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Showing posts with label tank gunnery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tank gunnery. Show all posts
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Tank Gunnery 1976, Part 7, Final Engagement HEP-T at 2000 Meters

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 HEP High Explosive Plastic, muzzle velocity 2,450 fps.   In this night-fire picture, the flat trajectory of APDS is very c...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Tank Gunnery 1976, Part 6, Moving Truck, Coax Machine Gun

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The second to last target on Table VIII is a moving truck panel.  As with the moving tank target , we had practiced tracking moving targe...
Sunday, February 7, 2016

Tanker's Final Exam, Part 5, .50 Cal. Machine Gun, 1200 meters

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The commander's cupola with the M85 .50 Caliber Machine Gun is on top of the turret.   As we rolled away from engagemen...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

Tanker's Final Exam, Part 4, Moving Tank

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We are now at Part 4 of Table VIII of 1976 tank gunnery at Fort Carson, Colorado. The previous post described Engagements 3, 4 and 5 whic...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Tanker's Final Exam, Part 3, Machine Guns and HE

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After the first two engagements, coax machine gun then HEAT at a 1600-meter target , the next two engagements were machine guns against...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

Tankers Final Exam, Part 2 "Gunner, HEAT, Tank"

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After the first engagement , we rolled down the firing lane scanning the trees and dunes ahead on the range at Fort Carson in southern Co...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Remembering the Tanker's Final Exam

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The Moment After the 105mm Round Goes Downrange Last post ended when my crew and I lined up for the moving range at my first an...