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21 Aug 2024 Garand Picture of the Day
Date taken: May 1951
Photographer: Michael Rougier
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The two guys on the left could probably find a better position.
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Originally Posted by
Low & Slow
The two guys on the left could probably find a better position.
Which leads me to believe the picture was posed. Nobody with brains sits behind a bazooka when it is fired.
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Originally Posted by
eb in oregon
Which leads me to believe the picture was posed. Nobody with brains sits behind a bazooka when it is fired.
Or looks directly down the back end of one!
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Originally Posted by
eb in oregon
Which leads me to believe the picture was posed.
Of course it was.
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Not as bad as the later 106mm Recoilless... ran a range for it once, the standard show for visitors was to pile empty ammo boxes 20 yards behind it, fire the gun --- a cloud of splinters!
Last edited by Bob Seijas; 08-20-2024 at 01:00 PM.
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My room mate was 106 Pl and I was Mortars so we were always on the adjoining ranges same time. They were always a great lightshow at last or first light...or when we fired illum.
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Mortars
My first assignment was a Mortar Platoon (OK, Weapons Platoon)... adjusting mortar fire was like the greatest video game ever 
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My first assignment was a Mortar Platoon
I was assigned to mortars after my first overseas tour, about a year and a half in. Got the course after basic so it was my first of many courses...
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