09-12-2004, 21:29
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AM,
That's a great picture. It corrected me on what I saw as a 'clearing'- everytime when I heard 'clearing' in one of Plaster's books I saw a clearing like that in Platoon or We Were Soldiers...
I was dead wrong!
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09-12-2004, 21:54
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Oops !!
Here's a couple for the "Rotor-Heads". The Cobra was doing a Buzzz of the Helipad and Flamed out !!!  He then hit the tail-booms of a couple of Slicks, loosing his RH Skid in the process. He then did a "kick turn" around the Water Tower and set it down next to the Bananna Grove (all, after the flameout, done of course in "Auto-Rotation"). Not a pretty pic, but no-one was injured. We had some very good "Sticks" !!!
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09-12-2004, 22:02
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I think I have a picture somewhere (maybe from your site?) of a cobra that nose-planted itself into the dirt and the side of another slick. I'll see if I can find it tomorrow, I have a 0500 wake up and need my Zs.
Have a good night all,
Solid
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09-12-2004, 22:26
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Way before "Bungee-Jumping" we were "Slack-Rappelling" !!! (This was actually used, without the aerobatics, to minimize the time that you would be "exposed" during your descent.) You coil up a bunch of rope on top of the Rappelling Tower, hook in, and JUMP !!! We made it more interesting by doing "Front-Flips and Gainers" off of the Skids!!! Give us free time and not open the Bar, Shit was gonna happen !! 
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09-13-2004, 03:21
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Wouldn't that instantly be a case of severe whiplash?
Woah.
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09-13-2004, 08:10
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Guess those ladders won't be loaded on that particular Huey for a while.
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09-13-2004, 08:33
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09-13-2004, 08:41
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Wouldn't that instantly be a case of severe whiplash?
Woah.
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Negative. Nylon rope has about a 1/3 stretch factor, we would coil up about 10-15 feet of it on the 30' Tower and as you got to the end of the "coiled" rope, you would release the brake and then re-apply it just before you hit the ground. That technique tended to spread out the "shock" and it really didn't hurt at all !!
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09-13-2004, 08:46
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Originally Posted by Ambush Master
Nylon rope has abut a 1/3 stretch factor,
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Ain't that the truth!
You have not lived until you have seen a soldier do a 35 foot slack jump off a 34 foot tower!  The memories...
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09-13-2004, 08:56
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Awesome pic Ambush.
What the heck is that drum going into the gun?
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If you folks pardon my intrusion,
It is the 100 round drum for the Russian beltfed LMG, 7.62x39. The example the QP in the photo is using has its barrel cut down.
Having had the chance to extensively fire the weapon in peacetime conditions, it is a very reliable weapon in my opinion.
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09-13-2004, 09:21
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Shot out again!!!
AM brings back memories with his pictures. Attached is a picture of my troops clowning around after being shot off of an LZ. These little people showed little fear and actually enjoyed what we did!!
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09-13-2004, 11:25
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If you folks pardon my intrusion,
It is the 100 round drum for the Russian beltfed LMG, 7.62x39. The example the QP in the photo is using has its barrel cut down.
Having had the chance to extensively fire the weapon in peacetime conditions, it is a very reliable weapon in my opinion.
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Correct.
Looked like an RPD to me.
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09-13-2004, 11:43
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Correct.
Looked like an RPD to me.
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It was an RPD. We had a problem getting enough belts for them, so he'd stop in the middle of a firefight, retrieve the belt, stuff it in his shirt and drive on. We had some very talented Filipino Armorers that did some very trick stuff to our weapons !! 
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09-13-2004, 11:50
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It was an RPD. We had a problem getting enough belts for them, so he'd stop in the middle of a firefight, retrieve the belt, stuff it in his shirt and drive on. We had some very talented Filipino Armorers that did some very trick stuff to our weapons !! |
Regarding the RPD, during a certain MG shoot back in '98, we shot so much ammo thru one particular RPD that when we dropped a .308 cal bullet in the barrel after the shoot, it dropped straight thru. A few thousand rounds in about 2 hours, zero malfunctions even though the handguard was about to ignite in flames, cyclic rate dropped considerably during the shoot because of the wear on the barrel.
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09-13-2004, 12:01
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I got to shoot an RPD after GW-1. I thought it was a bit on the heavy side, but it was very easy to control. The ROF seemed to be very slow too, as in less than 300 Rounds per minute. I guess that made up for the (apparent) lack of a quick-change barrel. 
Great pics so far.
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