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Mark in Rochester 24 March 2022 Garand Picture... 03-23-2022, 06:19 PM
browningautorifle 3rd div, Audie Murphy's... 03-23-2022, 08:03 PM
Bob Seijas Pay attention, in six months... 03-23-2022, 08:32 PM
fjruple Looks like a M18 57mm... 03-24-2022, 10:00 AM
browningautorifle I'd say so too...neat little... 03-24-2022, 01:16 PM
Bob Seijas Big Brother 03-24-2022, 08:25 PM
browningautorifle I drove M113 for 106 platoon... 03-24-2022, 10:36 PM
fjruple Our anti-tank capability in... 03-25-2022, 08:06 AM
browningautorifle My only exposure to those was... 03-25-2022, 09:42 AM
Bob Seijas 106 Fun 03-25-2022, 01:05 PM
browningautorifle Did any of you ever have to... 03-25-2022, 07:35 PM
BEAR While in Alaska I had fired... 03-25-2022, 01:03 PM
eb in oregon Once I was tasked with... 03-25-2022, 07:54 PM
BEAR Army MULE and the 106 ... 03-25-2022, 02:37 PM
fjruple Bob-- I remember seeing the... 03-25-2022, 06:01 PM
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    24 March 2022 Garand Picture of the Day



    Infantry, Fort Benning, Ga
    Date taken: February 2, 1950
    Photographer: Ralph Morse


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    3rd div, Audie Murphy's crew...
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    Looks like a M18 57mm Recoilless Rifle in the foreground.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fjruple View Post
    M18 57mm Recoilless
    I'd say so too...neat little rig.
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    Big Brother

    I was once Range OIC on a 106mm RR range, the 57's big brother mounted on a Jeep... wow, what a weapon! You could make a guy off the street a gunner in about 15 minutes it was so easy to use. 50 cal. spotting rifle with explosive ammo and a round central trigger... sight on the target, pull the trigger out to fire the spotter, adjust your aim until it hit, mash the trigger in to fire the 106. Boom, a dead tank. Wow!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Seijasicon View Post
    106mm RR
    I drove M113 for 106 platoon before they got the TOW missiles. Yes, they were something, but heavy to manhandle. They were a weapon we should have kept for local destruction of whatever the company commander wanted to destroy. Too quickly they were relegated.
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    Our anti-tank capability in the Engineers were the M67 90mm Recoilless Rifle. What a beast! Normally we would use the subcaliber device first to get everyone use to the gun crew drills of loading and unloading. Then use the full bore 90mm rounds. I remember ours had the mount for the AN/PVS-2 starlight scope. I can't imagine shooting that thing at night it would light up the area like a Christmas tree. The other thing I remember the 90mm rounds were highly corrosive and the gun had to be cleaned several times after use and we had to maintain a log on the number of rounds used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fjruple View Post
    M67 90mm Recoilless Rifle
    My only exposure to those was in January of 1975 when we went to Ft Wainwright AK to train with Charlie Airborne. We lugged those around enough to know they were uncomfortable. I think we shot them with a sub cal in 7.62?
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    106 Fun

    A lot of brass visited the 106 range, my favorite trick was to pile a dozen ammo boxes 10 yards behind a gun and fire it... toothpicks! The back-blast was truly awesome.
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