Posted on 03/10/2006 4:09:18 PM PST by SandRat
Thanks for the ping
The Joker: Where does he get those wonderful toys ?
There is a 40m WP smoke/mark WP round. At least there was last time I shot an M79, about 1982.
The most common round these days is the HEDP (and the next most common is the training/practice round, with a blue plastic ogive and full of orange marking powder -- it doesn't have the steel weight in it any more), but there have been dozens of kinds of 40mm round.
The British called a 37mm AT gun they used in WWII a "two pounder." (The US used the same thing and called it 37mm). So we could reckon the thing that way, in weight of cannon ball rather than as gauge, which is size of cannonball.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Anytime, BTTT.
A good friend of mine was fortunate enough to be engaged by ~150 Taliban/foreigners while in possession of a 60mm mortar and his USAF TACP was on the horn to the [way we control air assets]. European F-16s weren't sure about a border issue, but some A-10s came along and it became a race between my buddy and his commo man on the 60, and the A-10s, to see who could get the biggest score.
They wound up dividing it up, and the jets handled what was over the hill, and he got everybody on the front slope. Took a bit of nerve because that included two emplaced DSHKs he was dueling with.
Mortars are one reason that a lot of people's neo-Civil-War imaginations about taking on combat soldiers with a hunting rifle are off the mark. Counting its MGs and mortars, an infantry unit is extremely hazardous to everything within almost a half mile of its front. Throw in artillery and air, and you really don't want them to see you or guess where you are.... the poor Taliban who learned this lesson usually learned it immediately prior to their demise, and so were not able to report back to their HQ.
You could say we got well inside their feedback loop.
Needless to say, I quite envied my friend the fun (even if his team's awards never did get approved). Where I was, they were falling all over themselves to get on our good side, so I wound up drinking tea with a lot of folks who need hangin'. We got tons and tons of weapons (and a number of other interesting catches) but they generally surrendered after face-saving token resistance, or none at all. So maybe they were getting some of the word.
Ah well, sometimes duty comes before pleasure.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F
Christmas coming!
big boom poing
Check out my links in my post #35. (Or use the links on my profile page) I got 1.2ga from them, and if there are math errors it's my fault, but the mistakes were made by the sites.
He may be an Osprey apologist and takes it personal when you insult his bird.
The difference between 1.2 and 1.125 gauge is rather trivial. That new laucher is probably "backbored" a little to help keep the recoil and firing pressure in check, and I'm sure the maker actually gauged the barrel.
As to recoil, this thing is popping out a projectile that probably weighs significantly more than two pounds, so a little backboring would probably be desirable.
In our era, a full company of NVA could be hidden in tall grass, 30 meters to your front in broad daylight..
Now, a single sheethead can't even hide behind a wall in the dark of night!
The phrase "obsolete" comes to mind a lot, lately!
Stay safe brother....
Semper Fi
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I want it!
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"Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to want one."
HE'LL want one? I want one.
Then bring on MECHA! ! !
Cool BFG!
I wish... I were that young. Thanks for the offer, though.
3 Ga. Punt Gun used for commercial duck hunk. bad news for the ducks and hell on the decoys too.
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