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Dogs love it but my cats won't touch it. Russians recall it fondly, since they acquired the taste after tons of it were delivered under Lend-Lease. Don't think the Russian dogs and cat's ever got to sample any, though...but some desperate Russians did sample them.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. When I was in high school chemistry, I accidentally dropped a beaker of red phosphorous and clouds of dark red smoke completely blanketed the lab and the adjacent corridors; they evacuated the entire building. I simply evacuated my bowels...well, almost. Good thing the chemistry teacher was a young, cute blonde lady who used to brush up close to you to show you how do do things, or I would have dropped the class early on, and thus would have missed that sublime moment when the fire trucks pulled up in front of the school.

Ahh. Nuclear Physicist porn, I get it. Does it come with a battery?

I get what you are saying and that's true - design and use are different things. Well, for sure, the M825 is primarily a smoke round. It is not really optimized to start fires and would be pretty much wasted that way. From what I was seeing on TV, it looked like the Israelis were trying to shield their ground troops from observation with these rounds in the footage I watched a few days ago. On the other hand, if they intended to confound, confuse and terrify civilians with them, Palestinian or otherwise, such ammo would accomplish that feat admirably as well. If they wanted to get Palestinians to abandon an area, this might be one way to do it.

He was a sailor? :D

I'd buy that for a dollar!

I think the correct phrase is "good lad."

No, this is actually WP Smoke, not WP incendiary submunitions. It is deployed as the first part of an artillery-delivered smokescreen, to build up the base on the ground. It's incendiary effect is not the primary intent - the munition delivers several dozen WP impregnated sponge-like wads and they build up smoke. They do not land with sufficient energy to penetrate buildings but they could cause secondary fires if they land on flammables in rubble, say. Because it is WP smoke being fired as part of a ground campaign, it is not a violation of the international treaties regarding WP use in wartime.

Nuts, he was younger than I am...what the hell? I really hoped to meet him some day, too. RIP, you did us all a great favor by preserving historic armor. And I hope someone carries on the task for you now that you are gone...

Yeah, that and the fact that the Russians will ram your plane when they're out of ammo!

So do you want a canned reply?

That guy had one wedgie too many inflicted on him in high school...

That's a good question but instinctively I doubt it. Not that I have a degree in physics or engineering. I did sleep in a Holiday Inn, once, however. On the other hand, with a few layers of ceramics sandwiched with this stuff, it might be effective.

Or maybe he sets the weights on top of the game unit counters?

Welcome to the madness. Please note that everybody else posting here is a Senior Member or Beta Tester. Please remember to send us each your $500 membership fee. Those medications are pretty expensive.

I can't help it, I crack myself up sometimes...

And mine brings me beers, too! Life is good!

I saw this on the Wargamer site and thought someone here may be familiar with it: [commercial link removed] The civilian version of this is free but I can't tell from what I've read if it has an AI or is strictly muliplayer. I'd try it but am pretty busy to get involved in a new game at the moment. BTW, because it is apparently free, I didn't think it was a violation of the forum rules to post it. My apologies to BFC if it turns out to be verboten...

Thanks - brings back memories. Reminds me of why board game owners don't own cats.

So - there's a hole in their theory?

Sorry but you need to register and have a pw to see the maps.

Yuppies in love.

I recall hearing of the story from earlier references I was studying a long time ago. It is quite a read! Thanks for the link, I will re-read it with relish (and a little mustard on the side.)

Nah, I hang out here and pester guys who don't have anything else better to do than connect with other people who don't have much on their minds...

Wait until the liberal journalists get a hold of this one! Thanks to the Bush administration moralist policies, US aid and relief agencies all over the third world for years have been promulgating sexual abstinence as the answer to global overpopulation and STD's. And here, your friendly American CIA Spook down the road is now giving away Viagra to encourage village males to indulge in wild orgies in the mountains...no wonder they talk about US hypocrisy! With us sending a mixed message like this, who would ever take us seriously? But chill, its all part of the plan. See, what the journalists don't know is that this Viagra distribution program is targeted to regions with large populations of sheep...