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To: justa-hairyape

Well, techically, yes. At Snoqualamie Pass here in Wa St. they used to use the 105mm Main Gun from M-60A3 tanks to shoot snowpacks and induce controlled avalanches. Don’t know if that’s still done, but I know our gunners got a kick out of doing it!

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25 posted on 02/03/2008 8:15:05 PM PST by Thunder 6
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To: Thunder 6

Thanks for that info. China does not have avalanche problems. Snow fall was under a foot. We have had some serious avalanches in the US. Saw one video on weather.com where a highway was closed and two vehicles partially buried under an avalanche. It was over 100 feet long and 30 feet deep on the road. The guy removing the avalanche said the amount of snow they had to remove was equal to all the avalanches they have cleared in the last 25 years. So who knows, they may have to call out the big guns yet, but I think they use mortars and helicopter drops nowadays though.


28 posted on 02/03/2008 8:20:45 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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