From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Fri Mar 10 2006 - 18:06:33 PST
YOW -get a face full of D rocket exhaust!! I think they burn a bit too
long.. Sounds like a fine project, but I'd want a dummy model rocket, since
it could be very unsafe to have a live one there..
Recall the name of the book? I didn't see it in the 'james bond' books.
PJ
Jay Travis wrote:
> There used to be a book out about how to build a dummy rocket and firing
> mechanism for the expended LAWS tubes. Basically, it used an Estes "D"
> model rocket engine and a few parts from various model rocket kits to make
> a model rocket with folding fins that looked like the original, but with a
> balsa dummy for a warhead (no instructions were given nor suggested about
> building a functional one) and the launcher used a rifle primer and clear
> fish tank tube to the engine so that the original squeeze trigger would
> function. Not sure what the legality of it would be, since at that point,
> it is only a glorified model rocket launcher, but you might want to ask
> your local BATF guys BEFORE you build and fire it.
>
>
>
>>[Original Message]
>>From: Patrick Jankowiak <recycler@swbell.net>
>>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>Date: 3/10/2006 9:55:04 AM
>>Subject: Re: [MV] NOS M65 breech assembly or diagram needed
>>
>>THIS sort of problem is exactly why I stick to small stuff. On the 4th of
>>July, I fire 'pop bottle rockets' from my rather beat-up LAWS tube. I
>
> would
>
>>like to find an inert (dummy) round for it, but I have never seen one. I
>>don't think they ever made them since it was a disposable weapon..
>>PJ
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
>>>Behalf Of Jack Lee
>>>Sent: 08 March 2006 19:40
>>>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: [MV] NOS M65 breech assembly or diagram needed
>>>
>>>
>>>Backyard artillery project nears an end.
>>>
>>>Looking for trigger assembly for our "M65" [nuclear] cannon...anyone
>
> got a
>
>>>spare? Could use diagram and make our own I guess, but would rather use
>>>NOS. Hey, I learned early on in my military career, it's "safety first"
>>>when it comes to weapons that fire nuclear warheads.
>>>
>>>Since this cannon is mostly just for display and occassional plinking,
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> we
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>>>decided not to use the 15-kiloton (97 lbs) rounds as is standard (far
>
> too
>
>>>heavy to reload). We are reloading just the 10 kiloton rounds (68 lbs)
>>>cheaper and yet still fires about 15 miles...more bang for the buck, you
>>>might say. (Suggest using Omark's newer "280 mm" carbide dies, if
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> you're
>
>>>into reloading your own M65 cannon shells) Before I forget, special
>
> thanks
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>>>to Omar F. in Iran (mvpa member) for the surplus U-235. Hey, our mail
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> box
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>>>glowed for 20 days...still laughing about that one!
>>>
>>>Only problem with the M65 nuclear cannon, is towing. At 47 tons this
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> cannon
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>>>doesn't tow very well. Especially at highway speeds (using my M151
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> Mutt).
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>>>It starts a pretty bad side to side wobble at about 8 mph and then gets
>>>remarkably worse with speed, until I am doing involuntary lane changes,
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> any
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>>>thoughts why? Time for an alignment?
>>>
>>>Stopping from a speed of 35 mph requires about 10 minutes notice, but a
>>>slight downhill and forget it, you're pretty much going where the M65
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> wants,
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>>>which reminds me of this funny story that began when we crested the
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> 7000 ft.
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>>>elevation mark at Donnor Pass. We're on our way home with the cannon
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> from
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>>>the GL property site, but I digress, I should save that story for
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> another
>
>>>time. Besides, you probably already saw the headlines, "UFO decends on
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> Hwy
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>>>50" or "Green UFO Whizzes Through Ag Inspection Checkpoint" and my
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> favorite
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>>>"UFO, Looked Like Cannon Towing a Jeep?" (Yep, that was us.)
>>>
>>>I think the stopping problem is centered around the M151's notoriously
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> weak
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>>>brake shoes, right? Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>OK...in case you haven't guessed, I'm just kidding...it's a slow news
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> day
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>>>here. lol C'mon, put down that phone to Homeland Security... hey, this
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> is
>
>>>weird, there is this black helicopter hovering abo
>>>
>>>
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