I read up a little since I posted; the 30mm cannon seems to have an HE and a penetrator round only. But still; bailing out of your vehicle and leaving a round in the breach...I don't see any promotions soon in those guys' futures.

anyway, what troop? I was in E Troop 5 months around Tay Ninh.

I dumbed it down for the Gawkerites who probably don't know the difference between a jeep and an M48; you gotta consider your readers. And then again, I don't give a rats' ass what the Russians are driving either.

I've seen canister rounds used in the 2/11 ACR for brush busting. - put the fear of god in me.

so that was a 30mm HE round? impressive. We had only one 40mm in our troop and the track commander wouldn't let anyone near it; we'd see him take down trees with it.

Waco Texas? -not TP, but wow...

didn't private security drop dynamite from planes on striking miners sometime in the '30s? -that was quite a little war.

I walked into a hornet nest when I was a kid... unforgettable.

off subject, but I think that proof that the US is not the dictatorship some people paint it to be is the fact that tanks and armor have never been used in any of the "civil disturbances" we've experienced. Modern tanks & armor are simply impregnable; they're designed to resist nuclear attacks; forget the homemade…

i'm picturing a couple of beehives being slung into a mob; utter fucking chaos... people breaking into stores for cans of Raid! and running screaming in every direction. some scriptwriter needs to get on this. "BEEMAN! Tremble in fear! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder why..."

we were issued these in Vietnam. Very puzzling. We all agreed that they were strictly for urban warfare and cleaning up streets of rioters; they're effective only out to 2-300 meters, spraying 2-inch steel arrows in a cone, and useless in jungle or against a hard target. Hope I never see them deployed against people.…

funny; this is what I had in mind, tho':

I see Solange has started accessorizing with a cape now. - hope this doesn't catch on.

"a game of tennis, anyone?"

"Stop. Please stop. Don't. Stop. Don't stop." ?

As a former tanker ( 2/11 ACR) I gotta say this rates as one of the most asinine stunts I've seen one the internet. These people are lucky it wasn't a beehive round he fired; it would have cleared the street for 2 or 3 blocks. ...just... just stunningly stupid.

Taipei, Taiwan: On delivery day I'd cancel my classes and ride my motorcycle ten miles in the worst traffic and weather to buy bags of Cheetos. Some Fridays, if I was feeling generous, I'd break out a bag and watch three month old Simpsons episodes dubbed in Chinese. -instant hero room mate.

mutual combat -they struck each other; and the man was still up, so he gets cuffed first.

Zut alor! In my former life as a man, I played tres pres d'corp foosball. I am the eminently qualify.

whu? titanball splayers?