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Offline JunkyII

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DTs where do they go?
« on: August 21, 2008, 10:54:38 AM »
A buddy of the pigs Curlewe asked today about what happened to all the drop tanks that were dropped over Europe and the Pacific Isles. And it hit me, What did happen to all those things? Did they cause any injuries, maybe one landed on a house or something. If anyone could answer this that would be nice :)
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2008, 10:57:17 AM »
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2008, 11:01:17 AM »
They float towards Cuba and become rafts.
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2008, 11:04:14 AM »
I don't know but I almost got hit by one when a squaddie dropped his one night right in front of and just above me.
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2008, 11:10:28 AM »
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2008, 11:41:05 AM »







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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2008, 11:53:52 AM »
Quote from: JunkyII on August 21, 2008, 10:54:38 AM
A buddy of the pigs Curlewe asked today about what happened to all the drop tanks that were dropped over Europe and the Pacific Isles. And it hit me, What did happen to all those things? Did they cause any injuries, maybe one landed on a house or something. If anyone could answer this that would be nice :)
I'd worry less about DT's and more about all the rounds, air to air and surface to air that have been sprayed around. For example, look at your hit percentage. Where do you think that other ~85% of rounds went? I'm guessing that more than one poor farmer has lost his plow horse to a stray 30mm round. :uhoh
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2008, 12:21:32 PM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on August 21, 2008, 11:53:52 AM
I'd worry less about DT's and more about all the rounds, air to air and surface to air that have been sprayed around. For example, look at your hit percentage. Where do you think that other ~85% of rounds went? I'm guessing that more than one poor farmer has lost his plow horse to a stray 30mm round. :uhoh

...and the shell casings raining down, shrapnel from puffy ack etc!
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2008, 12:24:06 PM »
.... the millions of unexploded mine in the desert? The thousands of dud bombs still waiting to be ignited? The hundred of nuclear ... oh wait.
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2008, 12:25:54 PM »
shouldn't u be working titanic!
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2008, 12:32:33 PM »
Quote from: Yenny on August 21, 2008, 12:25:54 PM
shouldn't u be working titanic!
Probably too young to get a job. :)
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2008, 12:40:27 PM »
The early U.S. drop tanks in WW2 were made of hemp. (Biodegradable, insert your bong joke here)

Later in the war, U.S. drop tanks were fitted with igniters so they actually could be used as fire bombs.

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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2008, 12:43:12 PM »
Quote from: titanic3 on August 21, 2008, 12:24:06 PM
.... the millions of unexploded mine in the desert? The thousands of dud bombs still waiting to be ignited? The hundred of nuclear ... oh wait.
Don't laugh Titanic. Here's something to help you sleep at night. :uhoh

http://aboutfacts.net/Weapons36.htm

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Quote from: TEShaw on August 21, 2008, 12:40:27 PM
The early U.S. drop tanks in WW2 were made of hemp. (Biodegradable, insert your bong joke here)

Later in the war, U.S. drop tanks were fitted with igniters so they actually could be used as fire bombs.

regards, T. E. Shaw
Yeah, they were essentially cardboard.
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2008, 12:44:50 PM »
Quote from: SpikesX on August 21, 2008, 12:32:33 PM
Probably too young to get a job. :)

Or look at your avatar !
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Re: DTs where do they go?
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2008, 01:40:36 PM »
Quote from: JunkyII on August 21, 2008, 10:54:38 AM
A buddy of the pigs Curlewe asked today about what happened to all the drop tanks that were dropped over Europe and the Pacific Isles. And it hit me, What did happen to all those things? Did they cause any injuries, maybe one landed on a house or something. If anyone could answer this that would be nice :)

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