Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Squantos

No tap dancing.


3 posted on 12/03/2012 7:00:13 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Tijeras_Slim; Eaker; hiredhand

After sandia did the evaluation and investigation on the Iowa 16 inch gun accident long ago..... we went out to our range and disposed of the 20,000 plus pounds of the powder left over.

Each grain / pellet of powder for the old 16 inch guns was the size of a 8 gauge shotgun shell.....

Layed it out in a looooooong snake like pattern and tossed a couple of thermite grenades into the pile left at one end......

Bubbled the paint off the tailgate of the truck we tossed the grenades from before we could get away it went so fast and so hot.

Streams of powder were about a foot wide and 6 inches deep. But almost a mile long spirialing circle on our range.

You would have easily seen the results from your office. Quite the smoke and heat event on the backside of the manzanos and our butts as we left ate fast as our truck would run.....

Hot hot hot hoooot....

It was one of many, hold my beer , watch this moments in a long career in EOD .....


31 posted on 12/03/2012 10:34:37 AM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson