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To: SandRat

Ahhhhh, the refreshing smell of gun powder in the morning. Semper Fi


6 posted on 11/28/2006 9:51:03 PM PST by rusureitflies?
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To: rusureitflies?

The M1s with the 120mm gun don't have the joy of a hot shell casings rolling around on the floor while the tank is moving. In the older tanks, the loader would be standing by the gun with a round in hand and have to kick the hot casing out of the way when it came out of the breech. Ahhh memories.


21 posted on 11/28/2006 10:40:18 PM PST by glorgau
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