tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788- 2012-03-24T15:08:45Z We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788 2010-01-02T16:02:40Z 2010-01-02T16:20:09Z

As per Og's request, the rear of the recoilless rifle, all locked up and ready to go.And here is another shot showing a casing in the chamber, and the unsupported space around it - and with another casing held in the breechblock, showing the holes in the casing that allowed the gases to escape into the chamber and thus blow out the venturis while pushing the round down the barrel.And just to cap it off - this product was made by Firestone, that well-known manufacturer of ordnance......

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And here is another shot showing a casing in the chamber, and the unsupported space around it - and with another casing held in the breechblock, showing the holes in the casing that allowed the gases to escape into the chamber and thus blow out the venturis while pushing the round down the barrel.

And just to cap it off - this product was made by Firestone, that well-known manufacturer of ordnance...]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788-comment:96920 jsallison When I was teaching at Ft Knox in Todd Hall we had a cutaway M2 or M3 75mm cannon hooked up to a hand pump (the same sort one would use to exercise the recoil mechanism and lubricate the seals) that we'd use to show the cycle of function. Made by Oldsmobile, of all places. It just may have been your father's Oldsmobile, to steal a phrase. 2010-01-04T04:00:50Z 2010-01-04T04:00:50Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788-comment:96903 BillT http://www.thedonovan.com this photo is taken from the place you do NOT want to be when this gizmo is being fired!

The *other* place you don't want to be is around the *other* end.

We got debriefed on the Grenada Op in '83 by one of the RW participants. It seems two squads of Marines had just finished bouncing several LAWs off a BTR-60 that was making itself obnoxious on a dirt road traversing a hillside when three Rangers toting an M18 popped out of the brush and onto the scene.

*boompf!*

Punched a hole right through the front of the BTR, traveled through the crew and passenger compartments and exited through the rear (also armored) door. The Rangers re-shouldered the M18 and continued up the hill.

The Marines modestly declined to address the incident in the AAR aboard the Guam...]]> 2010-01-03T12:07:38Z 2010-01-03T12:07:38Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788-comment:96888 SezaGeoff I hope their tyres (tires) don't leak as much gas during use! 2010-01-02T23:24:42Z 2010-01-02T23:24:42Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788-comment:96887 J.M. Heinrichs Kromuskit ein System ähnlich dem von Burney."
The English Wiki article does not make much of Kroeger and Musser's efforts.

Cheers
]]> 2010-01-02T23:15:29Z 2010-01-02T23:15:29Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788-comment:96884 Fred ]]> 2010-01-02T19:39:43Z 2010-01-02T19:39:43Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788-comment:96883 og http://www.neanderpundit.com
Put up a few at my place. Lemeno whatcha think.]]> 2010-01-02T19:05:40Z 2010-01-02T19:05:40Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788-comment:96882 11B40
"Firestone" would appear to me to be a wonderful name for an ordnance manufacturer.
]]> 2010-01-02T18:36:55Z 2010-01-02T18:36:55Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.11788-comment:96875 John (Not The Armorer)
Nice toy!
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