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.
was part of the team testing it back in 1978. it was way better than anything we had at that time. fun fact. there where 3 army generals and 2 Marine ones there to watch. the army generals could not have cared less. the Marine Generals , got down in the dirt and fired it with us. asked real questions and took notes (??) about what we thought off it after playing with it for 2 weeks. well, we did not get it. we got the Dragon instead. yeah. that was the first time I got to see how the MIC worked. so image how I felt back in 2003 when we where using the weapon in the sandbox and the story was how great it was for the job. yeah, we knew that back in 1978 after testing it. wonder who got paid to get the Dragon instead ?
I've heard there are some pretty stringent limits on the number of rounds allowed for one guy in training - one or two a day or week ? Of course in combat all that goes out the window and GI goes home permanently punch drunk.
Some similar weapons have additional features which attenuate the back-blast. Apparently, some are effective enough that one could fire from within an enclosed space. The link talks about "confetti", and I believe I've also heard about systems that include a volume of inert liquid behind the round. See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarCollege/comments/12jsda2/how_dangerous_is_the_backblast_from_shoulderfired/?rdt=58448
Carl Gustov recoilless rifle 84 mm.
ReplyDeleteEffective enough bunker buster, light anti-armor. However, that concussion effect over time has proven to cause brain injuries as even the VA admits.
was part of the team testing it back in 1978. it was way better than anything we had at that time. fun fact. there where 3 army generals and 2 Marine ones there to watch. the army generals could not have cared less.
Deletethe Marine Generals , got down in the dirt and fired it with us. asked real questions and took notes (??) about what we thought off it after playing with it for 2 weeks. well, we did not get it. we got the Dragon instead.
yeah. that was the first time I got to see how the MIC worked. so image how I felt back in 2003 when we where using the weapon in the sandbox
and the story was how great it was for the job. yeah, we knew that back in 1978 after testing it. wonder who got paid to get the Dragon instead ?
The Dragon was a POS. Luckily, we had a Samoan guy in the squad who didn’t mind carrying it.
DeleteI've heard there are some pretty stringent limits on the number of rounds allowed for one guy in training - one or two a day or week ? Of course in combat all that goes out the window and GI goes home permanently punch drunk.
DeleteBack blast area clear!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSome similar weapons have additional features which attenuate the back-blast. Apparently, some are effective enough that one could fire from within an enclosed space. The link talks about "confetti", and I believe I've also heard about systems that include a volume of inert liquid behind the round. See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarCollege/comments/12jsda2/how_dangerous_is_the_backblast_from_shoulderfired/?rdt=58448
ReplyDeleteNow let's see that with a 106mm recoilless rifle for comparison.
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