<VV> Was Conelrad Markings Now Last Warnings--No Corvair

[hallgrenn at aol.com]

 .....and before there was a laser targeting device recoilless rifles had a 50 caliber single shot spotter barrel zeroed in on the recoilless rifle tube.  It fired a tracer round.  When you had the target in your sight you fired the 50 caliber tracer.  If it hit the target you immediately fired the recoilless rifle and got the hell out of there incase the tank your were firing on wasn't knocked out.  I never wanted to be in the Armor Corps after Basic Training when I watched an old tank take a 106 round.  Imagine being in the hull of the tank, hearing the 50 caliber round ricochet off the armor plate and then realizing what was right behind it.  I wouldn't want to know if a laser rangefinder had me in its sights either.

Bob 
 
 
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From: Sethracer--- via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
To: MervKrull <MervKrull at shaw.ca>; bryan <bryan at skiblack.com>; mr.jebecker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com>
Cc: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; corvanatics <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 11:35 am
Subject: Re: <VV> [FC]  Radio markings (no Corvair)


When I was working at a major military tracked vehicle manufacturing  
company
in the 70s, we had an electronic component manufacturer come to us with  
a
system to bolt onto a personnel carrier. It would sound an alarm if it 

detected a laser beam sweep of the vehicle. The Army wasn't interested. They 

knew that the only applicable "laser" the system would be detecting was the 

laser rangefinder of an opposing Tank Main Gun. The "laser ranging" was 

about 10 seconds ahead of an incoming tank round. The alarm was,  essentially,

a "You're going to die in just a moment" notification.  Gee,  Thanks! 
 


In a message dated 2/25/2015 6:27:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 

virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

They  mean "prepare to get
nuked"
toodles
Merv