Its like that old comedy routine about the atomic hand grenade - it had a blast radius of 65 yards, and most can throw only 30 feet or so...
With us it was entirely conventional arms. Being in a rifle regiment, marksmanship and maneuver were the watchwords. larry On 10/7/05, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was FDC (Fire Direction Control) for a nuclear capable 155mm Firing > Battery. WTF you say. Yeah, you heard me right, we shot nukes through > cannons. > > Next question: What is the range of a cannon? > Answer: Pull the cord bend over and kiss your ass good bye. > > Thankfully, with the exception of the gun bunnies used to load the > cannon, and pull the cord everyone else involved can be far far away. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 8:38 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Keyboards and dishwashers > > myself I like the idea of digging in as deep as you can and calling in > large amounts of artillery. > > larry > > On 10/7/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I asked about that when I was in the USMC, and the idea is that under > heavy > > fire, going straight into it will provide the best rate of success > because > > you are likely to die anyway. Otherwise you're running for cover with > > bullets flying at you from behind. I'd rather be shooting back. > > > > > > Matthew Small > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ken Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 11:15 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Keyboards and dishwashers > > > > That was kinda the point. It worked 60 years ago, and the US Military > > still uses the Marines in the same way even though the situations have > > changed. Not to mention whenever there is an expectation of heavy > > fighting, with little cover and an expectation of high casualties send > > in the Marines. "The First to Fight". > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 8:08 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Keyboards and dishwashers > > > > In those places there was nothing but the middle. In most others you > > do have a couple of other options. > > > > larry > > > > On 10/7/05, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It worked on Iwo Jima, Saipan, Guam, Okinawa ... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 7:50 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Keyboards and dishwashers > > > > > > who was playing soldier, at the time I supposedly was one. Mind you > > > none of that particular part of my training had anything to do with > > > stuff I later had to do while on deployment to Cyprus. It only had a > > > bit to do with the stuff when I was assigned to Canadian units with > > > NATO. > > > > > > That was when I was introduced to the matra of the US Marines > > > > > > "Hey Diddle Diddle, Straight Up the Middle." > > > > > > larry > > > > > > On 10/7/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ummm... > > > > 0_0 > > > > doesn't anyone use those cute little PAINTBALL guns anymore for > > > > running through the bushes and playing soldier! > > > > > > > > ^_^ > > > > > > > > On 10/5/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > that's a big machine gun. > > > > > > > > > > I'm more used to sterlings and similar 9mm smg's. They're much > > > easier > > > > > to carry when you're running through with bushes. > > > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176437 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
