2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, bad news for the bad guys, bang.~*
Posted on 09/06/2004 2:28:56 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
Wow. Now I know what to put on my birthday wish list! : )
I am shocked and outraged to learn that Fox News has test fired howitzers. Sure, I like the 'fair & balanced' network as much as the next FReeper, and I understand that they have to take an aggressive approach in the face of the liberal media.
Still, howitzers? No, I say. I draw the line at this kind of overly militaristic, dare I say potentiallty dangerous . . .
What? It's not Fox News? It's Fox battery of the Marines' 11th regiment? Never mind.
FAMPL ping.
M198's playing rough.
];-)
If you ask me it's about 10 years too late. Shoulda took 'em out before the liberal roots took deep hold.
Well, on second thought, maybe you're on to something ;-)
RedLeg Bump
Speaking strictly from ignorance on my part, doesn't it seem ironic that the power of this incredible weapon, the latest result of 300 years of research into the art of land gunnery, is unleashed by a piece of string?
Queen of Battle bump
Big Guns ~ Bump!
Like your sig anyway, though....
As I've been saying for some time, we'll know we're getting SERIOUS about the War on Terror when we start using good ol' low-tech artillery. An artillery barrage commands MUCH more respect than a few bombs dropped from a few airplanes, and has a much stronger psychological impact.
Bump!
Chief that we are also know as Balls of the Queen.
Yeah, but that piece of string has a milspec description 152 pages long and cost the taxpayer $500.00.
I wondered about that myself. I guess if someone nukes the electronics, it can still be fired.
And its only available through the military supply system. Plain ol' kite string ain't gonna cut it.
Great post! My artillery unit spent some time at Twentynine Palms in 1984. Those pictures really take me back! I remember, like it was yesterday, wandering over from the FDC (where I worked) to the gun lines from time to time to watch the action. We used the 105s and 155s in the early '80s and it is amazing that they are STILL refurbishing them and using them today.
I'm sure the FDC has changed plenty. We used horizontal charts and protractors and table-books back then. Shortly before I got out they were starting to switch to Texas Instruments calculators on which were fitted special templates. I can hardly imagine what an FDC does these days.
Semper fidelis,
LH
head space and timing error...blame it on the Bud Light...
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