Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Caught a quick look at the news this week end and they were talking about the problems in Korea. Showed a picture, which I took to be South Korean Army, with a jeep and an 106 mm recoiless rifle mounted on it. It had a rotary magizine for the .50 cal spotting rifle but other than that it looked like something out of 1959. Wonder if the passed them off to Korea when they discovered that the 106 made the jeep top heavy and the whole system was a magnet for Russian made tanks. Can you imagine that two of these in a rifle company against 90 divisions of Russian armor and infantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahoo Kid Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 That 106 made one hell of an anti sniper rig though. Just put the spotter round on the spot where he's been popping up to shoot and sit back with the lanyard in your hand and wait for the next round to go over. Pull the lanyard and move on to the next target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oklahomabound Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 ...BMC, you tawkin' 'bout this 'ere thing: http://www.military-info.com/book/n09_r106/bk_r106.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahoo Kid Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 That soldier standing there with his back to the breach of the gun is in grave danger of bring shredde by the backblast. WK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 That .50 cal was a heck of a weapon. That 106 was a heck of a weapon. Mounted on a jeep was a mistake. With all the research at the Army's disposal, I would have though a tracked vehicle with a lower center of gravity and a water proof hull would have been better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelve mile REB Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Caught a quick look at the news this week end and they were talking about the problems inKorea. Showed a picture, which I took to be South Korean Army, with a jeep and an 106 mm recoiless rifle mounted on it. It had a rotary magizine for the .50 cal spotting rifle but other than that it looked like something out of 1959. Wonder if the passed them off to Korea when they discovered that the 106 made the jeep top heavy and the whole system was a magnet for Russian made tanks. Can you imagine that two of these in a rifle company against 90 divisions of Russian armor and infantry. Strange isn't it the rifle company is still there and the 90 divisions are gone. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Henry Horns SASS #19579L Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 That .50 cal was a heck of a weapon.That 106 was a heck of a weapon. Mounted on a jeep was a mistake. With all the research at the Army's disposal, I would have though a tracked vehicle with a lower center of gravity and a water proof hull would have been better. "Ontos" Ontos H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 That is the one OKB. I am not so sure that they are "gone" Twelve Mile. Just not hiding behind the Czech border. And maybe, just maybe, there are not quite so many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky Joe, SASS #24061 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Although not exactly designed for use that way, some of the Hmong irregulars used the 106mm RR as an indirect fire weapon. Shot out to 7,000 meters. Fairly accurate out to 5,500 meters in direct fire. Although the tracer burnt out on the spotting round at about 1,100m, the splash could sometimes be seen at the longer ranges. Another advantage was that if you weren't authorized a jeep, if you could request a 106, it came with a jeep. Just remove the gun, put it on a cobbled up ground mount, and you had a jeep. When I was teaching it at Ft. Bragg I told my students "Every time you fired that thing, just say to yourself: "one week's pay'." Said thing was that once the ammo was issued for training, it had to be all fired. Was against the rules to return any ammo. Any left over after training finished had to be shot. That was when the other instructors and myself played with it at the longer ranges. A lot of money wasted that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 Well, I was in an .81 mm mortar squad so I have no first hand knowledge of them. I never served in combat so I can't address that either. I was there when they touched them off and they are an awesome weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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