From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Wed Jan 08 2003 - 12:14:20 PST
Keith, After seeing it from a URL that was posted....I am curious as to how
the right to left or windage was controled on the M110. I realize that the
barrel can be raised or lowered for the elevation....but with it backed up on
the spade....how was this accomplished? Bearing in mind that 1 degree at 18
miles would be a considerable amount....but I never understood the fire control
system onboard navy ships either. When aiming at a barrel on a deserted island
probably a few thousand yards away....the ship would rock back and forth but
the barrel would stay put. Fred
Keith Byrd wrote:
> Fred,
> That you have described sounds like a self propelled 8 in.
> howitzer. The dozer blade on the back is a recoil spade. It is lowered into
> the ground to keep the carriage (vehicle) from rolling backward when fired.
> I believe there may have been a few nuke projectiles made for them.
> I recently had a friend who sold one to the Littlefield collection.
>
> Keith
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fred Martin <mung@in-touch.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:22 AM
> Subject: [MV] USMC Armor Question
>
> > While attached to a dock landing ship and in the far east in the 59/60
> > era....we loaded a marine outfit at Buckner Bay, Okinawa and hauled them
> > to Yokosuka, Japan for R&R. When arriving there we were informed by the
> > Japanese government that we couldn't bring them into Japan because the
> > (2?) tanks in the welldeck were capable of firing an atomic round.
> > (probably treaty stuff) I personally went up on deck and looked at what
> > we were carrying. I seen a tank that had a (what looked like a dozer
> > blade on the back) and a main gun that looked to be in the range of 8 or
> > 9" bore. Also, I noticed that on one barrel it said "Terrible Tony".
> > Does anyone know anything about these? We took the marine outfit to
> > Subic Bay, Phillipines....way better liberty....plus San Miguel beer.
> > grin While underway...I heard two marines talking about if the ship
> > went down and they were in a lifeboat....what would you wish for? One
> > spoke up and said "Make the ocean turn into beer". The other one said
> > "you dumba$$....we'd have to pee in the boat!" Fred
> >
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