The APC 113 and the first version of the Bradley convinced me that the foot
soldier's
worst enemy was the Pentagon.
Bryan
BWANA343@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/21/2004 11:54:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Nt788@aol.com writes:
>
> I once suggested the tanks be made of
> cardboard, and let 20 guys run with it, that way 19 expensive missiles could
> go
> right through
>
> I drove an Armored Personnel Carrier, APC 113 in the Army, Germany, 1966-67.
> They were made of lead-soft cast aluminum by, are ya ready? American Can
> Co..... The logic was, like Jack said, that large rounds would pass right
> through. At least that's the way the Motor pool Top Sarge explained it to
>us. It
> was soooo soft, you could stick a Ax into it and leave it there. By personal
> experience I know they melted real easy, too.
>
> "religion, politics, and lubrication"
> I can't let this one slide anymore. I've been called sacrilegious,
> politically apathetic, but never without lubrication in one form or amother.
> Bob, good Aero is good lubrication, W
> ........and spelchek is an opinion, Sigmund.
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