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03-08-11, 22:45
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M163 Vulcan
That was a neat shoot! The Yank Bird Gunners were attached "Under Command" and I was tasked to be the RSO. They did an amazing demo of bird gunnery and then showed the effects of a Vulcan on tanks. A twenty second burst hammered into an old Agony Wagon (Centurion) about 1000 metres down range and you could see the rounds hammering into the turret armour and ricocheting all over the place... after about 12-14 seconds the armour was white hot and just sort of melted inwards allowing the last hundred or so rounds into the turret to cause major disruption of the colloidal intelligences that would have been inside!
Damn near talked them out of the weapon system too... didn't have enough Scotch on hand!!! Ed, any chance I can get a copy with the photo credit at the bottom?  Cheers! Mike
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04-08-11, 05:43
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For a moment I thought this was going to be a photo caption competition, such a shame to waste a photo like that.
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04-08-11, 16:01
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04-08-11, 21:35
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05-08-11, 05:41
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Waddaya mean I gotta pay for the ammo!!!!??
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15-06-14, 22:08
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I am posting here with a heavy sense of trepidation.
I hope and pray this has a good outcome. On Saturday (yesterday) while attending the Diefenbunker event we expected to see Mike and his kit but he didn't arrive. Late in the day a fellow officer from 30th Field arrived and let us know that Mike had a medical event on Friday afternoon and is in hospital in the Ottawa area. I know nothing more, I am not in contact with the family. I just felt it important to post this as others will not know unless the word gets spread. Thoughts and best wishes from this household to Mike. Robin
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15-06-14, 22:24
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Mike was admitted to Ottawa Civic yesterday and was put into Intensive Care following suspected kidney failure. Reports today say that he is well and can receive visitors 24/7 except 0730-0830 and 1930-2030 hrs. It has been suggested that a couple at a time would be better for him as regards for visits.
He was last reported in ICU Bed 14. C
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