Why not allowed down range?
It doesn't take much to deflect a cannon round or a rifle round.
It doesn't take much to deflect a cannon round or a rifle round.
I know I never gave much thought to riccochets until I seen tracers at night. No tellin where some stuff ends up.
What?! People could have died! Property was damaged! Why were these people accosted with a CANNON in the first place? Why wasn't that cannon secured first?I hope it stops there, and some DA doesn't get involved.
I think these rounds were made of cement with a bronze gas check ring.
Sure glad it wasnt an HE round.
I've never heard of that happening with a 105. It was well known to happen with 175s shooting at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany because the 175 is a low-trajectory gun and the ground at Graf has been a training area back to the Kaiser's day, making the ground very hard. There were stories about rounds going well off the impact zone and landing on main post.
The article doesn't say why the projectile didn't explode but I'm guessing it was designed as a practice, non-explosive round?
OK, that makes sense.
Amen!! There are some people around Medicine Park that would agree.
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