The traditional Australian, New Zealand and British (& p'raps Canadian)
slang for the Artillery is "Dropshorts". It may also be in American usage.
The vehicles that you are about to shortly waste, unless you live up to the
above slang term, is probably not far off the number of Landrovers in use
with the Australian Army.
You mention that you " ... ..also try to get some photos of some that have
been fired at ... " .
Where will you be standing when you "take the shots" ?
*****
At 21:20 05/01/99 -0600, Jim Rice wrote:
>Fellow MVers,
>
>I am Battalion Executive Officer (XO) for an Active Duty Field Artillery
>unit at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. My unit is responsible for firing for
>training new soldiers (both enlisted and officer) in observed fire
>procedures (adjusting fire). An additional part of that responsiblity
>is to maintain sufficient targets in the impact area for the student to
>be able to readily find and fire upon. Today, I had to task one our
>Lieutenants to place another 50 M151A2s in the impact area to meet the
>demand for targets.
>
>When we begin the undertaking in the next few weeks, I will try to take
>some photos of the jeeps prior to their final convoy. I possible, I
>will also try to get some photos of some that have been fired at during
>training.
>
>Sorry to ruin everyone's day, but I thought I ought to share what is
>going on with the M151s at Fort Sill and other posts around the country.
>
>Jim Rice
>Lawton, Oklahoma
>'42 International M-3L-4 1-1/2 Ton Truck
>'43 Ford GPW with '50 M-100 Trailer
>'67 Ford M-151A1 (still looking for an M-416 trailer)
>
>
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