24 March 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Bob Seijas]

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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[browningautorifle]

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.