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To: Lazamataz

Four years as M-60A1 driver/loader/gunner/commander.

I agree. Although, depending on type of grenade, I would say there was a pretty good chance the inside of the barrel would be damaged enough to make firing 105 rounds a bit dicey. Pitting of the rifling...perhaps a crack.


336 posted on 12/02/2013 4:43:48 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Lee'sGhost
"I agree. Although, depending on type of grenade, I would say there was a pretty good chance the inside of the barrel would be damaged enough to make firing 105 rounds a bit dicey. Pitting of the rifling...perhaps a crack."

That was my thought. A tank ammo round is made to explode so as to shoot the force in a single direction (out the barrel) a grenade is made to explode outward spraying the deadly shrapnel or phosphorus etc. in all directions which would definitely stress the barrel way more than a tank round.

I definitely would not want to be the gunner who put the next round through it after such an episode. And I know for sure I would not want to stand near the barrel when the next round was fired!

341 posted on 12/02/2013 4:53:40 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Lee'sGhost

A crack in the barrel... isn’t that the very definition of a Bad Day for a typical loader?


343 posted on 12/02/2013 4:55:13 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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