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Some other interesting armament, this for the Me-262. When it was at Aberdeen, my photo.

Probably the most prescient comment here. While it was adopted concurrently with the escalation, the weight of ammo alone made it desirable. Generally we would have been humping similar load totals (of different stuff), but the ammo loadout netted a higher round count with an M16. In my...

There have been some excellent scholarly papers produced regarding improvised armor from WWII-Korea-Vietnam. In every case the data for is largely anecdotal and the effort not without serious impact on serviceability (weight for the available powerplants and drivetrains). In all three conflicts...

I believe there may be a Fletcher serving now or previously with the Mexican Navy.

The 20mm then in use, by default from an arms trade deal that included Spain, was the Hispano-Suiza model that consisted of some 300 parts & was not something more reliable like an Oerlikon. it was not loved.

FWIW, I was a decorated ACAV commander with G/2/11th ACR in my second campaign. I had the Troop Medic on my car, which was fully fitted out to fight. https://museum.vhpa.org/11thcav/11thcav.shtml Two exposures taken from my ACAV at a halt when X-Ray, our FO, threw a track in some VERY bad...

A meme is not a "reply", but many .45 guys select it for proven performance, availability, a flexibility to load up to 1,100 fps with 185g bullets and the familiarity that comes with over 50 years of personal experience, military & civilian, using the chambering. I don't know any .45 ACP users...

If one is using the handgun for military or LE applications, the mag capacity MIGHT mean something...in DGU scenarios it is meaningless. Almost all examples of DGU are limited to 2-3 rounds. If I felt I might actually need more magazine capacity (like on a road trip), I carry a second mag. If I...

The .45ACP in a strong, M1911* format can be safely handloaded with 185g bullets to velocities within ~200 fps of the 10mm (in .45ACP, 1,050-1,100 fps. That is close enough with a still-heavy bullet to make the 10mm leap one not worth taking. I've verified by a Doppler chronometer that the...

The claim of Israeli Shermans with the 105 being the most powerful is correct only in that it specifies "to have seen action". Numerous "Fireflies" were later purchased by Argentina and seriously up-gunned, up-armored and up-engined to create the "Repotenciados" with license-built 105mm guns...

I believe the point Cedric is trying to make is that there were two distinct "families" of 88mm in German service. The "original" capacity Flak 18/36/37 as seen on the first gen Tiger. The later 8.8 Flak 43 as installed in the Tiger II, Nashorn, and others is a completely different chambering...

About 40 years ago I learned to handload for various reasons and later took up .44 Mag for slow-fire precision-50' when .38Spl from a long Dan Wesson became too tame to keep my interest. Using published (but decidedly hot) loads from my built Super B'Hawk with a 5.5" barrel it makes itself known...

I did not crew that vehicle. I was a Cav Scout up North at the time and just happened to catch it parked at Phu Bai one afternoon. I was trained as a Tanker & had an M551 Sheridan endorsement on my MOS but any AFV is of interest. With genuine affection, I think of Guntruckers as frustrated...

I contributed a shot* to his first book. He has assembled the best collections of photos and background of the subject available. *"The Rebel"

That was the old M1919 derivative. Fired the .30 cal round and complicated the logistical train by adding another ammo type that was deliberately left behind due to pressure to conform to NATO.

Yeah, very fast softballs. In better resolution (which I've limited here), you can easily make out the "wobbling spiral" of the bullet after it struck the ground. G/2/11th ACR. My photo.

We did not have the TTS, but I was on the Hughes LASER Rangefinder Test Project at the Armor Board. My first test there after Vietnam, 1972. Test on the M551 and also used on the M60A2 (which I also tested). I was appalled to find that it took until the late '70's to get into service on M551's...

My office. I'm fussy about my ammo. And keep your HS/T gauge close at hand.

These were built largely upon M551 Sheridan components. Woe to the crew that tried to use the spade to entrench. These saw a lot of use in Northern "I" Corps. Mutually supporting hilltop FSB's, or with the M110 8" gun, which is the same vehicle, simply re-tubed. I recall securing movement of a...

I used to frequent that stretch of road & loved being overflown by the ones on short final just over the interstate. I happened to be in town on business in Grand Junction, Colorado once when one landed, I think it was unscheduled and made an overnight stay or two. The takeoff was announced for...