SH>Since Vern Humphrey yelled this at Steve Henderson, I hollered this in 
respo
SH> SH>I was a TOW gunner for six years ('77 - 83'), went to the Tech school 
(B
SH> SH>Palms, CA and the A-school in Albany, GA ('83 - '84) and got out of 
he
SH> SH>USMC as Shop Chief in the TOW Tech Shop in late '86.
SH> SH>Fantastic weapons system.
SH> VH> Best anti-tank weapon in the world -- for once, the Army got it 
ght.
SH>Ungodly accurate, too.  The last missile I got to fire before going to the
SH>Tech schools was at a Tank Retriever at about 3400 meters.  My aim point
SH>was the Centerline mark on the boom.  After the shoot, we got to look at
SH>out targets.  I was less than an inch off.  You could still see where the
SH>centerline broke for the "C", but you couldn't see the "C".  The entry 
ole
SH>was only about 1-1/2".  The exit was quite a bit larger.
The TOW is an amazing weapon.  I was at the Canadian Ground Forces
Training Center at Gagetown, New Brunswick, for a demonstration
(Operation Arctic Warrior), and they fired a TOW.  The Commandant,
Brigadier Cherriton, made quite a speech about the TOW, then they fired
it -- and it went haywire.
As he sat back down, I muttered to him "No refunds."
For a minute there, it looked like he was trying to figure out whether
to hit me or crack up laughing. :-)
SH>I got to fire seven missiles in all.
Geeze -- that's more than the average gunner in a unit gets to fire in a
career.
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