Scott, LOL yea he's at Ripley AKA Skeeter heaven! I really do miss my tanks sometimes. They were a blast (pun intended).....did ya know they upgraded the power trains in the 113's to keep up with the M1? Bradly is fun to shoot too.
Didn't know yer 45 is a Tarsus. From what I've read they had some problems with the early models.
You mentioned the M2. I loved em! From day 1 in the Army we were told that it was illegal to shoot at troops with one. We never shot troop targets with the 50 when shooting tank gunneries. Then while a young NCO I was scheduled to give a class on "engaging targets with the Cal .50". As I was preparing for the class I was surprised to find "lead factor for paratroops still descending with the Cal 50 was 1 and 1/2 target forms below the target for every 500 meters"! So I looked up the regs on the 50. Nope not illegal. Was and is illegal to fire on crew members bailing out of a disabled aircraft unless they are shooting at you with any weapon. So I went and tried to find out where the 50 thing came from. Best guess was an order, followed by word of mouth threats, out of Patton's HQ when his army was running low on 50 ammo and he wanted it conserved to use for close in anti air. I thought it amazing that something like that could last 30 or more years. Still don't know if it's a fact but a few years later the Army did put some info out to that effect when we were almost certain that the Soviets were going to come through the Fulda Gap.
Pulled CP courtesy patrol. When I was in Germany it was the detail BN task and had an NCOIC, SFC and roving patrols of a SSG, SGT or CPL and a radio operator with a PR77 radio. Primary job was to get guys out of the bars when they had too much and or were starting to get belligerent. When there were no strings attached a guys buddy might stop the CP and ask em to get his friend out of there cause he didn't want ole buddy in trouble. That stopped when they made guys go to counseling if they got picked up by the CP. But by 86 the Army was really starting to crack down on the drinking. We had a Capt make Maj. He got a DUI after his promotion party on a Sat nite. Monday morning the CG was at our BN HQ demanding his resignation. In 86 or 87 they came up with a new policy that "any NCO or officer involved in any alcohol or drug related incident would be processed for a discharge".
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