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Originally Posted by Max_Tab
I'm currently on staff duty, so I'm going through some old threads that I have missed.
I was at JRTC working with some British SAS who were attached to us, and we did numerous live fires. We did the same thing. Well it got to be a joke to see how many trees we could knock down. After about 13 pine trees met there maker, our OC's told us not to do it anymore, because range control was bitching.  Heck we even blew down a small trees using all the extra blasting caps taped around the base. ............... |
The idea of placing a tree between you and the claymore was to prevent backblast and the ambush being closer to the kill zone. This was sometimes required due to the thickness fo the brush. NOT to lay the claymore against the tree, unless it was one of those mongaso trees that prevailed in parts of SEA.
Another technique was to set the clarymore verticlally at a bend to get a longer pattern down the trail. This could be mixed with CS powder in a can and launched by the det cord to demoralize, however be awre that handling PWs with powdered CS sucked.
Also be aware of prevailing winds or air movement in the area.
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On a completely differant tangent, the SAS Sgt Maj told us to not initiate an ambush with the claymore, . When I asked him why, he said that after the claymore's go off, the smoke and dust obscure the kill zone. He wanted us to initiate with the machine gun, and save the claymores for the end. His experience was Africa (real world). Anybody, have any opinions on this?
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Actually the dust, dirt and smoke is a good idea as it obscures the vision of the personnel in the kill zone. This causes their effective return fire to be dmiminished as they become disoriented while you, the attacker, will know exactly where the enemy is located. To see this better, get two guys and give them clubs. Place a blanket over one of the guys head and let them attack each other, which would you rather be, with or without the blanket?
Setting up additional explosives, ie granades which is tied to the det cord of the claymores, adds more confusion, especially if placed in the likely hide spots for that area of the trail. This can be done in addition to the CS powder.
Have fun!!
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