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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
Those poor bastards. Look at the dust from that brain-scrambling shock wave.
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Fer sure, fer sure ........ it was hard to miss when the 175 mm guns were firing.
It was bad enough when the 105 mm main gun on an M60 tank fired.
Reminds me of the time, back in the 60s, at the tank firing range in Grafenwoehr, Germany. I took my mechanized Infantry Company to that hell hole for a week, to experience the firepower of a tank platoon (5 tanks) that was attached to my company. There I learned why the call, the armor branch, the "combat arm of decision".
It's amazing to witness how much firepower 5 tanks can deliver in a short amount of time.
Every time a tank would fire, the muzzle blast would be strong enough to blow my fatigues to the side ...... let alone the dust and SOUND.
I noticed the tank platoon commander, standing beside me, never jumped when the tanks fired. I always jumped. I asked him how he kept from jumping ...... he said he knew when they were going to fire. So, he said, I'll signal you before the next one fires ...... he did ..... and I still jumped .....
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