We were in convoy a taxi cut into our line right in front of me I swerved not to flatten the bloody thing! There were no repercussions as it was the taxi drivers fault and a ROK MP saw it thankfully, but the US army paid for the glass I'm sure! I don't think I was even thinking at the time was more of a reaction!
Dangerous Brian said... Whoops. Did you forget the turret lock or were you reversing with the turret stowed to the rear?
all US SP Howitzers can only be driven in travel lock,where the the damn tube is fixed forward....makes it interesting at times going down a step incline let me tell you!
And believe it or not there was nothing there unrecoverable!
ReplyDeleteThe worst thing I ever did personally was put the tube of my M110 Howitzer through 4 store front in Korea....ooops
Whoops. Did you forget the turret lock or were you reversing with the turret stowed to the rear?
ReplyDeleteDon
ReplyDeleteTell us more ! LOL What did you think at the time, and what were the repercussions ?
We were in convoy a taxi cut into our line right in front of me I swerved not to flatten the bloody thing! There were no repercussions
ReplyDeleteas it was the taxi drivers fault and a ROK MP saw it thankfully, but the US army paid for the glass I'm sure! I don't think I was even thinking at the time was more of a reaction!
Dangerous Brian said...
ReplyDeleteWhoops. Did you forget the turret lock or were you reversing with the turret stowed to the rear?
all US SP Howitzers can only be driven in travel lock,where the the damn tube is fixed forward....makes it interesting at times going down a step incline let me tell you!
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ReplyDeleteDon
ReplyDeleteSounds like an exciting incident ! Glad nobody got hurt.