Posted on 05/05/2008 4:24:39 PM PDT by SandRat
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The pic of the Marine with cigar:
He is now a student at San Diego State Univ.
Eye injury in Iraq.
They must have been standing pretty close together.
I would have thought it would have been an easier shot to just take out the whole building with the shell.
the thought that an assload of tunsten literally tore these two goat f’ers to shreds makes my belly warm and happy.
from Hammond, Indiana
This thread isn’t exactly useless without pictures, but it would be much improved by shots of the wreckage, goatboys, etc.
“Peace through overwhelming firepower” bump.
and the Abrams built next door in Lima, Ohio
What? The M2 .50 Cal was just cleaned and you're too lazy to use it?
Good shootin' DATs! Hoo-ah!
Don’t pick a fight with a M1A2. You’ll lose.
Ah the beloved canister round. I fired many of those from the M41 90MM main gun on my M48A3 tank in Nam. A bit smaller than the 120MM on the Abrams, but nearly as effective against close in targets in the bush. The great thing about our tanks, then and now is the variety of ammo they could employ against many different types of targets. We also had HE and beehive, both with adjustable fuses, White Phosphorous Smoke, HEAT, HEP, Armor Piercing, Armor Piercing Capped, Hyper velocity Armor Piercing with Tracer, in addition to the M-73 7.62 coax MG with 8000 rounds, a .50 M2 HB MG with 5000 or so rounds and all the grenades, .45 cal and 5.56 ammo for the two M3 grease guns and the two M177 CAR 15s we could cram in the turret.
You can’t beat a well coordinated tank-infantry team in any environment and location for combat effectiveness. The grunts protect the tank from close in ambush and designate targets. The tanks annihalate those targets and provide armor protection for the troops. Ideally it is a mutual protection endeavor that gets the mission done effeciently.
IIRC we lost one to a “golden shot” shaped charge that hit on the turret bearing and penetrated the hull. The charge hit the back of the commander’s seat on the way by, giving him a nasty bruise over one kidney, transited the rest of the compartment and took out the main electrical panel.
We lost another when it got stuck in the mud and needed to be destroyed rather than risk falling into enemy hands. It took a couple tries. The first time they hit it with a 120 mm AT round from another Abrams at close range. Since they forgot to turn off the Halon extinguisher system it did little more than knock the sights out of alignment...
Yeah, Nick lost an eye, and received damage to the other. I sent him a get well card way back when.
I wish I could remember his FR screen name.
Found it!
Hi Nick! Thinking of you...
Ask the Imam: Is the pink mist from my fellow jihadis considered halal?
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