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Thanks, probably not realistic but it sure was interesting to watch.First, from the movie T34:
LOL, they were standing almost in line with the angle of the muzzle break. With just earplugs. "I'm ready to feel the boom!"Then real tank and a howitzer. This is a lot more interesting IMO; it appears that the cannon projectile is not very stable - it seems to wobble. Then the 152mm howitzer projectile is deflected by watermelons. I didn't expect that.
LOL, they were standing almost in line with the angle of the muzzle break. With just earplugs. "I'm ready to feel the boom!"
My guess is they were light loaded practice / training / demonstration rounds.Both the wobbling of the tank projectile and the deflection of the howitzer projectile surprised me.
My guess is they were light loaded practice / training / demonstration rounds.
That was all odd.
My guess is they were light loaded practice / training / demonstration rounds.
That was all odd.
Adreeg.
Having watched both Soviet and East German artillery troops actually firing the 152mm D-20 gun/how, as you can on Youtube, there is no way on earth that that was anything more than a starter load to get an effect, and not a full-on projectile and even short-range range charge. The D-20 is quite a heavy piece, and AFAIK, in the USA you are only permitted to fire guns like this, including the tank gun, with a BP charge, and NOT the correct cordite load.
The D-20 in action lifts off the ground, and that projectile sure as **** would NOT be deflected by a bunch of lined-up melons.
You can also see this gun in action at one of the shoot-ups where owners get to cut loose with their possessions for the public to enjoy, and even pay for to shoot. With the D-20, even $200 a pop can seem like a fun deal.
Comment from a former 'user' - Nice to see that gun at civilian use. I trained with same model at my military service one time. Seems like they are shooting inert practice grenades (no detonator and explosive material). We had high explosive fragmentation grenades (weight 57 kg) and separated shell casing holding the cordite. Also seems that they are with shooting low amount of cordite. It was fun to shoot, specially direct fire targets, but this model has been out of service now for years. a grenade was absolutely devastating for practice targets.. 7 kg of high explosive, 50 kg of fragmenting material and impact detonator.
A big giveaway - especially with the D-20 - (and it seemed a cutesy theme) was the fact they seemed to want to stand in the muzzle brake wash for effect and giggles when they fired.