Re: HIGH TECH WONDER INDIVIDUAL WEAPON

MY GOODNESS we are sure assuming a  lot  about that 18 year old 's
abilities, in combat for the first time and scared shitess . . . .

Hmm. this button equals airburst over bad guys behind barricade. get
ready to eat death assholes!

OOOOPS! holy shit! they are over running  the flank!  hang on, buddy!

BLOOP! BLAM!

bad guys and left flank fire team are both wasted by airburst

UH-OH! me thinks i have made a giant FUBAR!

LOL- folks, i have  a confession to make here. and a war story to tell.

WAR STORY ALERT! WAR STORY  ALERT! 

DELETE NOW  OR READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK!

during the jun 1968 NVA/VC Offensive and subsequent  fighting in  and
around	saigon, i was an MP and fighting  for my life and the lives of
my friends-again.

actually more than an MP. i was an MP who had spent  a year humping the
boonies as a grunt rifleman, and worked my way	from up from PFC E3 to
SGT E5
(rifleman, LMG, fire team leader, squad  leader and acting platoon
sergeant).

my partner and i were heading ome after a very quiet  night tour, when
the attack started out in gia dinh. we picked up an aussie staff
sergeant  on  foot and his FN fighting his  way to join up with other
americans.

the three of us reached the intersection of the road from tay ninh -
passed the 051 gate at TSN AFB, and there was a major  war going on
between ARVN rangers defending their compound and NVA attacking the
compound and the national radio/tv station,  so we  dismounted and
spent time in the  drainage ditch ngaged in  the firefight.

among the highlights, was when, combat vet sgt dawgie, spotted NVA on
the roof top of the tallest building at the intersection  (actually
after eating  dirt when an RPD	gunner tried to ruin our day),	and took
them underfire	with the M-79 we had in our jeep.

BLOOP! first shot was perfect-the trajectory was taking the  round
right down on top of that RPD gunner's head!

BYE-BYE asshole and friends!

BUT. . . . .

sgt dawgie failed to take  not of the telephone  lines and power lines
down range, so the thumper round dropped from the sky, hit a wire and
blew ALL  of the  wires down. . . . 

knocked out all land lines for	telephone service and power lines
linking gia dinh with saigon and cholon at one	stroke!

(and these lines  remained down for about a week)

my contribution to the war effort  during the  first of the  firefight!

and really got the  attention of the  NVA on the roof!

and being smart, i let the NVA/VC get credit for knocking out the
telephone and ower lines!

the point of this war story is, MURPHY'S LAW!  in combat, if it can go
wrong, it will go wrong.

i saw MURPHY and  his work  over and over again in combat.

it is not an usual event  at all.