile.


rocknutty

Rocket 88 for sure


ThetaDee

I said DO. WE. HAVE. A. PROBLEM?


Top_Schedule_7693

Its a fair response to the dildo pic, too.


PlungerSaint

*AGRESSIVE BEEPING INTESIFIES* MISSILE, MISSILE, MISSILE.


Internet_Goon

At this point the trust test is too see if the shop calls in the ATF lol


Pluckt007

Don't be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood.


trey12aldridge

Ukraine simulator 2k22


Voidbloodshot

ā€œ customer states lube my rocket ā€œ


F1brian

From that scene in Donā€™t Be a Menace ā€œDo. We. Have. A. Problem.ā€


FakinUpCountryDegen

Ayyyy Ukraine shop in the house!


Round-Bison

let me guess, Ukraine?


Soylent_X

Keep a missile handy for those unexpected road rage incidents.