[ihc] Junk vehicle disposal--

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

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>Always enjoyed the Firepower Demonstrations at Ft.
>Sill in 1977 when I was going through the Artillery
>School.
>
>The People in the viewing stands would be looking at a
>convoy of junk cars. The Infantry would come in and
>rake the junk cars with machine gun and rifle fire.
>The people would clap as they saw the bullets impact
>up and down the column.
>
>The Tankers would come in next and shoot holes in the
>cars with their main guns and add more machine gun
>holes to the cars. The viewers would clap enjoying the
>show.
>
>Then we would open up with a Battalion One of 8 inch
>Artillery. Twelve pieces firing one round a piece
>containing 200 pounds of HE each, timed perfectly to
>impact all at the same instant. The ground would
>literally shake. The spectators would feel the
>vibration and hear the thunder as they watched the
>junk cars become shrouded in smoke and dirt. When the
>smoke cleared and the dust settled they would sit in
>stunned silence as they realized the junk cars did not
>exist anymore. Nothing left but little pieces of metal
>here and there. There was always a pause of several
>seconds while it all sunk in and then the spectators
>would come to their feet and beat their hands together
>clapping as hard and fast as they could. The announcer
>would say, "And THAT Ladies and Gentlemen is why we
>call Artillery the KING OF BATTLE!"  Yep. Those were
>great days.