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Offline MarineUS

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In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« on: May 28, 2013, 05:42:25 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGlZ2UyloY

Boom. o.o

So, that's what it's like on the receiving end of Russian artillery?
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 05:46:40 PM »
looks like the safest place would have been face down in the dirt in that little tent...yikes.  :eek:
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2013, 05:49:16 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on May 28, 2013, 05:46:40 PM
looks like the safest place would have been face down in the dirt in that little tent...yikes.  :eek:

I think you spelled "dead" wrong.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2013, 05:55:09 PM »
Quote from: titanic3 on May 28, 2013, 05:49:16 PM
I think you spelled "dead" wrong.
nope...did you notice the little green tent? if you were face down in the dirt, in the end furthest away from the howitzer sitting there, you would have a decent change of surviving the barrages...assuming they didn't eventually get a good hit on or very close to it.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2013, 06:46:16 PM »
I've been on the receiving end of those. BSA shelled us twice a week back in '95. Wasn't much fun. Was also a 130mm that killed Sgt Tonstad from our Coy.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2013, 07:58:09 PM »
Cool vid man.. Hearin that shrapnel buzzin thru the air, will bring back a few memories..
That is what they dig slit trenches for.. Narrow, deep and zigzagging..
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2013, 09:40:28 PM »
That video was ripped from the Finnish armys publicity stunt they did this week.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2013, 01:31:35 AM »
For Artillary that is some pretty accurate fire. Anyone in that area would be well within the concussion kill radius let alone the shrapnel kill.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2013, 02:48:37 AM »
I've had danger-close arty save my unit before, and it is a very scary thing.  Just one of those things that you have to see, hear and feel in real life to really understand.  Cameras & mics just don't capture it. :salute
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2013, 10:27:14 AM »
Quote from: USRanger on May 29, 2013, 02:48:37 AM
I've had danger-close arty save my unit before, and it is a very scary thing.  Just one of those things that you have to see, hear and feel in real life to really understand.  Cameras & mics just don't capture it. :salute

Had a platoon member get hit by frag from a 81mm mortar round we had fired.  Shell landed 32 paces (bunny boots in about 6 inches of snow) in from of my gun, he was standing (knucklehead) about 15 yards behind my gun.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2013, 11:06:16 AM »
Anyone who has experienced incoming artillery will testify that it just about the most terrifying thing in war.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2013, 11:17:28 AM »
A couple of those landed really close to the camera. I am surprised they survived the impact.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2013, 12:14:46 PM »
Quote from: Nypsy on May 29, 2013, 11:06:16 AM
Anyone who has experienced incoming artillery will testify that it just about the most terrifying thing in war.

Indeed.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2013, 12:18:20 PM »
That looks really unpleasant.

In the Navy, after the barrage your boat sinks so you get to bleed in the water, but you do it with a few hundred buddies.

In the Air Force the artillery is guided so it chases you down, but at least you die well fed and rested.
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Re: In the Middle of 130mm Field Artillery Barrage
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2013, 01:56:59 PM »
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