VH>JS>VH>BA>  As I recall, the warning about standing directly behind a 105mm
VH>JS>VH>BA>recoiless intimated that it could easily cost you your life.
VH>JS>VH>BA>Definately not a good idea!
VH>JS>VH>We used to take an ammo box (the wooden two-round box that 106mm 
rounds
VH>JS>VH>are shipped in) and place it about 20 yards behind the breech.  
hile
VH>JS>VH>trainees in the stands watched, we'd light one off, and blow that 
box t
VH>JS>VH>toothpicks.
VH>JS>VH>That was one lesson that sunk in. :-)
VH>JS>That's exactly what they did with M72's in basic.  Toothpicks is just
VH>JS>about the right definition, I would not have beleived it otherwise.
VH>The backblast from an M72 LAW isn't a patch on a 106's backblast. :-)
Gosh.  at only about 1/6 the velocity and half the weight I'd imagine 
not.  Maybe that's what the Jackal should have used...
VH>The new LAW, the Armbrust, is actually a disposable gun -- not a rocket
VH>-- and has even more backblast.
Huh.  I've not even seen one of these.  Unca Sam doesn't invite me over 
for demos anymore.  I wonder, does Jane's make a small arms annual?
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