Posted: 4/27/2004 7:58:31 PM EDT
|
I can't imagine that 5 Howitzers can make a difference.... www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118359,00.html |
|
" "It was designed to kill people, but it's a very valuable safety tool for us," said Rachael Woods, a spokeswoman at Lake Tahoe's Alpine Meadows" Gee, we've been trying to tell the news media that about the semi-auto AW's that we all are so fond of here on AR15.com for years.  Guess when it's heavy artillery and being used for all those uppie skiers it's ok but if it's an AK or AR and used mostly for target shooting and home defence then it's not, wish they make up their minds. 
|
|
Avie control work! it isn't just about skier safety... avalanches regularly close roads and can kill motorists... last year avalanches closed 30 miles of I-70 West of Denver or THREE DAYS. They use a number of solutions including: dropping 2 1/4 lbs bombs from helicopters throwing 2 1/4 lbs charges and diving behind a rock putting charges in cornice and using det cord 82mm mortars Avalaunchers (nitrogen powered artillery piece that uses compressed gas to shoot charges up to about 1 mile) howizters recoiless rifles they mostly use the avalaunchers and hand charges around here... during big storms they'll use helicopters or road control work. one of the mountains here has a WW-II vintage howitzers avalanches kill. guns and bombs make things safer by setting the avalanches off when the runout zones are clear rather than randomly when someone may be driving through the path |
|
I'm like Wobblin on this. I'm actually shocked that the gov't loaned out the M119A1s, as I thought that these were the newer 105mm howitzers that the services were using. ISTR that these were issued out starting in the `90/91 timeframe. But looking it up on the Net, I found mention that their service life is supposed to run out in `08, so I'm guessing that they have something new coming down the pike. I see they mentioned something about getting them something to replace the returned 119s, so maybe they'll dig some of the old 102s or 101s out of mothballs, if they have any left that they haven't given out as aid to some Banana Republic at the expense of our wallets....... They probably want them back due to their lightweight lift capability, etc. I hadn't heard that they were loaning howitzers out for avalanche control. I've seen the recoilles rifles in action out west, and knew that's where they came from. Hmmmmmm....... |
