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Despite the smug, self-satisfied smirk...

By The Armorer on March 10, 2006 | | Comments (11)

...of a certain DAT* who hangs out around here...

While sure - *this* era may have been our heyday...

German Siege Howitzer, WWI

We aren't completely irrelevant today. And we're far more discriminating (though I, personally, do *not* believe in the concept of "Danger Close" when attacking targets in the vicinity of DATs. DAGs* I'll cut some slack).

Soldiers from the 4-11 Field Artillery do calibration fires with the howitzer on March 6, 2006 in Mosul,Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Army Photo by Spc Clydell Kinchen) (Released)

*DAT= Dumb-Ass Tanker.
DAG= Dumb-Ass Grunt.

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By cw4(ret)billt on March 10, 2006 8:24 AM
Hey, John - What was "Danger Close" for Shot Grable--three miles?
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 10, 2006 8:29 AM
Still beats *this* gem the Infantry thought up. The Davy Crockett.
 
By cw4(ret)billt on March 10, 2006 9:48 AM
The Artillery Mafia spread the foul canard that the Davy Crockett Rocket was the only weapon in the Army inventory with a blast radius exceeding its max range. I have been told the gunners had a good fifteen-foot safety margin, as long as they were shooting downwind...
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 10, 2006 9:52 AM
And were behind a terrain feature.
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on March 10, 2006 9:30 PM
"discriminatinng" ! "Ubique"- "All Over The Place" No 10 of the Gun Crew- On hearing the executive "Fire", will make a Right Turn, look into the barrel and report "Charge burning, Round turning". Cheers JMH
 
By Blake Kirk on March 11, 2006 12:27 PM
So, John, is that first picture the 21cm Krupp or the 30.5 cm Skoda? What can I say: I used to be fond of the old Avalon Hill boardgame 1914, and the limited number of really heavy siege artillery units available to the Germans were always the key to getting past the Belgian forts in a reasonable amount of time.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 11, 2006 12:38 PM
It's the Krupp, I believe. I don't think the Skoda had integral wheels.
 
By Blake Kirk on March 11, 2006 3:16 PM
well, we had our own equivalents: 7th Army 240mm gun Both photos from the latter days of WW2vc 5th Army 240mm Howitzer
 
By Blake Kirk on March 11, 2006 3:28 PM
Evidently we must have given a bunch of 240mm howitzers, M1 to the Taiwanese. HERE is a photo of one installed as a coast-defense piece.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 11, 2006 4:42 PM
Heh. Stole my "where is it" post, Blake. Been saving it. When we ran out of ammo of 'em (we didn't make much) during the Korean War, rather than ship 'em home, we gave 'em to the Taiwanese.
 
By LadyGunn on March 12, 2006 5:09 PM
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