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Date taken: May 1951
Photographer: Michael Rougier
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https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ef_large-1.jpg
Date taken: May 1951
Photographer: Michael Rougier
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Low & Slow
Or looks directly down the back end of one!Quote:
Originally Posted by eb in oregon
Of course it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by eb in oregon
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!
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Seijas
My first assignment was a Mortar Platoon (OK, Weapons Platoon)... adjusting mortar fire was like the greatest video game ever :)
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Seijas