RedLegGI Posted January 30, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 30, 2013 Just for your viewing pleasure, the last 3 rounds of my fire direction career. These are Illumination rounds with a time fuse on top. Also some other pictures from that field problem as well. The little black dot in the last picture is the round as it leaves the tube. The sound they make while exiting is something I'll never forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted January 30, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 30, 2013 awesome pictures and thanks for your service to this great country!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 30, 2013 Share #3 Posted January 30, 2013 That's some picture with the projectile "frozen" in flight like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted January 30, 2013 That's some picture with the projectile "frozen" in flight like that! What's really cool is you can actually see the round fly out of the tube and watch it until it disappears. If you ever get the chance, go watch some arty at play. Dent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 30, 2013 Share #5 Posted January 30, 2013 You mean you can actually see it with Eyeball, Mk1?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted January 30, 2013 You mean you can actually see it with Eyeball, Mk1?! YES! Its really neat, the best way to compare it would to be if you have ever been golfing and tried to watch the ball as someone else hits it. If you're not watching just the right spot/way you won't see it, but if you're in the right spot, you'll see it every time. You can see it for a good 1-2 seconds of the flight time before you lose the dot. As the round travels it makes a whirring sound, kind of like wind rushing past your ears. When it explodes, you see a bright red flash for a split second, and then a large cloud of dirt and debris. And, FYI the 3rd picture, with the smoke coming out of the barrel, is a high angle missions meant to hit targets in defilade. Flight time for those rounds is usually 50 seconds to 1 minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 30, 2013 Share #7 Posted January 30, 2013 Amazing! It really is a sophisticated-looking field piece. Hi-tech arty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meatcan Posted January 30, 2013 Share #8 Posted January 30, 2013 super pix, RedlegGI! very cool to see the 155 in action! thanks for sharing - always neat to see FA pix. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannoncocker155mm Posted January 30, 2013 Share #9 Posted January 30, 2013 Love thie pictures, they capture the moment just right. great action shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted January 30, 2013 Share #10 Posted January 30, 2013 Why shoot Illumination rounds in bright daylight? Testing or practice or just that' they're not HE? Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted January 31, 2013 Why shoot Illumination rounds in bright daylight? Testing or practice or just that' they're not HE? Tom Bowers While certifying sections to shoot there are what the army calls 'tables'. These tables are a variety of missions to make sure the howitzer section knows every type of fire mission and how to properly lay the piece, load the piece, and fire. In these tables are illumination missions. So in the Army's eyes, it doesn't matter what time of day it is, as long as the section shoots the required rounds. However, they are still visible in the daylight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannoncocker155mm Posted January 31, 2013 Share #12 Posted January 31, 2013 Hi All, I thought it would be interesting to see old and new and the fact that some things dont change. Please visit http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/166775-howitzer-display/page__gopid__1266897 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hueytaxi Posted February 10, 2013 Share #13 Posted February 10, 2013 Watching 105 and 155 rounds leave the barrel amazed me in my training at Ft. Sill. Earlier in RVN at times you could hear the rounds pass overhead with such a strange whirrrr, never hearing the fire or the bang. While flying back then you always checked where the arty was firing and often flew under it.......with the doors open in case.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share #14 Posted February 11, 2013 Watching 105 and 155 rounds leave the barrel amazed me in my training at Ft. Sill. Earlier in RVN at times you could hear the rounds pass overhead with such a strange whirrrr, never hearing the fire or the bang. While flying back then you always checked where the arty was firing and often flew under it.......with the doors open in case.......... Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg13a Posted February 18, 2013 Share #15 Posted February 18, 2013 You in Hawaii? If so, say hi to 1SG Moore for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share #16 Posted February 18, 2013 You in Hawaii? If so, say hi to 1SG Moore for me! I was stationed in Ft. Wainwright and got out in 2010. I knew a SFC Moore, but not sure if he's made 1SG, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtyScout Posted January 26, 2015 Share #17 Posted January 26, 2015 It would have been nice to check out the pics, but photobucket wouldn't open for me. Anyway as an Arty Scout Observer I called in 105's. The old M2 Howitzer was extremely accurate. Semper Fi. Manny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted January 26, 2015 It would have been nice to check out the pics, but photobucket wouldn't open for me. Anyway as an Arty Scout Observer I called in 105's. The old M2 Howitzer was extremely accurate. Semper Fi. Manny If you copy/paste them in to your browser, they'll still come up Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtyScout Posted January 26, 2015 Share #19 Posted January 26, 2015 Thanks I'll try that. Semper Fi. Manny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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