JS>VH>BA>  As I recall, the warning about standing directly behind a 105mm
JS>VH>BA>recoiless intimated that it could easily cost you your life.
JS>VH>BA>Definately not a good idea!
JS>VH>We used to take an ammo box (the wooden two-round box that 106mm rounds
JS>VH>are shipped in) and place it about 20 yards behind the breech.  While
JS>VH>trainees in the stands watched, we'd light one off, and blow that box 
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JS>VH>toothpicks.
JS>VH>That was one lesson that sunk in. :-)
JS>That's exactly what they did with M72's in basic.  Toothpicks is just
JS>about the right definition, I would not have beleived it otherwise.
The backblast from an M72 LAW isn't a patch on a 106's backblast. :-)
The new LAW, the Armbrust, is actually a disposable gun -- not a rocket
-- and has even more backblast.
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