February 2013 - Argghhh!

...if only by happenstance. I don't always fish, but when I do, it's from the stern of a Virginia -class submarine...

I see we've gone back to candy-stripe aiming posts, vice the green-and-black of "Ermagerd, the Soviets can see everything and the candy stripes will give us away!" of my time. Which caused us to use aiming post lights in daylight to make 'em visible against a forested background...02/08/2013 - U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment prepare to hook up an M119A2 105mm howitzer to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during air assault training...

Looks like they pulled all the charges and left only the initiator. Probably left the safety in the fuze, though I doubt it would have achieved set-back. I'm guessing a little hazing for the newbs. Perhaps Boq can enlighten us......

This time the Brit Plotter Mk IV. The pic embiggens. And now for the Observed Fire Slide Rule, used for adjusting fires. This pic embiggens as well.

Fox 2 News Headlines BOQ

I suffer from residing in a gun-wuss rich environment. Over at the sausage-making factory in Annapolis, our state legislature has introduced SB281 for consideration. The Firearm "Safety" Act of 2013, as it is officially known, is a chock-a-block plethora of gun-grabbers' wet dreams. And thought they may deny it, our local sausage makers wish to somehow "collect" all those eeeviel black skarrry massacre-makers. Evidence here in an E-Mail sent recently by State Delegate Frank...

Just a couple of clips on the matter...