Subdeacon Joe Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzdQq1YwE0A&feature=youtu.be www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzdQq1YwE0A&feature=youtu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Good God!!! Rednecks with Howitzers. I don't want these idiots living in the same county with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Or the next county over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I'm assuming none of these guys are ex-Redlegs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulp, SASS#28319 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Quite a bit of back blast through the fuse hole. I wonder where the projectile actually hit, they never did say. Looks like fun, but a bit over my toy budget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scatterbrain Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I don't know jack about artillery, but just in the first minute or so there were several things that just didn't seem prudent. Wouldn't you normally "aim" a howitzer BEFORE loading it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Quite a bit of back blast through the fuse hole. I wonder where the projectile actually hit, they never did say. Looks like fun, but a bit over my toy budget! A post from the forum where I found the video: I did hear the story on the breach malfunction . For some reason the igniter mechanism was blown out the back of the breach block leaving a 3 inch hole , they didn't find it again. I also heard that the 8 inch shell ricocheted over the hill , they did find it about 5 miles down range . The big gun was a whole different level to deal with and I understand he has only shot it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scatterbrain Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Is this one of those "more money than brains" deals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 A LITTLE BIT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 What do do if you have a squib in one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Load another round and let 'er fly????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 That whole thing just made me cringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I have just gotten to 3:11. They have just put the powder in it. Now, I ain't no cannonneer, but it seems to me that that fork lift oughta be somewhere BESIDES directly in front of the muzzle, before they load it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I have just gotten to 3:11. They have just put the powder in it. Now, I ain't no cannonneer, but it seems to me that that fork lift oughta be somewhere BESIDES directly in front of the muzzle, before they load it. Naaaa. They got things under control........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Another thought. Just recently Joe posted one about a burning piece of wad setting off a powder bag, at a reenactment. And they've got a 45-gallon garbage can full of powder, sitting there with the lid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 What do do if you have a squib in one of these? Run a rod in from the muzzle and pound on it with a sledge hammer. What could go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Maybe they should send these guys to Iraq? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Maybe they should send these guys to Iraq? But not on our side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 The only thing missing was somebody saying, "Hold my beer". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I think the dog was trying to tell them something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Crap GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT. QUINCANNON, SASS #32999 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 If you have a friend. whos last words were, "Hey you guys- WATCH THIS!", you might be a redneck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elk Creek LeMieux Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I was waiting for that forklift to get blown away. Kinda lost interest after they moved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Scatterbrain Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I was waiting for that forklift to get blown away. Kinda lost interest after they moved it.Yeah I kinda thought it to be one of those "funniest videos" deals at first. I was relieved and yet a little disappointed when they moved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Good lord-I hope none of those idiots can still breed(except the dog ) LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 I was waiting for that forklift to get blown away. Kinda lost interest after they moved it. I thought they would end up hitting one of the buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 When the one fellow said something about "hope we don't hit one of the buildings" I was sorta expecting that to happen. My God those people are DUMB!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 The only thing missing was somebody saying, "Hold my beer". Or hay ya all...Watch this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Wonder how long before the BATF knocks on their door? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 What should ATF show up? You can own anything, as long as it's papered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Wonder what was on the other side of that hill and five miles away? Somebody's outhouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I remember one time I was in the S3 in the rear area at Grafenwoehr. We heard "BOOM . . . BOOM". The S3 NCO, SFC Aldrin, said "Oh, oh" We heard a call to range control, and then "Range Control to all alpha units, CEASE FIRE. Repeat . . ." A pair of 8" rounds overshot the target area and impacted on the tank trail. The only casualty was a Jeep radiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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