Marine Takes Short Trip in Iraqi Tank

AP ^ | April 14, 2003

[Travis McGee]

You can't make this stuff up.

[faithincowboys]

I bet no marine ever called his gun Sandy after loser Sandra Dee Burger.

[TexasCowboy]

"Man that talks to his rifle....."

Never did learn how to make love to that darn thing........but close!

[Squantos]

ROTFLMAO !!...........................Not even gonna go there TC !!

Stay Safe !

[Eaker]

Hmmmm……………could this have anything to do with the new acquisition??!!???

;>)

[Squantos]

Splains a lot......Stay Safe !

[BlueLancer]

"Unreliable? Hardly - you could rely on it to try and load the gunner on a regular basis."

I remember a book written by a Soviet defector that said that the automatic loader in the Soviet tanks were the main reason that the Red Army Chorus were able to find high tenors.

[TexasCowboy]

Squantos, are you gonna be able to make the shoot?
It's on May 17th at Deitz's Range in New Braunfels.
Lots of good shooting and bar-b-que!

[Billy_bob_bob]

They would have to have been trying to load the gun with their.....

Er, never mind.

[boxerblues]

"Come here, Condoleezza," he said. "I wasn't with another woman. It's a tank. You're still my baby."

At least he has good taste in women

[Squantos]

Not sure.....my work schedule is unstable right now with condition citrus and all. "I will try". If I can get away , I'll know a week ahead of time and will contact ya ASAP for directions and net explosive weight limitations ect ect...:o)

Stay Safe and Thanks for the invite !!

[TexasCowboy]

Okay, pard!
Just bring yourself and whoever whatever you want to shoot!
Everything else will be there.

Let me know, and I'll send you directions.
I know you flat land guys from the Panhandle have problems with trees.

[Squantos]

LOL........!! Deal !

Stay Safe !

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Just goes to show you that not all "cowboys" are from TX. Ya gotta love this guy Schmitt!!! ;-)

[Squantos]

My EOD team was composed of 7 Schmitt like techs.......their exploits gave "me" the Schmitts sometimes.

Stay Safe "H" !!! Glad to hear from ya. Hope all is well !!!

[clamboat]

When I first saw the title, I thought it would be a Darwin candidate.

You're not kidding! It has certainly happened before.

Associated Press
Soldier's Funeral Held at Home for Boys
"[Edward Jason] Korn, 31, of Savannah, was killed April 3 in Iraq while inspecting the wreckage of an Iraqi tank. He was shot by U.S. soldiers who mistook him for an Iraqi fighter."

[Pompah]

I'm sitting here wondering just how bad it must have smelled inside that Iraqi Tank.

Marines are a tough bunch.

[Balata]

Tanks for the post!