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Old November 9th, 2011, 03:29 AM
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Fallout Re: SPA Recoilless Rifle Question
Well I just finished watching Pt. 1 of History Channels Vietnam War in HD and it showed a USA RR mounted on a jeep ('66/'67) with the driver in his seat and another standing beside it on the road firing the RR (Perpendicular to the jeep.) during actual combat, so I guess if you asking can it be done, I would say the answer is yes. But you can go and see it for yourself off the website if you like, it's about an hour+ into the show as I recall. The RR barrel looked longer than a 90mm, could it have been a 105mm barrel? Anyway the recoil didn't move the jeep as much as I thought it would, rocked it back and settled back just as fast. The driver looked ready to roll if the **** got to bad though! And I would think it to be both a direct & indirect fire weapon.

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Pat
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