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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Me? When the smoke clears, I want to have a full 30 rd magazine still in reserve! Just in case.

In my old days as a tank gunner, I had 63 rounds available for my primary weapon, which was essentially a single-shot semiautomatic. The secondary weapon was the coaxial .30 caliber or 7.62mm machinegun mounted coaxially with the main gun, and known thereby as the co-ax. For which we had 6000 rounds in the turret tray and an extra 4000 rounds in ammo cans for a reload.

Those old habits die hard. And in my case, haven't died out yet.


89 posted on 01/21/2013 5:08:56 PM PST by archy
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To: archy

4000 rounds - is that five cases?


91 posted on 01/21/2013 5:22:39 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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