Monday Night Milvid
French … maybe French Canadian … anti-tank crew in action.
h/t Seraphic Secret
Topics: military
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:45 pm on Monday, February 26, 2007
3 Responses to “Monday Night Milvid”
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February 26th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
BWAHAHAHA.
Can’t tell what kind of round that is, but I know some munitions have to travel so far before they arm. A few years ago I was providing medical coverage for mortar practice with numerous misfires. The E-8 who was running the range took the tubes off the frames and beat them against the closest pine tree to get the round loose. The first time he did it, I couldn’t believe it, but none of the guys was too upset. They later told me that the round had to do so many rotations before it armed so that it wouldn’t hurt the crew in a missfire.
And that’s not even the funniest story from that AT.
February 27th, 2007 at 2:27 am
Ouch. I don’t wish such a thing on anyone, even on a Frenchman. Well, I won’t say I don’t wish it on *anyone*. There are one or two that I wouldn’t mind seeing even worse happen to. Maybe Ali. And Farouk. And Ahmed. Okay, three. And just about anyone named Mohammad or Osama. Five. Thousand or so. At least five thousand people I wouldn’t mind seeing blow up. Except the guys at Iraq the Model. And a couple of others I like.
This is getting complicated. Okay….
February 27th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
VanDoos, probably in Valcartier.
The reason for the Chinese Fire Drill bahavior is that the missile is fired from the launch tube by a small booster charge; the main motor fires about a second later and 8-10m downrange. Here the booster has malfunctioned, and the crew decides not to wait around to see if the main motor will fire as scheduled.
Cheers