RW> Then what is a 155mm howitzer when it is used as a line
 RW> of sight antipersonnel weapon?  I have heard many a
 RW> stories of such things in Korea, Army and Marine guns.
SH> From what I remember of it (it was already "obsolete" when I
The 155 obsolete?!?  News to me.  I guess I could tell
the guys pulling the lanyard.
SH> went in), the barrel will not depress far enough to even hit
SH> the -horizon-. 
Depends on how it's dug in.  It's also not able to be
fired while still attached to the towing vehicle but
according to one of my uncles "You'd be surprised what
can be done when you have half of China coming at ya
and you got nothing but one of those @$^#!! carbines!"
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