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To: archy; Squantos; C19fan

Carl Gustav Makes A Boom (2 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qaiD_dwr0U


5 posted on 05/25/2016 6:13:08 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

I see that they’re air bursting the rounds.The pattern on the ground looks pretty dense,not much chance of not getting hit.


9 posted on 05/25/2016 6:19:52 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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To: Travis McGee
Known to the Brits as *Charlie Gee* or *Charlie gut-ache* due to its 40-pound or thereabouts [NOT *14* pound] weight.

They were reasonably accurate, though not as precise as the Korean-era US 57mm recoilless, due in part to the heavier round requiring more careful range estimation due to its drop in flight. The Swedes sometimes fielded a neat little optical rangefinder good out to 800 meters or so with it, nowadays you can get a golfer's/bowhunter's electronic laser unit accurate to a meter for a hundred bucks or so.

Like the US M67 90mm recoilless, repeated firing overheats the things. After firing five rounds from our 90's, we were supoposed to observe a half-hour cooldown period.


32 posted on 05/31/2016 12:24:06 PM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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