To: Cannoneer No. 4; SAMWolf; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Army soldiers in Iraq are modifying their vehicles to carry additional weapons, usually the M2 .50-caliber machine gun (first used prior to World War II), the M249 SAW (a 5.56-millimeter machine gun), and the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher (firing 40-milimeter grenade rounds). The crew-served weapons are mostly going on the Humvees...some are also being placed on the M872 Heavy Equipment Trailers...
The major objective in this case is to get the guerillas attacking the supply lines to go for what they thought was a supply truck. Once pulled in, they get more than they bargained for...
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BOOM!!
34 posted on
12/02/2003 1:17:04 PM PST by
Ragtime Cowgirl
( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; hchutch
Thanks for the ping to this cool article.
41 posted on
12/02/2003 2:11:04 PM PST by
BOBTHENAILER
(One by one, in groups or whole armies.....we don't care how we getcha, but we will)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
ARMORED WARFARE: The Q-Truck in Iraq ~ Bump!
48 posted on
12/02/2003 4:21:26 PM PST by
blackie
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