To: retrogo
Quite right you are. Also known as a "Blooper" for the distinctive sound they make when fired.
A versatile weapon with quite a few different rounds made for it.
And its fun to use. Similar in trajectory to throwing a softball. But that can be useful in some situations,i.e. lobbing over walls, lobbing onto rooftops, into trenches...etc.....quite fun.
133 posted on
12/24/2009 9:52:17 PM PST by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: Tainan
"...'Blooper' for the distinctive sound they make when fired. A versatile weapon with quite a few different rounds made for it. And its fun to use."
I disagree, but that's a matter of perspective, I reckon. ...once had to fire powder grenades from an M203 from 06:00 to 18:00 hours except for marching back and forth to chow twice that day. Elevating it enough for the "massed troops" target (most distant target) kinda bites the shoulder after a while. ;-)
147 posted on
12/24/2009 11:01:46 PM PST by
familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
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