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November 24, 2007
Rocket Man
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Mott lays down a row of M-792 .25-mm High Explosive Incendiary rounds into a pit on Ali Air Base, Iraq.
Airmen of the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team unloaded just under 1,800 pounds of expired munitions to ensure they will not be used against U.S. forces. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder.
Posted by Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:55 AM
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Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at November 24, 2007 04:34 AM
Wow. Rocket Man is doing a very dangerous job. Tell him that I pray he and his peers come home safe. I sure wouldn't want to be in "disposal".
Does anyone know what kind of weapon fires those M-792 .25-mm High Explosive Incendiary rounds?
Posted by: SSgt Steve, CLC, 75043 at November 24, 2007 10:41 AM
Darth, I sure liked that link you listed, above.
I saved it in my favorites, for further study. G_d
Bless you , your family and friends.
Posted by: SSgt Steve, CLC, 75043 at November 24, 2007 10:48 AM
Steve - I know the Bradley has a 25mm. I think the Marines also have a vehicle that has a 25mm.
Posted by: TomR at November 24, 2007 12:35 PM
The M792 is one awesome round fired from the M242 25mm Automatic Gun. The M242 is the primary armament on the U.S. Army M2/M3 series Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the U.S. Marine Corp LAV-25. Disposing of old ammunition sounds like a waste, it is not. The last thing you want to have is a failure to fire when you need it most, some of the crap issued during my era was old Korean war surplus, some was unstable, some simply failed. We hauled a lot of munitions and I always felt comfortable with the detail, it was not without it's moments, imagine going down the road and having the load chain snap on the truck in front of you and 9 500 lb bombs tumble into your roadway, yes I puckered up. EOD was there to help sling them back onto the truck, or in another life dealing with old ammo in armor where we'd experience hangfires, and misfires, both conditions had to be dealt with, as a gunner I never thrilled at having to rotate those rounds in the breech and try again, nor did I relish having to remove that misfire and put it in the bustle rack, with 63 exposed live rounds of HEP, HEAT and Sabot in the turret, nor as tank commander in an open turret to ride with it all day only a few feet away only later to hand it off to some one in EOD. We owe those EOD people an awful lot including our praise. Thanks to Robert Mott and all those gutsy EOD teams out there our troops are spared the dirty detail of handling the bad stuff.
Posted by: Jack at November 24, 2007 01:59 PM
Darth, great link thank you.
And a HO HO HO Merry Christmas too.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 02:31 PM
SSgt Steve, I wouldn't want to be disposal either.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 02:32 PM
Tom and Jack thank you.
Wow Jack I think I would be holding my breath a bit if I had to do that. Thank you so much for sharing about your experience.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 02:35 PM
