Tango01  | 18 Sep 2023 8:49 p.m. PST |
" Well that is the festive period out of the way. I have had to replace my paint desk due to the old one finally falling apart -it never did like being moved the last time and the drawers finally fell out and the top was loose . I took advantage of the sales to get a new one . The winter painting stash is now all sorted and ready for production again …"
From here link
Armand
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| tomrommel1 | 18 Sep 2023 10:50 p.m. PST |
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| Archon64 | 18 Sep 2023 11:01 p.m. PST |
I don't think you'd want to be sitting there when the weapon fires. |
 deadhead | 19 Sep 2023 12:56 a.m. PST |
Totally agree. The backblast from any recoilless rifle is massively destructive. |
| bracken | 19 Sep 2023 1:18 a.m. PST |
I remember seeing a documentary about how they used the backblast to move across streets in built up areas. Not sure if it was a commen technique or something that just arose from necessity. I keep looking at this so sooner or later I will probably add one to my collection and seeing how good it looks here then I can't go wrong. |
| Wolfhag | 19 Sep 2023 2:47 a.m. PST |
That was our Battalion level AT weapon in the mid 1970s. The spotter rifle was very accurate as was the 106mm round. They always employed "Shoot & Scoot" tactics moving out before the round hit the target. Wolfhag |
| troopwo | 19 Sep 2023 1:56 p.m. PST |
Definitely something you load from "beside" the end of the barrel and not from "behind", unless you want an eight to twelve inch hole in your chest. |
| Tango01 | 19 Sep 2023 3:40 p.m. PST |
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jammy four  | 28 Sep 2023 5:50 a.m. PST |
very nice job on my 28mm Mule!!
btw..its an all metal model!
regards
Ged
gringo40s.com |
| deadhead | 28 Sep 2023 7:13 a.m. PST |
I have the impression that even just aiming the wretched thing was done from its left hand side, let alone firing it. I suspect well away from the mule was wisest then! |
| Tango01 | 29 Sep 2023 3:56 p.m. PST |
Happy you like the painting job my good friend Jammy!…
Armand
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| jammy four | 02 Oct 2023 3:56 a.m. PST |
bit of info on the Mule…. The U.S. Military M274 Truck, Platform, Utility, 1⁄2 Ton, 4X4 or "Carrier, Light Weapons, Infantry, 1⁄2 ton, 4x4", also known as the "Mule", "Military Mule", or "Mechanical Mule", is a 4-wheel drive, gasoline-powered truck/tractor type vehicle that can carry up to 1⁄2 short ton (0.45 tonnes) off-road. It was introduced in 1956 and used until the 1980s. |
| Tango01 | 02 Oct 2023 11:59 a.m. PST |
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| jammy four | 16 Oct 2023 7:23 a.m. PST |
i have more pictures of my Mule
must locate to show Tango et all! regards
Ged
gringo40s.com |
asks a painting service to handle a complicated commission: assembling four plastic kits, getting the magnets right, painting and applying decals.
