Posted on 03/21/2017 5:26:44 AM PDT by w1n1
Grenade! Everybody loves grenades, things that goes kaboom including the Gunny. But there are usually two separate groups you can fall into when talking about these awesome balls of explosives.
One group is that: people whose only experience with grenades comes from video games like James Bond, Call of Duty, and Halo. Realistic, no, but enough to know they are super cool and effective. The other group, of course, consists of military servicemen and woman who have been specially trained and taught on all the actual ins and outs of grenades and anything that will launch them. (M-203)
Most people fall into one of those categories, and there will be some in between. No matter where youre at, though, youre guaranteed to enjoy this video.
Pro Shooter Kirsten Joy Weiss shoots grenades alongside R Lee Ermey "The Gunny" and gives us details about the M32A1 multi-shot grenade launcher along with a huge explosion of course. See the full footage of Gunny shooting the M32A1 grenade launcher here.
There are a few others. We still had M79s available to us until 2008, and of course there are some nice foreign M203 equivalents, too. I always liked the 40mm blooper tube under the H&K XM8, which the German army shelved in favor of the cheaper G36. But I REALLY like the little Russian GP-25 & GP-30. Granati!
It would mess up the breech and probably split the barrel.
M79, M148, BG-15, M203, MK19, AGS-17 old Bell & Howell etcetera ..... Were my era thumpers. M79 was favorite.
Yep ..... she was a good choice for a video on thumpers !!!
A troop who has the knack of putting a blooper round through a window is good to have around.
So is a 2-man team that can put 15 or so rounds out from a M203 before the first one lands and detonates. I once saw two real serious grunts manage 17 with the *baby mortar* M203 trick.
I'd certainly rather go with a 105mm HE or HEAT round. But if all you have is a M16A2, it works for me.
It'd help if the rifleman has a little elevation, about turret roof height or a little more.
You catch the irony of the name on that French AML-90 kit wheelie?
Sontay raid in NV?
In the story as written the Panhard is on a very steep slope, a jeep trail in cliff terrain, working to get around a stopped troop truck, so very vulnerable. I think a lot of armored vehicles are susceptible to rollover, so if the driver’s hatch is up he’ll be looking way out for the best view. And that side hatch doesn’t look quick to close, and it might force the driver to extend his exposure while he tries to close it (as opposed to just ducking inside.)
Another example of a “failed raid” with significant consequences. Also Yemen lastly.
It's also possible that there were differences between the French/Belgian-produced AML-90s and the South African/Littleton produced Elands that I was around. But in both your pic abd *this one* you can clearly see the pentagon-shaped *home plate driver's hatch.
Not *failed,* Betrayed by a Congressional staffer.
The Congressman's political career declined following the loss of his office in the Reagan landslide that followed the Panama Canal giveaway Treaty and the discovery of recordings of the Congressman's price negotiations for his support with Manuel Noriega during the Canton Song IV ASA/MI investigations.
The staffer who spilled the beans to a North Vietnamese-friendly foreign embassy is no longer with us.
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