And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Based on my having a bit of experience with tanks (USMC Vietnam flame thrower tank commander - 1968), I am going to offer up that this is a Russian tank (maybe in Afghanistan) that had a round explode in the gun tube.
Had the gun tube of another platoon's tank burst just as we were bounding past them. They had somehow managed to scoop up enough of a wadi we were crossing. That was...interesting.
Long ago I tried that idea of pouring molten wax in a birdshot shotgun shell to make it a hillbilly slug. My shotgun barrel ended up like that tanks barrel.---ken
Dunno about your experience, but there are plenty of people who have made was shells and had no problem. I, myself, wouldn't try wax or cut shells except in an extreme situation with no good alternative.
Shooting mere bird shot at a bad guy at 50 yards would be likely to piss off a 2-legged predator, but that would be about it. I'd give the cut and wax shells a try in a threat environment if that were my only serious alternative.
It was a peaceful tank that only shot flowers.
ReplyDeleteBased on my having a bit of experience with tanks (USMC Vietnam flame thrower tank commander - 1968), I am going to offer up that this is a Russian tank (maybe in Afghanistan) that had a round explode in the gun tube.
ReplyDeleteYou're really going out on a limb there bro'
DeleteLOL!!!
DeleteAnd stripped for parts looks like. Rifled barrel and shape makes me think T54-55 era.
ReplyDeleteT54-55 and my guess is Isreal or Golan Heights.
ReplyDeleteT-54. The T-55 does not have the dome ventilator.
ReplyDeleteWell there's your problem!
ReplyDeleteThat'll buff right out,
ReplyDeleteHad the gun tube of another platoon's tank burst just as we were bounding past them. They had somehow managed to scoop up enough of a wadi we were crossing. That was...interesting.
ReplyDeleteLong ago I tried that idea of pouring molten wax in a birdshot shotgun shell to make it a hillbilly slug. My shotgun barrel ended up like that tanks barrel.---ken
ReplyDeleteKen- Your supposed to just cut the shell almost completely around at the wadding.
DeleteWell he lived and at least learned... Bet he didn't do that again.
DeleteBut but but IragVet888 said it would work.
DeleteDunno about your experience, but there are plenty of people who have made was shells and had no problem. I, myself, wouldn't try wax or cut shells except in an extreme situation with no good alternative.
ReplyDeleteShooting mere bird shot at a bad guy at 50 yards would be likely to piss off a 2-legged predator, but that would be about it. I'd give the cut and wax shells a try in a threat environment if that were my only serious alternative.
Supposedly, it was a po' man's slug. I can afford slugs and buckshot, so I may never try it.
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