(news item) M4 -vs- M16

greener · Post by **greener** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:04 pm

Mortars give a whole different meaning to "hang ten."

jaeger45 · Post by **jaeger45** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:57 am

Yeah, but since Len originally brought up the subject of big guns you were in charge of... one of the latest 105's, in place of the old stubby 105's of yesteryears... ... ... So you were FA?...

greener · Post by **greener** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:54 am

Great photos, jaeger45. I was the one with a bit of FA background. "Mine" were a bit bigger than the M119.
8"

155mm Towed

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:39 am

greener wrote:Great photos, jaeger45. I was the one with a bit of FA background. "Mine" were a bit bigger than the M119.
8"

155mm Towed

I waant one of them, just the vehicle for urban renewal programs, crowd control and general mayhem.

greener · Post by **greener** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:59 pm

[quote="bearandoldman
I waant one of them, just the vehicle for urban renewal programs, crowd control and general mayhem.[/quote]

200-lb bullet. Three powder choices. And you only have to be within 16 kilometers.

jaeger45 · Post by **jaeger45** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:12 pm

You lucky you!!!

Being in the infantry, the biggest "rifle" I'd ever fired was only the jeep-mounted 106-mm recoilless rifle, like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Ns1xJVgRE&NR=1

(Turn on your audio.)

You can see it does have a little kick.

greener · Post by **greener** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:03 am

Interesting videos. Never got to fire one of those or even see one being fired.

Officer type and reservist. After the Ft. Sill school for butterbars my lanyard yanking was a bit limited. I did get to be a forward observer every now and then, but the Army decided to move that to enlisted observers. By the time I could pull rank and fire one I usually had some non-FA type in tow and let them have the thrill of firing one. A great deal of my time in artillery units was spent making sure other folks were properly trained or as a Larry Lunchbucket, staff puke type. (You know, they guy who shows up in the field with the high shine on his boots, clean and pressed fatigues/BDU's carrying a briefcase and usually has some very important staff briefing to get to.)