-=> Quoting Steve Henderson to Guy Putnam <=-
 SH> From what I remember of it (it was already "obsolete" when I went in),
 SH> the barrel will not depress far enough to even hit the -horizon-.
 
 GP> Well just when did you go in?  I fired the M109-A1 self-propelled 155
 GP> gun in state guard at Fort Hood just several years ago.  I asked how
 GP> they engaged an enemy attacking their position.  They said they used
 GP> bore sighting!
 SH> 1977.  Your point?
My point was that the M109's gun will depress enough to hit the horizon.
 SH> Just because something has been -used- in a particular capacity means
 SH> nothing.
 SH> Hammers are designed to drive nails.  Just because they've also been
 SH> used to commit homicide takes nothing from their designed function.
 SH> Just because indirect fire weaponry has been used as a direct fire
 SH> weapon has nothing to do with their designed function.
That's an improvised use for it, & I suspect it's in the manual.
When I got in on this thread we were talking about firing LAWS at advancing
infantry, as was done outside a Marine base Lebanon.  As "improper" as it
may have been . . . . it damned sure worked, & there's no denying that!
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