Since Matt Smith yelled this at Steve Henderson, I hollered this in response:
 SH> however, in the USMC, -all- of the gunners and A-gunners fired a 
 SH> missile
 SH> yearly.  During some years, we also had live-fire exercises where the
 SH> higher qualifiers got to fire an additional missile. 
 MS> I remember when the USMC used them as light artillery in Beirut
 MS> before the bombing. 
The Marines have -never- used the TOW as artillery.  Artillery is, by
definition, an indirect fire weapon.  The TOW is line-of-sight only.
... Confucius say:  He who refuses to listen is lying.
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