WARPIG101st

The fragment is 14 inches long by about 1 inch wide and 1\2 inch thick weighing about 5 pounds. It looked like the fragment entered lengthwise between the matting surface of the turret and the hull, effectively a fast moving sawblade. The vehicle was buttoned and the round landed aprox. 10 meters from the side of the vehicle. As far as the age of the round it is true that it was 50 years old. So much ammo was produced during the war that we still find shell lots that were made back then. Even the Airforce still uses bombs from Vietnam and sometimes older. the age of the shell really doesn't matter anyway it is the age of the powder that is important. ------------------ The only thing more accurate than incomming fire is incoming friendly fire [This message has been edited by WARPIG101st (edited 08-20-2000).]

I can't give any factual numbers but I can tell you what I have witnessed while I was ARTY. I currently posses a peice of "shrapnel" from a 155mm shell that was produced in 1944 and was fired during a NTC rotation in 1998. It is 14 inches long and was found inside of an M60 tank where the loader would be sitting. That particular fire mission we fired PD and there was still enough power to puncture the turret. So I would have no doubt that an airburst round could easily immobilize anything available durring WW2. By the way I spent 7 of my last 8 years as a connon fire direction specialist (13E) in the U.S.Army Shandorf, it's good to see other people from my hometown. Used to live over by Birchgrove Elementary. [This message has been edited by WARPIG101st (edited 08-19-2000).]

I'm not really a vet but here you go. 93-94 13E G btry 11th FA 6th INF (L) USAR 94-96 12B B Co. 367th Eng Bn. 88th ARCOM 96-99 13E B Btry 3/82 FA 1st CAV 99-Now 67R A Co. 1/101 Avn. 101st Airborne Any of you combat arms guys ever think of becoming a R.E.M.F. like I did I'll shoot you myself. I can't blow things up anymore *sniff*

None of the download links are working. I can't even get the demo to DL.