Posted on 06/05/2013 1:38:27 PM PDT by OL Hickory
Field researching and reporting on arms and the arms trade often leads to the same old discoveries in war after war, fight after fight. But most trips also turn up the odd and unusual item.
This pair of disc-shaped ordnance packages bearing Russian labels (above) was one of the unexpected finds in the possession of Ahfad al-Rasul.
(Excerpt) Read more at cjchivers.com ...
That’s two of us with the same idea.
eyep..additional something...see my post #20
Looks like you're right. It reads "Crack open only before shooting" then "Bundles additional charge to 120 mm PM"
Did they find these in Bruce’s basement?
That’s what we were waiting for...
Someone who speaks the lingo well.
Thanks IYAS9YAS !
IED?
Propellant charges for 120 mm mortar?
top section -
opened only
before shooting
middle section -
bundles of extra charge to 120mm cm
vtod 2/d B
bottom section -
4 - A - B
Just using online stuff. I really don’t know. But it does remind me of charges for artillery.
I tried learning Russian in college, but found that by the second year, the Russian homework was chewing up 60% of my homework time, and it was an elective class. So, I dropped it.
I did learn (or so they thought) Korean in the Air Force, which is partially where my screen name comes from.
But that was more than 20 years ago. I find that I remember more Korean when I've had a few drinks, but without any means to practice it with a real person, it faded quickly once I got out in '94.
booster
For an IED?
I’d put money on it.
Could be a prairie dog problem...
I spoke fluent Thai after two days and about 130,000 baht
Korean was pretty easy to learn, once you get past the alphabet. The hardest part was getting myself worked into a corner in the conversation because I still thought in English, then translated to Korean. I’d get ahead of myself, then forget where I was... Not much has changed, except I’m farther behind myself now.
You would not believe the number of phone calls I personally got when Bruce’s cache of goodies was discovered....:o)
And just think...that only what they found under his house. Think of the rest of his property and surrounding area.
He was a wheeler Dealer fer sure...always trading cases of 300 Win mag that was custom loaded etc for the dark side. He had connections and folks entertained him.
Stay safe and don’t overload yer 120mm Paruski Artilley piece with this old stuff !
Nite !
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