WA DOT uses old M60 tanks for avalanche control along US2

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DOT calls in big guns for avalanche control on U.S. 2 | HeraldNet.com - Local news

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[orygun]

Pretty cool. Makes one want to work for DOT!

 

[PBinWA]

That has to be the highlight of their job!

 

[Greenbug]

I wonder if you could go for a "ride along" with the DOT on avalanche control day, that would be awesome!

 

[moose]

They've had that for a while, I remember a story on those back in the late '90's. IIRC, its fixed, surveyed in and they blindly fire at a few azimuths to knock the snow loose. They have a M40A1 106mm recoiless (or at least use to) on a hard mount somewhere up there too. My first duty was in a 106 platoon (that certainly dates me...).

 

[One-Eyed Ross]

Gunner, HEP, snowbank, one two hundred

UP!

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FIRE!

Man...would be a lot cooler than Graf was

 

[BANE]

That would be the best part of that job.

 

[Dinged]

That's awesome