Toon Tumblers and ice cold beer....

[Jumpmaster]

The earth is made up of three quarters water, the rest is drop zone, and impact area!

[Jumpmaster]

Best fire command ever, Azimuth 4100, Charge one, Shell HE, Fuze VT, VT Time 1.0 seconds, When ready, right outside of Najaf Iraq, March 2003. Infantry Platoon spotted a Mortar section 300 meters from our position. DANGER CLOSE, Battery 1 Round, BAD GUYS VAPORIZED!!!!!!!!!! Not a pretty clean up mission! They deserved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jumpmaster]

6 Gun battery, 5 man mortar section, they never saw it coming! He he he!

[thehumantorch]

Best fire command ever, Azimuth 4100, Charge one, Shell HE, Fuze VT, VT Time 1.0 seconds, When ready, right outside of Najaf Iraq, March 2003. Infantry Platoon spotted a Mortar section 300 meters from our position. DANGER CLOSE, Battery 1 Round, BAD GUYS VAPORIZED!!!!!!!!!! Not a pretty clean up mission! They deserved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Could you translate this for us non military types please?

[Senormac]

Did someone mention beer?

 

OOh Yeah. Toon Tumblers unavailable in this neck of the woods, so something from the Bengali Forest will have to do . . . . . . .

 

Dang Duffman.....is that a quart size glass??!!! And shouldn't you be drinking Duff beer???

[dudeman5000]

Did someone mention beer?

 

OOh Yeah. Toon Tumblers unavailable in this neck of the woods, so something from the Bengali Forest will have to do . . . . . . .

 

 

(thumbs u Very nice!

 

Chris

[Senormac]

Mr Peabody. Classic memories. I miss my childhood. Only thing that would have made it better was beer.

 

haha......if you did have beer torch.....you would have got sent to the PRINCIPALS OFFICE !!!

[dudeman5000]

Did someone mention beer?

 

OOh Yeah. Toon Tumblers unavailable in this neck of the woods, so something from the Bengali Forest will have to do . . . . . . .

 

Dang Duffman.....is that a quart size glass??!!! And shouldn't you be drinking Duff beer???

 

 

Go big or go home huh?

 

Chris

[Mac Man]

Best fire command ever, Azimuth 4100, Charge one, Shell HE, Fuze VT, VT Time 1.0 seconds, When ready, right outside of Najaf Iraq, March 2003. Infantry Platoon spotted a Mortar section 300 meters from our position. DANGER CLOSE, Battery 1 Round, BAD GUYS VAPORIZED!!!!!!!!!! Not a pretty clean up mission! They deserved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Could you translate this for us non military types please?

 

Fuze VT = The fuze will cause the round to explode 1.0 sec before hitting the ground

 

HE = High Explosive. This is one bullet with one helluva big boom.

 

Explosing 1.0 sec before hitting ground = down pour of melted hot shrapnel = bad day for anyone in the rain storm.

 

Danger Close = You're calling the people in the Fire Direction Center (which I helped manage) and asking them to drop the round within a radius that could potentially cause some of the fiery rain to fall on you. This is usually reserved for those times when you are in DEEP .... caka.

 

Battery 1 Round = 6 howitzers (think cannons but MUCH meaner) firing one bullet (1 bullet = 100+ lbs and about the size of a leg from hip to toe).

 

Does that help?

[Jumpmaster]

Azimuth = direction as measured from true north on a horizontal plane, Charge one is the lowest charge available = DAMN Close, Shell HE= High Explosives, FUZE VT = Variable time ( radio transmitter in fuze explodes 20 meters or 70 feet above the ground for maximum effects against troops in the open) time 1.0 seconds, arms the round 1 second after firing, detonates at previously mentioned height above ground, received this mission 1 kilometer outside Najaf, ( second Holiest City in Iraq) in March 2003, during the invasion, Prior to infamous " Mission Accomplished Speach" A friendly Infantry, I.E. Walking Soldiers Platoon, (roughly 36 Soldiers) Spotted, I.E. Saw the Iraqis targeting my position, Danger Close = Our rounds were detonating within the prescribed burst area ( AKA very close to friendly troops, all friendlies take cover) Battery one round, all six guns fired one round each for a total of six, 36 pound explosive rounds of Steel and composition B, a newer, more stable compound of TNT, trinitrotoluene (Dynamite), Bad guys vaporized = rather than bodies, only pink to red chunks were found, not a pretty clean up = the Iraqis feel that a dead body is a filthy thing and American Soldiers are therefore tasked with cleaning up their own mess, as it were. Does that about cover it? If more questions, just ask.

[Duffman_Comics]

Did someone mention beer?

 

OOh Yeah. Toon Tumblers unavailable in this neck of the woods, so something from the Bengali Forest will have to do . . . . . . .

 

Dang Duffman.....is that a quart size glass??!!! And shouldn't you be drinking Duff beer???

