east texas terry
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When we do a large show i set up 8 cases of bottles
When we do a large show i set up 8 cases of bottles
These grenades are training grenades--Now that's what I call a wall unit! Congrats! ( I just hope none of the grenades on the table are still live .)
Up the road half a dozen miles from my late parents house here in Port Angeles, WA, is a stretch of land posted with "DANGER! - KEEP OUT!" signs. I can't recall the exact language on the signs fifty years ago when we first moved to the area; but, they were simple black paint on white boards--my memory is that they appeared hand-painted--that said something about the site having been a tank artillery shooting range. As the land is but a narrow strip of flat paralleling the adjacent road and then plunges into a steep stream canyon, I thought the signs were BS, merely some land owner's clever device to prevent trespass. I lived on the Olympic Peninsula for several years before learning that two young woodcutters had been killed in the area a couple decades before my residence when their saw struck a shell embedded in a downed log. It had indeed been the impact area for WW2 tank artillery training.Hi E.T.T.,
We have a state beach here in CT that is probably our most crowded. In WWI and II it was used by ships heading to Europe to test their guns/practice. Despite constant sweeps, storm after storm usually pops up ordnance. Some are still live. Remember Hill Street Blues tv show? "Let's Be Careful Out There."
{no CT IQ test required to reproduce, although I've long advocated for one.]
It was actually the lightweight Stuart tank that mounted the 37mm. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/v...reedom-pavilion/vehicles-war/m3a1-stuart-tankThe 37mm I believe, was used in the M-4 Shermans, most popularly.