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No the title is not a typo :)
I'm aware that F.T.R. is Factory Thorough Repair but have come across references to No 4's being dispatched as F.T.F. as well as F.T.R. in the 60's
I'm not saying they were stamped F.T.F. but are logged as F.T.F. can someone give a definitive answer as to what F.T.F. stands for please ? (without guessing !)
Many thanks Kevin
In my day it meant Failure to Fire Kev, but I am sure someone will have the WW2 version of it;)
It has always been Failure to Fire for me.
Maybe if you can cite your references or the context it may help others to chip-in.
And FTF always related to heavy stuff such as Charlie G or Milan
FTF...............often preceded by WTF?
No thank you Sir...no!Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
Roger.............agreed...........WTF after a misfire and you bomb burst in all directions:lol::lol:
Is this the personnel bomb burst your talking about Gil :yikes:
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&r...vc2teE_vsJYcKw
Thats the one....................try and get away from that in a hurry a steaming turd, mortars are worse:lol::lol:
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This is what happens when you listen to too much Beach Boys and try to be part of a mortar team:
120mm Mortar Misfire Causes Panic - YouTube
This is when you leave residue in your pants:madsmile::lol::lol:
That won't have armed itself in that short distance BUT.......... No matter how many times they tell you during the course, you never believe them. The 3.5 M20 rocket armed itself the moment it came out of the tube!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Scary.....
Thank God for that Peter. The CO of 2 PARA Andy H ran after an "insurgent" in the back streets of Basrah, only for the little blighter to turn and fire the RPG from 30 feet, which duly hit his body armour square on. Other a few serious bruises he was fine..........glad noone told them it needed 30 metres to arm not 30 feet.
The little bugger should have been listening to the training he received probably from the Russians.........oh well that explains it lol
We had a couple of mortars do that very thing, rounds kind of just spit out. One was a WP that only went about 30 ft downrange. My #2 hit me on the shoulder when he ran, I was laying the mortar at the time. I looked up when reporting "On" and the line was clear...stood up and casually walked back to the others...too late to be running. Everything was fine. We took it away and destroyed it.