willie-pete Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 6 hours ago, Eric said: All I see is an R-9 refueling unit, a single point nozzle, some grounding cables and a bunch of customers lined up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Tiger Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 On 7/19/2018 at 4:41 PM, pipedreams said: I was got out in 65 as Viet Nam was starting to really built up. I finally found a picture, a M67 recoilless rifle, weight 38 pounds, 53 inches long. All I could remember it was heave and awkward. Apparently there are some still around per the article I found. After I got off the M60 I carried an M14 the rest of the time. https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=857 I asked my dad about those. Apparently every infantry platoon was issues heavier weapons like the M2, the Recoilless Rifle, mortars, etc. He said that they usually left all that stuff back at the area base. Said it was too heavy to carry through the jungle. I think they did carry the M79 and the some LAWs. And of course the M60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, SC Tiger said: I asked my dad about those. Apparently every infantry platoon was issues heavier weapons like the M2, the Recoilless Rifle, mortars, etc. He said that they usually left all that stuff back at the area base. Said it was too heavy to carry through the jungle. I think they did carry the M79 and the some LAWs. And of course the M60. Yes, quite heavy and useless, unless you were up against some heavy fortification. The M79 was quite popular since it could reach out some distance and was easy to carry. Edited July 24, 2018 by pipedreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Tiger Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, pipedreams said: Yes, quite heavy and useless, unless you were up against some heavy fortification. The the M79 was quite popular since it could reach out some distance and was easy to carry. I'm guessing they didn't run up against many of the Recoiless Rifle's main targets (fixed fortifications and armor) in the jungle. The M79 could also have a shotgun round in it, which was pretty devistating And the preferred method for dealing with snipers in a tree involved the LAW - blow up the damn tree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, SC Tiger said: I'm guessing they didn't run up against many of the Recoiless Rifle's main targets (fixed fortifications and armor) in the jungle. The M79 could also have a shotgun round in it, which was pretty devistating And the preferred method for dealing with snipers in a tree involved the LAW - blow up the damn tree! There was a lot of neat 40mm stuff for the M79 but not all of it worked that well. A regular 12 gauge shotgun was better in many cases. The M79 was kind of like having your own personal mortar, except a whole lighter easier to carry. Edited July 23, 2018 by pipedreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 4 hours ago, pipedreams said: There was a lot of neat 40mm stuff for the M79 but not all of it worked that well. A regular 12 gauge shotgun was better in many cases. The M79 was kind of like having your own personal mortar, except a whole lighter easier to carry. M203 man myself, great gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tous Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Eric said: Eric, identify the aircraft, please. Not American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted July 24, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2018 21 minutes ago, tous said: Eric, identify the aircraft, please. Not American. It looks a little like a Rafale, but I can’t see the canard wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted July 24, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, tous said: Eric, identify the aircraft, please. Not American. It looks like this: which is a pic I found on a page talking about a new Eurofighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Does it have a hook on it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted July 24, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2018 16 minutes ago, tous said: Eric, identify the aircraft, please. Not American. It is a Yak-130. NATO designation: Mitten. A trainer and light fighter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Eric said: It is a Yak-130. NATO designation: Mitten. A trainer and light fighter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-130 Russian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted July 24, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Eric said: It is a Yak-130. NATO designation: Mitten. A trainer and light fighter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-130 There is another aircraft, called the M-346 Master (NATO designation), that was jointly developed between Yak and Alenia Aermacchi. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alenia_Aermacchi_M-346_Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted July 24, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2018 Just now, Dric902 said: Russian? Yep. Mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, Eric said: It is a Yak-130. NATO designation: Mitten. A trainer and light fighter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-130 I'm not convinced. The underside doesn't have the same profile. Might could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Mitten? who the hell came up with that one, I thought the Frogfoot was silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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