Posted by Marc_FL on December 04, 2011 at 01:23:58 from (174.131.69.212):
When you mentioned that weapon system, I haven't thought about it in years..
Yes, air droppable (once). Fired it several times with the conventional 152 MM. Prior to issuing the the last part of the fire command (fire) you waited a second so everybody could hold on.
Lifted 6" - 8" inches of the ground. Then after firing 5 rounds had to be driven back to the firing point.
Based on a previous post of your's during Veterans Day, you mentioned you were at Fort Knox in 1974.
Long arm of coincidences so was I, going through AOBC.
Later was assigned to an early deployable Armor Brigade with the 1st Cavalry Division.
Qualified on the M-60 A-1.Radio handle Alpha-26.
You are right again, The Airborne was to secure the airfields and 'we' were to be flown in by C5A's and mix it up with enemy armor (T-62's at the time).
Maybe that's why I like farm tractors (I have a small farm)with a Ford 2000 gas and 861 diesel.
The 861 smokes a little bit (but the mechanic said it doesn't affect compression). As you know on a tank, smoke coming out of the grill doors means an injector is bad and the "pack" would have to be pulled. Not a chore if you have an M-88 handy to lift the engine out of the tank.
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