Argghhh!

...would be building the range to safely shoot it.

...a moment of Gunner Zen. U.S. Army Pfc. Kevin B. Mettler (front), 22, and Pvt. Jason R. Pompa (rear), 26, mortar gunners for Mortar Platoon, L Troop of the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment based in Vilseck, Germany, cover their ears as a long-range training round is fired out of a 120 mm mortar which has a maximum range of 6,800 meters. The training rounds have cartridges similar to 12-gauge shotgun shells at the top of each round that detonates a white flash upon impact instead of sending...

...paging Dr. Indiana Jones.

Little factoid most people don't know about Okinawa, in large part because the Army sucked at PR (and still does): " In all, the Army had over 102,000 Army (of these 38,000+ were non-divisional artillery, combat support and HQ troops, with another 9,000 service troops),[13] over 88,000 Marines and 18,000 Navy personnel (mostly Seabees and medical personnel).At the start of Battle of Okinawa 10th Army had 182,821 men under its command." Ask most people, and it was just the Marines. However...

All right, gun-nerds&nuts - whatcha think? Defensible list, if, perhaps not mine. I would swap the Henry for the M1 Garand, as an example. Top 10 Greatest Firearms In History.

...keeps the Armorer focused.

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