Wombat(Brit Kind) ..stats

Hi everyone..
       details from book on UK armed forces c1980
anti tank recoiless rifle.
120mm cal. fires 28lb hesh round. penetration approx 400mm total round
weight 60lbs
barrel 33.3cal
MV 1,515ft/sec
range static target 1094 yds
	   moving tgt 820
four rounds per minute
weight 650ibs

in use by British from mid 60's also used by australians.
portee but could be and was normally ground mounted with a crew of
three..

	Bob DeAngelis

----- Original Message -----
From: <devans@uneb.edu>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Wednesday 29 de November de 2000 01:54
Subject: Re: Wombat(Brit Kind) Rampage (was something else altogether).

>
> ***
> I don't recall them fired out the front or rear.
> ***
>
> You may have me there. I seem to recall them transported with the
> windscreen down, and pointing forward held in place by a swingdown
yoke,
> but I witnessed them firing near dusk, with semi-crazed plexiglas bus
> windows between. Not to mention I was teenager, many years ago. ;->=
>
> I DO remember vividly watching those windows bow inward from the back
> pressure.
>
> The_Beast
>
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