Posted on 06/18/2016 4:29:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
I remember the scene from the movie. I would point out that he did all that while OUTSIDE the tank, making him “Infantry” which actually makes the point recognized early on by Rommel and as Patton said, “I read your book, you bastard.”
Might of been from the TTC. The test had been done a few years before, but It seems possible that a test item got washed down to a river and out to sea. 200 inches of rain per year on that side of Panama.
The big bags are 12 inches across. and yeah , it works.
OK! Even tho you lost your guns in that terrible boating accident........they are still in good shape.........wherever they are! ; )
The Sisters is pretty far from any serious run off. The thing was pretty far from neutral buoyancy as well. I have always wondered if it was a private test or some larger entity. I figured it was private at the time because Panama did not even have LORAN back then so once placed finding it again would have been tough.
Any way, if anyone reading this DID the test, the reason you can’t find it is I took it. Just to let you know, it FAILED. Which surprised me, actually. The container did not. It was like the saltwater actually penetrated the PVC itself. No way was the ammo shoot able.
I wouldn’t bet on it. Read what I have been posting.
I don’t bury my guns. I don’t lose them during “boating accidents”. If anyone ever comes to take me, or my loved ones away, I will kill them. Then I will go and kill who sent them. Never Again!
If “them coming for your guns” isn’t the time to use those guns for their constiutional purpose, what would be the time?Why bury them and wait for things to get even worse? I don’t understand that line of reasoning.I suscribe to the old saying, “if it’s time to bury them, it’s time to dig them up”
what caliber rubber bands does it use and how many?
The idea of an independent or self-reliant population terrifies those who wish to rule people (or take their money “administering” them)...
Thanks; the misinformation campaign suffered a real setback when low-information people got to witness the Baltimore police “standing down” to let the ferals loot. Even dimwits realize it can happen in their area as well...
HVAC guy was here yesterday. His Dad flew Cobras in VN & had two shot down. I flew Hueys and was more fortunate.
Helicopters have always been vulnerable to small arms fire especially in slow flight.
A close friend of mine shot down his own Huey, while he was in it!
I was on the first operational flight of a brand new Huey. About 40 feet off the ground, the main rotor and gearbox locked up. It didn’t fly very well after that. A wild ride.
You got two Huey stories there. Small arms going off inside the aircraft, that could happen. Keep muzzles pointed outside was the rule.
But that initial maintenance test flight! When you say rotor & gearbox locked up, do you mean the transmission or the 90 degree/45 degree gearboxes?
Did someone forget to check the sight gauges on the trans & tail rotor? How hard was the landing? I would like to know even though you must have made it out safely.
Interesting, but hard to believe, as Sched 40 pipe is used for water supply under pressure everywhere. Might be an interesting experiment though. Those "vapor barrier" bags are interesting, do not know the tech behind them or what they are designed to prevent.
True.
And by taking “everything,” that would necessarily mean all verbal, written, and implied “threats” — including the most mega-aggressive weapon of all: The Bible.
I gotta say, I was hoping for gold or maybe diamonds or something. Ammo was the last thing I expected. Retrospectively, it should not have been. I,too, was surprised. I can tell you with certainty that a packed in grease, sealed PVC pipe will not hold up for even a year or two in salt water. Fresh water, I don’t know but I would not put a $500 AR or whatever into a test of it. Folks that buried stuff back when BJ and Monica were in office may consider checking on their stuff. It may not be worth much anymore.
No ‘small arms’ involved.
He was the last guy in the Huey during a hot evac and ended up in the door gunner position. They were taking some fire so he grabbed the 50 cal and started talking back.
About that time, the pilot seeing incoming heavy fire from the port side, lifts and rolls starboard to head out.
My friend, still firing, falls against the 50’s handles, pushing the muzzle up. And since someone had removed the interlocks, he chewed right through the rotor.
The pilot managed to rock it back onto the skids, and everyone made it out to another chopper.
He said he’s still waiting for a bill from the Army.
And far as mine, I don’t remember exactly what the main cause was. They had done an acceptance flight a couple of days before with no problems.
But when we lifted off the main rotor locked, and we of course, skewed sideways and rotated about 180 degrees before impacting on the right side nose, crushing in the cockpit.
I never got belted in and was thrown out before impact. Luckily I landed in a bunch of bushes and was only shook up.
By the time I got back to the wreckage it was on fire. We managed to get everyone out but the pilot before the flames took over, but I don’t think he survived the impact.
I ended up with burns on the left side of my face, the backs of my hands, and my lower legs. But lucky, compared to the alternative, I guess.
Wow. Glad you made it. Too bad for the pilot, though.
.50 cal door gun. Didn’t see that in 1971-72.
Don’t have any war stories other than taking fire.
Damn dude. Hella story. God bless ya.
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