From:	Mike Loseke <mike@******.VERINET.COM>
Subject:	Re: Rigger Book 2
Date:	Wed, 24 Dec 1997 10:32:13 -0700

Thus spake Ralph and Ivy Ryan:
>
> Recoil systems: Hydro-pneumatic is the way it's being done right now.
> Works fine, and works with gyro-stabilization as well. Used in the Abrams
> and Bradley for example. Zero recoil!

Pardon my french, but what the hell are you smoking? "Zero recoil" on
an Abrams? That gun kicks back 13 inches when fired, and when service
rounds are fired the vehicle is jarred enough to lift the front two road
wheels off of the ground. Please, ask me how I know this...

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