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[RASelkirk]

Agh! I meant to ask, what are the splayed tubes near the front of these "tracked vehicles"? I'm thinking chaff mortars?

Russ

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[Flying10uk]

Agh! I meant to ask, what are the splayed tubes near the front of these "tracked vehicles"?

For firing canisters of smoke for when one drives into a "spot of bother"; in order to extricate ones self under the cover of smoke.

[browningautorifle]

the splayed tubes near the front of these "tracked vehicles"?

Ours have three loadings of different grenades I'm aware of...smoke producing, WP and frag grenades. The smoke is just the FS type everyone uses, gives you smoke but can start fires. The Phosphorous is downright frightening when it's fired and you're in the open and the frag is like a delay mortar bomb.