jgawne

Just for fun I will mention a true WW2 story, and I have seen the actual site as well. The very first shot my dad's platoon fired in anger was a rifle grenade. They came up by an odd stone tower with a small medival type slit window in it. One of his men said he saw movement in the window and asked if he could please take a shot at it. So of couse not being one to stand in the way of wasndon violence( or probably wanting to get the first shot out of the way to relieve some tension) he said sure. The guy shoudler fired an AT grenade (yes, shoulder fired. You're supposed to break your shoulder if you do that. But they guy did it. And the grenade arched perfectly into the window and went boom. Everyone stood there in total stupification. So it can happen. Just not that often.

I have to say the AK demo is much more impressive than I had thought. Great stuff. But I was disapointed to not see the US rifle grenades. Maybe they weren't that much, but they were essentially the same warhead as a bazooka, and could be used to great effect as 'door knockers' in towns. Maybe I missed something, bbut they did provide a decent margin of close AT weapondry for the PBI.