Mel Miller wrote:
>NEXT WEEK WE WILL REVIEW THE REFUELING AND LIGHTING OF GASOLENE FIRED
>FIELD KITCHEN BURNER UNITS........
The burner units are the Hiroshima of the Field Kitchen if improperly
operated.
On another note. Mel was ABSOLUTELY correct about the immersion heater
danger. As an artilleryman however, I have to correct one incorrect term.
The trashcan would not become shrapnel, but fragments or fragmentation.
Contrary to popular opinion, shrapnel is a type of round or the contents of
a particular type round, not fragments from an exploding round. Shrapnel is
typically small metal balls (lead, steel, etc) inside a cannister. The
round is fired and travels downrange intact. An expelling charge set to
explode in front or over a target expelling the shrapnel out over the
target. Unlike typical cannister which is much like buckshot from a
shotgun.
Battery Adjust,
Jim Rice
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