 

Of course,you're correct. Lunch time at the cricket, so a change of brew, but the stuff is getting very hard to find - not to mention expensive

 

[Jumpmaster]

BTW, Azimuth is measured in Mils, there are 360 degrees in a circle and 6400 mils, so one degree is roughly 17.6 mils.

[thehumantorch]

Mr Peabody. Classic memories. I miss my childhood. Only thing that would have made it better was beer.

 

haha......if you did have beer torch.....you would have got sent to the PRINCIPALS OFFICE !!!

 

Eeeeek. A visit to the principals office for a offense always led to the strap back then. I don't care, it would have been worth it.

[Jumpmaster]

BTW I am now and have always been on the M119 the 105MM Howitzer the U.S. Army fields. Not the 155MM or "Big Gun."

[Senormac]

Don't tell me ECH......you collect Sgt. Rock and Sgt. Fury comics

[thehumantorch]

Best fire command ever, Azimuth 4100, Charge one, Shell HE, Fuze VT, VT Time 1.0 seconds, When ready, right outside of Najaf Iraq, March 2003. Infantry Platoon spotted a Mortar section 300 meters from our position. DANGER CLOSE, Battery 1 Round, BAD GUYS VAPORIZED!!!!!!!!!! Not a pretty clean up mission! They deserved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Could you translate this for us non military types please?

 

Fuze VT = The fuze will cause the round to explode 1.0 sec before hitting the ground

 

HE = High Explosive. This is one bullet with one helluva big boom.

 

Explosing 1.0 sec before hitting ground = down pour of melted hot shrapnel = bad day for anyone in the rain storm.

 

Danger Close = You're calling the people in the Fire Direction Center (which I helped manage) and asking them to drop the round within a radius that could potentially cause some of the fiery rain to fall on you. This is usually reserved for those times when you are in DEEP .... caka.

 

Battery 1 Round = 6 howitzers (think cannons but MUCH meaner) firing one bullet (1 bullet = 100+ lbs and about the size of a leg from hip to toe).

 

Does that help?

 

Yes, thanks.

[dudeman5000]

Mr Peabody. Classic memories. I miss my childhood. Only thing that would have made it better was beer.

 

haha......if you did have beer torch.....you would have got sent to the PRINCIPALS OFFICE !!!

 

Eeeeek. A visit to the principals office for a offense always led to the strap back then. I don't care, it would have been worth it.

 

THE STRAP! Forgotten memories coming back.....I think the strap may have been yesterday's Ritalin

 

Chris

[thehumantorch]

Azimuth = direction as measured from true north on a horizontal plane, Charge one is the lowest charge available = DAMN Close, Shell HE= High Explosives, FUZE VT = Variable time ( radio transmitter in fuze explodes 20 meters or 70 feet above the ground for maximum effects against troops in the open) time 1.0 seconds, arms the round 1 second after firing, detonates at previously mentioned height above ground, received this mission 1 kilometer outside Najaf, ( second Holiest City in Iraq) in March 2003, during the invasion, Prior to infamous " Mission Accomplished Speach" A friendly Infantry, I.E. Walking Soldiers Platoon, (roughly 36 Soldiers) Spotted, I.E. Saw the Iraqis targeting my position, Danger Close = Our rounds were detonating within the prescribed burst area ( AKA very close to friendly troops, all friendlies take cover) Battery one round, all six guns fired one round each for a total of six, 36 pound explosive rounds of Steel and composition B, a newer, more stable compound of TNT, trinitrotoluene (Dynamite), Bad guys vaporized = rather than bodies, only pink to red chunks were found, not a pretty clean up = the Iraqis feel that a dead body is a filthy thing and American Soldiers are therefore tasked with cleaning up their own mess, as it were. Does that about cover it? If more questions, just ask.

 

Thanks.

[Mac Man]

Paladin, man, that's where it's at. Everything else is a pop gun

 

J/K

[dudeman5000]

Best fire command ever, Azimuth 4100, Charge one, Shell HE, Fuze VT, VT Time 1.0 seconds, When ready, right outside of Najaf Iraq, March 2003. Infantry Platoon spotted a Mortar section 300 meters from our position. DANGER CLOSE, Battery 1 Round, BAD GUYS VAPORIZED!!!!!!!!!! Not a pretty clean up mission! They deserved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Could you translate this for us non military types please?

 

Fuze VT = The fuze will cause the round to explode 1.0 sec before hitting the ground

 

HE = High Explosive. This is one bullet with one helluva big boom.

 

Explosing 1.0 sec before hitting ground = down pour of melted hot shrapnel = bad day for anyone in the rain storm.

 

Danger Close = You're calling the people in the Fire Direction Center (which I helped manage) and asking them to drop the round within a radius that could potentially cause some of the fiery rain to fall on you. This is usually reserved for those times when you are in DEEP .... caka.

 

Battery 1 Round = 6 howitzers (think cannons but MUCH meaner) firing one bullet (1 bullet = 100+ lbs and about the size of a leg from hip to toe).

 

Does that help?

 

Perfectly stated ! This should be in a pub somewhere.... (thumbs u

 

Chris