"Iron Maidan question - Spartans with Blowpipes...." Topic
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| bc1745 | 09 Sep 2016 9:13 a.m. PST |
Some of the art work seems to show an air defence element of a Blow pipe being fired from the commanders coupler of a Spartan APC. Is this mearly a piece of artistic licence or did they practice this?
Chris |
| bc1745 | 09 Sep 2016 10:41 a.m. PST |
Ok just looked at another photo and it appears the trooper is firing from the fighting compartment……. Albeit with the commanders hatch open…….. Question still stands…..was this done/ trained for or did they dismount as a standard man pad? |
| nickinsomerset | 09 Sep 2016 12:24 p.m. PST |
Artistic licence! It could happen as there is no immediate back blast as such, but never seen it done, Tally Ho! |
| bc1745 | 09 Sep 2016 1:22 p.m. PST |
Cheers Nick thought that they would deploy…..
Chris |
| nickinsomerset | 09 Sep 2016 1:39 p.m. PST |
Yes Chris, that is the most likely scenario, whilst the only photo I have of 12 Regt Spartans, common practice was to have a stowage cage over the rear hatches. I shall ask some ex cloud punchers and have a reply: "We were always dismounted just like Javelin. The vehicle was always in a hide and comms were remoted to the fire trench, made a less likely target" Tally Ho! |
| nickinsomerset | 09 Sep 2016 2:17 p.m. PST |
A Blowpipe AD Bty:
[/URL] Good old Gunners, vehicles nice and clean, but as matey says they were not firing platforms! Tally Ho! |
| bc1745 | 09 Sep 2016 9:23 p.m. PST |
Looks like they are all in the mess!
"View hallooooooo" |
| nickinsomerset | 22 Dec 2016 4:19 a.m. PST |
In chatting with an ex AD colleague there is in fact a safety cone of 90m to the rear and at least one case of the booster going off early blowing the gunner out of the fire trench. So there is a backblast and no, they would never be fired from the vehicle! Tally Ho! |
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