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To: Darksheare

Good deal! I'm all about heavy firepower. ;-)


395 posted on 06/03/2005 8:41:12 AM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: Bethbg79

LOL!

I did so love my M119A1 howitzer.
It was only a light 105mm 'pop gun', but it was such a fun system to play with.
Clipping thin branches off of trees with the round we just fired was always a moment of white knuckled fun.

"FDC, site to crest is 300 mils at 100 meters, how copy?"
"Good copy, 250 mils at 200 meters."
"WHAT?!"

(Site to crest is the minimum elevation/height the howitzer elevation has to be to clear obstructing trees when firing. FDC tends to average the measurements out. Which had us pruning a tree or three more than once.)


406 posted on 06/03/2005 8:55:07 AM PDT by Darksheare (Hey troll, Sith happens.)
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