... a little "service of the piece?"
Ah, nostalgia. Even if I never served this particular gun, it's only different in the details. Somebody knocked your RAP over, gents. But the rotating band cover is on 'em, so it's okay.
Ah, nostalgia. Even if I never served this particular gun, it's only different in the details. Somebody knocked your RAP over, gents. But the rotating band cover is on 'em, so it's okay.
John, I assume the FDC is on the radio getting BDA and prepared to continue to go 'Repeat!'
As my favorite Platoon Sergeant taught me, 105s to wake 'em up; 155s to dig 'em out.
8" gun-line. 0dark30. Raining. The Marines were humping 8" bullets from gun 6 to gun 1, iirc. Also, iirc, the bullets weighed in at 202 lbs ea. All the carry cradles were neatly stacked and the gunbunnies were grabbing up a bullet each then jogging the length of the line, depositing the bullets then running back to grab another.
A bullet each except for this one Marine. He jogged the line with a bullet on each shoulder a few trips.
I gained a lot of respect for gunbunnies that night. Still. As a grunt, I still have to make fun of them. Traditions must be maintained but my heart aint in it.
"The last arguement of kings." No screaming s**t!
Hmmmm, either I can't see it, or they aren't swabbing out the tube between rounds.
I assume that they are using basically the same bag charges I am familiar with, so where's the water?
No insult to the towboys, but I prefered my M109A3s with unfulfilled gunbunny dreams of one day graduating to a Paladin.
Heath
Arte et Marte
105s may wake them up, and 155s may dig them out, but B52s REALLY make them wish they were somewhere else...
}:-]
JTG must have spoken when it fired.
They're firing at close to the max rate of fire, I suspect (absent a tactical situation demanding otherwise) they can keep up that rate for as long as the piece is rated for that rate (and with the M777 I don't know what the numbers are) before shifting over to the sustained rate of fire.
If they have to bust the recommended rates, one of the things they'll start to do is rotate gunners to different positions - i.e., the guy with the rammer moves over to powder, one of the 'jo humpers takes up the rammer, the powder guy goes into the 'jo humping rotation, etc.