Yep, the MG shoot was a blast (no pun intended) as always. We went as well but
left Friday and didn't return until Sunday with my friends 38' Opel Blitz.
Jon's section on the range was definitly a buzz of excitement and activity as
people were crowding around in the spectator area just behind it to get a
better look at his toys.
I did talk to Charlie Lemmons of the Patton Museum and he showed me digital
pictures of a DD Sherman that was found off of the coast of Italy that the
powers to be are attempting to raise off of the bottom at this time. The way he
explained it to me was that the Italians are trying to make a public television
program out of the project. The way it sounded was that the Italians were
trying to make some money off of the deal. Don't know who has claim rights to
it as of yet but would love to see it get to live the rest of it's life at the
Patton Museum or if they were out of space they could always put it at my
place. "Honey would you mind if my friend Sherman spent some time in the shop?"
;-)
Tripp
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From: shoop19 [SMTP:shoop19@brick.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 4:53 PM
To: mil-veh
Cc: shoop19
Subject: [MV] Knob Creek MG Shoot and MV Show
The weekend of the 13th was the KCR shoot out in Kentucky. Had the M114 on
the line with M2HB, M60 and MG74 and SAW mounted, ready to go! Got to give
them a workout on Sunday and had a blast.
Had the 37mm, M3AT gun on line and it worked well, despite the fact that we
had several DUD rounds due to, as we later discovered, bad primers. Got to
blow a few holes in some cars downrange. To see that go into recoil after
so many years in storage is just a blast.
We also had the M5 Stuart on line for its debut and the 37mm M6 Gun barked
several times as it made a tour of the downrange targets. It ran
flawlessly, fresh from total restoration and overhaul just the week before!!!
After the shoot we went trail riding through the beautiful fall Kentucky
landscape. Trail riding takes on another meaning when you are going full
tilt boogie in a tracked vehicle.
Total for the weekend...beautiful weather, shot up allot of ammo, nothing
broken and no one hurt......works for me.
Jon
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