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Originally Posted by Gutpile Charlie
Eat your heart out! 
This little sucker will take out a school bus at 11 miles.
It delivers a 200 lb. high explosive projectile.
Damn, it was fun!
It is an 8 inch, towed howitzer. It went into service during WWII and was used into the 60's. You pull it with a 10 ton prime mover truck, has a crew of eight (which you don't need. It can be shot with about four people.) It will deliver one round per minute.
You need to swab out the "chamber" with a wet mop after each round is fired in order to extinguish any burning powder fragments. If not...you are in for a surprise when you load the charge. |
I was wondering who would pull that one out first.
My best friend, a Vietnam artilleryman, pulled the trigger on an 8” continuously for about 12 hours, laying down blocking fire for a patrol that got dumped in a hot LZ.
Now all we need is a Navy gunner who’s pulled the trigger on a 16”.