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2011-02-28 Afghanistan
Fire Mission: US Marines M777 Howitzer - Humping!
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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-02-28 01:09|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top

#1 WOW!
Posted by pikestaff 2011-02-28 08:29||   2011-02-28 08:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Just like clockwork....impressive?...Very.
Posted by clockwork26+6 2011-02-28 09:22||   2011-02-28 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Note well, the basic need for upper body strength to sustain this. Remember when future arguments are presented for political ends why physical standards should be lowered to accommodate those ends.
Posted by Procopius2k 2011-02-28 09:50||   2011-02-28 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Aw heck, back in the 1980s, gun crews and bridge engineers weight rooms were open 24/7, and generally full up at 3am. Some of the "squarest" looking men I have ever seen.

If you ever need someone to bench press a Volkswagen...
Posted by  Anonymoose 2011-02-28 10:00||   2011-02-28 10:00|| Front Page Top

#5 It's interesting that the next shell is placed on the breech tray (before firing the current shell) at the same time as the powder is loaded for the current shell.
Posted by Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-02-28 10:10||   2011-02-28 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Have I not finished my coffee, or did the fore group outpace the background group?
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-02-28 11:08||   2011-02-28 11:08|| Front Page Top

#7 What's the big q-tip thing for? Why is it OK to keep dropping it in the sand? The gun doesn't care much about the sand?
Posted by gorb 2011-02-28 11:13||   2011-02-28 11:13|| Front Page Top

#8 It rams the shell into the breech. Everything is covered with sand - the shells, powder; so the sand on the ramrod won't make much difference. Anyway, the barrel has to be replaced after a few thousand or even hundreds of rounds.
Posted by Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-02-28 13:01||   2011-02-28 13:01|| Front Page Top

#9 It rams the shell into the breech.

Thanks.

I wouldn't have guessed. He makes it look too easy! I couldn't tell if they were clearing out burning debris or what.
Posted by gorb 2011-02-28 13:22||   2011-02-28 13:22|| Front Page Top

#10 And the gun firing is just part of the hump. Maintenance, rigging the the gun for movement, getting everything set ahead of time. It takes not just upper body strength but you need legs also. Come to think of it all the combat arms need beef, even the tank crews need beef to hump heavy steel tow cables, replace tracks and other field maintenance, load ammo and etc.
Posted by toadold  2011-02-28 14:48||   2011-02-28 14:48|| Front Page Top

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