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To: Bluewater2015

In WWII, the Japanese had a rifled grenade launcher that was mistranslated as “Knee Mortar”. US troops firing the captured weapon by bracing it on the thigh, rather than the ground, ended up breaking said bone.


7 posted on 07/05/2015 8:36:37 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

Yup. It had a curved baseplate.


8 posted on 07/05/2015 8:37:34 AM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)
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