A month or so ago I answered some basic questions about artillery that were posed by a reader. As the discussion wandered on in the comments, the statute of limitations for re-writing my Officer Efficiency Report or bringing charges for "failure to obey" (in this case, the rules set forth for disposing of excess powder increments) having passed, I related the following story... this time with illustrations by a Marine gun crew (who are doing it correctly, mind you... so the illustrations are, a touch misleading in *that* regard). Yeah, I know, I'm going to suffer the slings and arrows of snarkitude about that. Original comment in italics.
Stupid Lieutenant Trick #98,785,401
Spend a day shooting Charge 5 White Bag. As in, over 100 rounds from that position. That leaves a *lot* of unused powder increments. Like, over 200 of them.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/08/somethins_burni.html
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Aug 24 2009, 06:14 AM
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