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2004-04-20 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Mike 2004-04-20 10:57:27 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Kurds, holy crap, f-ing with a 155 HE round!

Dunno if they have cojones the size of Coconuts or brains the size of peanuts (or both). Hard to figure if they are brave, tough or stupid, or some of all 3.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-04-20 11:03:04 AM|| 2004-04-20 11:03:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 You don't shoot a 155 to safe it, a ballpeen hammer is the tool required.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-20 11:47:45 AM|| 2004-04-20 11:47:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 If you are going to do SMUD with a 155 you need a .50 cal round with AP. The case is at least 3/4 inch steel. The alternative would be to put a charge of C-4 next to it.

Posted by remote man 2004-04-20 11:57:48 AM|| 2004-04-20 11:57:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It is beyond me why they just don't set an explosive charge near the shell with a three minutes fuse.

Posted by JFM 2004-04-20 12:02:24 PM|| 2004-04-20 12:02:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Prothero's going to get his ass canned. He warned the troops about the bomb! Surely an objective, neutral reporter would've let them come up on it, allowing events to take their course, rather than interfering like this. Who does he think he is, Ernie Pyle?

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-04-20 12:04:40 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-04-20 12:04:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 thanks for giving them the tip, JFM.

Posted by B 2004-04-20 12:07:09 PM|| 2004-04-20 12:07:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 "I like Kurds."

I'm having that printed on a Tshirt first thing tommorow.

Posted by Evert Visser in NL 2004-04-20 12:10:10 PM|| [http://srv.fotopages.com/?o=867551&t=2] 2004-04-20 12:10:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Way cool story. Great Humanity.

Posted by Lucky 2004-04-20 12:21:45 PM|| 2004-04-20 12:21:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Playing poker with both Darwin & Murphy...

Posted by PBMcL 2004-04-20 12:37:18 PM|| 2004-04-20 12:37:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "#4 It is beyond me why they just don't set an explosive charge near the shell with a three minutes fuse."

I used to do that, until the time we found a 105 shell sitting out on the sand in the open, and it turned out it was the detonator for the 1,000 pound bomb just below it, out of sight. Even then, we weren't far enough away when it blew. Chalk it up to lucky. Bottom line; what you can readily see isn't always the problem.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2004-04-20 4:02:38 PM|| 2004-04-20 4:02:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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