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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: [OT] 82nd Airborne (was Re: Under-barrel accessories)
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 11:45:27 +0100
Droopy said on 17:04/20 Feb 97...

> > If we're going that way, how about a 152 mm cannister round from an M551
> > Sheridan? :) 36 kills with 2 rounds, IIRC...
>
> Oh, so the 82nd did have those for something more than holding their
> gear.

This, though, was the *grabs book* 5th Cavalry, somewhere around 1970.

> They are nifty little toys.

And you can take flying lessons in them, just after firing the main gun...

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Message no. 2
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: [OT] 82nd Airborne (was Re: Under-barrel accessories)
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 06:56:23 +0000
> From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
> Organization: Plastic Warriors
> Subject: [OT] 82nd Airborne (was Re: Under-barrel accessories)

> > Oh, so the 82nd did have those for something more than holding their
> > gear.
>
> This, though, was the *grabs book* 5th Cavalry, somewhere around 1970.

They still use them today. There isn't much else in the NATO armory
that is armored (well, not really) and can survive a controlled fall
from an airplane.


--Droopy
droopy@**.net

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