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To: Melian; Porkchop
I suspect that PorkChop is the one to ask!
PC; Do you know the designation for this particular heavy duty Zippo?
476 posted on 08/05/2021 6:16:30 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission; Melian

***PC; Do you know the designation for this particular heavy duty Zippo?

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Looks to be a M777, 155mm (just over 6 inch) howitzer - used by the US Army and USMC (and about a half-dozen other countries).

Video of the M777 through Night Vision Googles (NVGs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5ns8MYfkE8 (just over a minute)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdO_0twP_CU
A good gun crew is poetry in motion - 15 rounds in under 3 minutes (fun starts at about 1:30 and there is some language...). Remember that each projectile weighs about 95-100lbs...


592 posted on 08/05/2021 12:03:57 PM PDT by Porkchop
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