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Old July 27th, 2005, 10:16 AM
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Default Re: more Davy Crockett info

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Shadowcougar said:
With no shielding or protection from either blast or radiation, a Davy Crockett crew would have been unlikely to survive an engagement without long-term health risks.
Actually, that's false. You can protect yourself from
blast, radiation and thermal pulse by simply putting
yourself behind an earthen berm; in short, by firing the
Davy Crockett from behind a hill. It IS an indirect fire weapon, after all

I also seem to recall that SOP for firing positions with
the Crockett when you had the time to prepare one was to
dig a firing trench for the crew to huddle in and fire the
weapon from.
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