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I was an artilleryman is the U.S. Army. We get the machine gun fired over us in a trench during basic training (like everyone else), but that sounds like so muc
by thearn4 10y ago
I was an artilleryman is the U.S. Army. We get the machine gun fired over us in a trench during basic training (like everyone else), but that sounds like so much more profound of an experience. I kind of wish we did that here.
That said, I was enlisted (NCO), not a commissioned officer. For all I know, they may do something like that for (to?) the officers at Fort Sill.
- camperman 10y agoOn that topic, artillery shells flying over you sound strange, like tearing a linen sail or sheet down the middle - no joke.
- 13of40 10y agoI was in an infantry exercise at JBLM where they were firing artillery from right next to our position, and I remember every tenth round or so would have a defect that made it go zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzoooooommmm when it came out of the barrel.
- camperman 10y agoAh yes, the whistling round. On the 105mm Light Gun this was from small gaps in the copper jacket around the shell that whistled when spinning.
- gonzo41 10y ago120mm rocket artillery incoming near Talil. Felt like an earthquake. Was great fun at the time, now I think back and wow...
- camperman 10y agoOh to be young and carefree again :) It does feel like an earthquake. The most powerful subwoofer I've ever heard doesn't come close to the teeth-scraping body-slamming whump of a near miss from large ordinance.