GERMAN RGL
Well-Known Member
BOB FLETCHER,
" THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR
AN OBSESSION WITH TRAINS."
--Anonymous, 1989,
Union Pacific Historical Society
member;5560
I can see it now, in the training film; "As you can see, even the smallest
expenditure of ammunition will be quite satisfactory, for even the
larger sized soft-skinned vehicles - given proper aiming procedures..."
From Bob Whitman:
Bad day for SUV
Sobering shot of an SUV that got lit up by mistake, by an F16 driver near the
air-ground gunnery range outside Dugway, Utah. The 'light paint and body
damage' is the result of a one-quarter-second burst by the fighter's 20 mm
gun, which fires about 3000 rounds per minute. An estimated 70 rounds left
the gun; the results are as you see here.
What's even more astonishing is - the SUV was being driven at the
time. The driver and the guy in the right-hand passenger seat escaped with
some light glass injury to the driver, and a dislocated shoulder to the
passenger. The shots hit the gas tank, but didn't explode; the gas just
leaked out.
The passenger who normally sits in the back seat had just moved to another
vehicle.
The vehicle was on the military reservation, but a full three miles
away from the gunnery range.
The pilot is probably doubtless be busily writing 'I WILL NOT ENGAGE
SOFT CIVILIAN VEHICLES IN NO-FIRE ZONES' 1,000 times, after which he will be
PCS'd to Shemeya AFB, Alaska.
The good news is that he only had 508 plus or minus 2 rounds of ball
training ammo and not HEI (high explosive incendiary)! I would imagine this
event will have an impact on his career!
" THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE FOR
AN OBSESSION WITH TRAINS."
--Anonymous, 1989,
Union Pacific Historical Society
member;5560
I can see it now, in the training film; "As you can see, even the smallest
expenditure of ammunition will be quite satisfactory, for even the
larger sized soft-skinned vehicles - given proper aiming procedures..."
From Bob Whitman:
Bad day for SUV
Sobering shot of an SUV that got lit up by mistake, by an F16 driver near the
air-ground gunnery range outside Dugway, Utah. The 'light paint and body
damage' is the result of a one-quarter-second burst by the fighter's 20 mm
gun, which fires about 3000 rounds per minute. An estimated 70 rounds left
the gun; the results are as you see here.
What's even more astonishing is - the SUV was being driven at the
time. The driver and the guy in the right-hand passenger seat escaped with
some light glass injury to the driver, and a dislocated shoulder to the
passenger. The shots hit the gas tank, but didn't explode; the gas just
leaked out.
The passenger who normally sits in the back seat had just moved to another
vehicle.
The vehicle was on the military reservation, but a full three miles
away from the gunnery range.
The pilot is probably doubtless be busily writing 'I WILL NOT ENGAGE
SOFT CIVILIAN VEHICLES IN NO-FIRE ZONES' 1,000 times, after which he will be
PCS'd to Shemeya AFB, Alaska.
The good news is that he only had 508 plus or minus 2 rounds of ball
training ammo and not HEI (high explosive incendiary)! I would imagine this
event will have an impact on his career!
