Venture Into Deadly Toys
Rudestuff:
I may have had a brainfa6t, but during my tours in SEA, we were told to watch out for the 51. Cal-12.7MM guns. I cannot scan in the pictures of the 51's we captured in Cambodia. Stuck? in Trinidad.
They also had 23 MM, but not yet the ZSU 23MM Z4. That was radrar and optic controlled. We all would have died. They did have twin barrelled 23 MM that caused a lot of damage to us.
37MM and 57 MM and higher were bracketed about 1000 ft above the Max effective range of the 51 Cal.
We found this out the hard way.
Nails, or Flecehttes, were an interesting side weapon for some missions. Elevan hundred darts in each warhead. Fired in pairs. 2,200 tiny darts heading to the enemy. After the rocket burnout, the "nails" burst. Now you have to consider the slant range.
I usualy carried WP in the inboard pod to mark the target.
During the Laos Operation, I carried Nails outbaord, to sweep the infantry off the Tanks. HEAT, right inboard to crack the tanks.
HEAT, 7 lbs, works on medium amored vehiles. A pair of 17.s will usually kill a PT-76. A T-55 may take more.
Well. that is my war story.
NEXT?
Chas A
inboard, to crack said tanks.