Noz Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 My uncle lost an eardrum while manning a 4.2 in Korea. A chinese rifle grenade hit the tube a glancing blow but did not detonate. He said it was like sticking your head in Big Ben in England when it hit. I like the 105s, tolerated the 155, despised the 175 as a joke but loved the 8" in any configuration. The 280 was awesome but it's accuracy was 2 minutes of West Germany. 600-800 pound projectile. http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=288 I was at Grafenwoehr when they fired the last mission. One round landed on the far side of the impact area and the other behind us. Both guns in the Battalion fired one round at the same time. One went over our head and our foxhole on the hill was about 14" deeper by the time the second round landed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Artillery has a way of getting your attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Artillery has a way of getting your attention. as long as ya got a deep hole to hide in CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I would like to know, must I have both feet planted as I drop the projectile into the tube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 TC it helps , so ya can DUCK faster , the flash off the tube is a tad intense drop the round and get well below the top of the tube ya will only not go this 1 time , cuase it will ring your bell CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Naaaa. piece of cake. Just don't put your thumb over the muzzle when you ram home the projectile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I'll make sure my hands are clear. Don't want to change my alias to Stumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I relly never like being around them , when being shot , did NOT care for the BIG guns going over head eather CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Thump! A gentle as a maiden's first kiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The concussion from firing a charge 5 white bag from an 8" was so intense that it would open your mess kit and blow out all the headlights in any truck parked closer than 100 meters. It would blow the armor panels off of the guns and the engine covers off of the APCs. A cool thing was standing behind the guns and watching the projectile disappear down range. You could see them for a ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Yeah, you could see those 81s arch up but soon would lose them in the sky. Then a few seconds later a white cloud of smoke would appear on a hillside some distance away. As long as the flash and smoke were on a distant hillside, all was cool. When it was next door, time to bug out had arrived. I will never forget the demostration that was being held for some foreign officers, at Ft. Riley. They had the 81s dug in behind the viewing stand and would fire over the heads of the brass. Someone had forgotten about the VT fuses on the rounds and them crossing close to each other. Schrapnel was raining down on the stands. It didn't take long to get a cease fire and I am supposing some young butter bar got a A$$ chewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 kinda hard to see them 7.62s , unless they be tracers the little 50s be fast too about the only thing I got to watch was the 40mms form the 203 CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 WHAT IS THE 203? I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 BMC the 203 , is a 40MM , gernade launcher , replaced the M79 , also called the bloop tube , and other names I liked the 79 much better , being a south paw , easyer to sight 203 mounted under the 16 . sights , forced you to fire it right handed , CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 I guess I am just old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 We got a new lock for our howitzers. Instead of the old swing lock the new one was spring loaded and was adjustable to different positions to make it easier on the troop pulling the string. On our first firing practice, Pvt Ramerize was attempting to get his gun to fire but no matter how hard he pulled the lock was binding at his position and would not fire. The XO yelled at him to change the position of the lock so the good PVT leaned over and instead of pushing the lock down and moving it he pulled. He landed 45 feet behind the gun. A 125 pound crumpled mess of an army private. As we ran to pick up the body, he sat up and started apologizing to the XO for his mistake. It seemed he had been in solid contact with the breech when it recoiled and was bruised but did not even have a broken rib. A few months later we began getting personel drafts from the Army taking our trained troops and sending them to Viet Nam. Instead of replacing the people, we were given stripes to award to folks to fill the holes. "A" battery got a handful of PFC stripes and decide that Pvt Ramerize had been a PVT for almost 6 years and they would promote him. He had never done anything wrong, he just wasn't very smart at all. They did so and he invited the whole battalion to come watch as he burned all of his Private uniforms. He had bought all new because he didn't want to sew PFC stripes on his Private uniforms. Yup! Just thinking about the old days. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 NOZ they did NOT send him to OCS ? they would now a days CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 We had a fellow from Missouri by the name of Duncan. He was a great deal like that. Gentle soul but not the brightest bulb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 WE had a supply guy like that , not very many like that when I was in , at least where I was most of the time I was in a HQ , Bn or higher had to be pretty sharp , or they were sent down the road CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Duncan got an early retirement, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 BMC ya been FISHIN yet ? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Going tomorrow if the river is down. It rained hard over the week end and rivers are dark and fast. If the river is not in shape, I may try a lake nearby just for kicks and giggles. Working up an idea for chironomids for next spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 well I may get out next week , thought about in the am , but weather is looking bad not sure , I can get everything to play nice spring is getting closer , by the day CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 11 DAYS + 28 DAYS + 20 DAYS = 59 DAYS = SPRING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 while you is wasting time watching baseball , I HOPE to be catching freezer is mighty bare CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 You noticed that also? Come to thunk on it, a good fish fry with some hot taters and cold beer would help make this cold, wet winter go a little better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Sat the ice Saturday. Had a high pressure system pushing in with high wind. Slow day. Got invited in to a fish fry though! Fresh bluegills, slaw, potatos, rye bread. Great stuff. I was so tired when I was driving home that I took my five fish and dropped them at a buddies house to clean. Going out Friday evening to see if I can do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 HOLY CATFISH! IT IS COLD HERE THIS MORNING! Didn't see this coming. Rivers are probably too dark and high to fish anyway. Might make a run at the lake if the weather warms some. Don't know if these old hands can take the cold though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 well , it is a tad cool , don't figure , I need to be in it today , would not take much , for me to end up , hurt real bad don't want to do a face plant in the field or the lake CB ( this common sence thing , be for the birds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 FROST ON THE PICKEMUP THIS MORNING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 well , it is a tad cool , don't figure , I need to be in it today , would not take much , for me to end up , hurt real bad don't want to do a face plant in the field or the lake CB ( this common sence thing , be for the birds) Common sense and Chickasaw Bill do not belong in the same sentence. Don't make me quote examples like church roofs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 NOZ did ya just now , sort that out ? ya go till ya drop , then drag yourself back up an go so more just play the hand ya got CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I tell my kids a line to get them hunting in nasty weather: Ya cant win the pot if ya aint there for the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 WHOA NELLIE! BOY HOWDY! Stopped by the river to see if I could wet a line. It was so high.... How high was it Badger? It was so high I had to cast uphill to get my line in the water. Went by so fast that they had the siren working. Sounded like a fire truck. Kinda dark too. Don't think the fish would even see the worm as it went by. If I was using live bate, I would have had to put a space suit on it, that is how fast the river is running. Hope it goes down by summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 NOZ did ya just now , sort that out ? ya go till ya drop , then drag yourself back up an go so more just play the hand ya got CB You know I figured that out years ago. I just don't quite understand why you can't lift just a little on that throttle. That don't mean ice fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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