Sabrejet Posted February 27, 2013 Share #1 Posted February 27, 2013 ....as recommended by the Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share #2 Posted February 27, 2013 a. Pit-foxhole type (fig. 33 (1)). This emplacement is a circular pit, 3 feet in diameter and about 3½ feet deep, large enough for two men. It permits the assistant rocketeer to turn with the traversing weapon, so that he is never behind it when it is fired. The emplacement is shallow enough to permit the rear end of the rocket launcher at maximum elevation to be clear of the parapet, thus insuring that the hot back-blast from the rockets is not deflected to the occupants. This emplacement is not tankproof. Therefore foxholes for the crew are dug nearby. As the antitank mission of this weapon requires that it be kept in action against hostile tanks until the last possible moment, these foxholes will be occupied only when a tank is about to overrun the emplacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted February 27, 2013 b. Pit type (fig. 33 (2)) . In firm soil the diameter of the circular pit (fig. 33 (1)) can be increased to 4 feet and an additional circular pit 2 feet deep and 2 feet in diameter excavated in the center. This leaves a circular fire step 1 foot wide and about 3½ feet below the surface. When tanks appear about to overrun the position, the rocketeer and assistant rocketeer crouch down into the lower pit. When the tanks have passed, the rocket launcher quickly is returned to action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted February 27, 2013 Share #4 Posted February 27, 2013 suppose on of those in my front yard will keep salesman away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted February 27, 2013 Cold-callers beware!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KABAR2 Posted February 27, 2013 Share #6 Posted February 27, 2013 Someone in the neigbor hood will complain worried that a child might fall in and get hurt..... of course as a child I had the back yard dug up into a trench anyway..... in 1967 Bannerman's in Blue Point Long Island had a WWII bazooka hanging on the front of one of the display cases it was 35.00 I saved my allowance but my mom wouldn't let me buy it! (I was 7 at the time) I would have been the only kid on the block with anti-tank cabability! of course at age 8 I would have been in violation of the 1968 gun control act.... So I guess mom was right (this time) in not letting me buy it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted February 28, 2013 Share #7 Posted February 28, 2013 Hmm, I suppose you could ask the panzers to hold off for a while. What a hole in the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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