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2005-08-27 Southeast Asia

JI and Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines 'short on funds'?

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Any of you ordnance/arty folks have an opinion on the boom-worthiness of WWII mortars?

Yes. Eat our popcorn about 1000 feet off.
Small arms ammo can be and is quite stable and safe even after all these years - heard recently that some WWII German ammo was found in Iraq, and I know that when the B-52 force lost its .50 caliber tail guns in the early 90s, they were still using ammo manufactured during WWII. But larger ammo, especially HE or AP gets horribly unstable as time goes by. A WWII mortar round is far more likely to kill the guys handling it than any potential targets.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-08-27 00:37|| 2005-08-27 00:37|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Captain America 2005-08-27 01:03|| 2005-08-27 01:03|| Front Page Top

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