Poor M-1 Cannon

[Xingbake]

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[Vance]

Banana leaf.

[seruriermarshal]

It in Iraq war ? I hear a M1 Cannon destroys in fight .

[droopy]

How dose that happen and can it happen to small arms like an asssault rifle

[Xingbake]

How dose that happen and can it happen to small arms like an asssault rifle

Sure! It happens more frequently than the tanks ;)

[Tengu]

Bummer, what happend to the crew??

[KalleBalleSvartSk@lle]

How dose that happen and can it happen to small arms like an asssault rifle
Yup, dirt in the barrel, deformed ammunition objects stuck in the barrel etc. Not very uncommon, atleast not with small arms.

[Bayonet]

How is the crew in it???

God bless these foreign soldiers.....There have been too many people died in this year...

[Javehn]

No one dies in it , pals ... It's called "Rose" . It's just the cannon exploding because of foreign objects inside the shell flying path (like dirt inside the cannon) .

[usa320]

yeah there is a hatch at the end of the cannon...you know so the hot gasses and gun blast dont fry the crew, and that protects them from things like this too.

[VorpalDoom]

I think the word for this is "oops." :P

[Operation Ivy]

phew

[oldsoak]

B*gger !

[Ngati Tumatauenga]

I read over on tank.net that this was caused by one of the crew leaving the cleaning 'rod' in the barrel before they commenced a live shoot.

[Jurgen]

Kuwaiti M1A2 during exercise....

[WolverineBlue]

It's true -- they are smooth-bore cannons.

[VorpalDoom]

i wonder if you could still use it... :roll:

[FLaKKeY]

i thought that only happened when a barrel was loaded with 2 shells.. they did this during ww2.. to stop thousands of guns and tanks falling into nazi hands.. (british and russians).. it causes a the shell to explode but not leave the tube..

[wormie]

Silly wabbit tied it in a knot.

[Javehn]

It's true -- they are smooth-bore cannons.

Really ??? :roll:

[ZeroPositive]

poor tank...

[Mark Sman]

Yeah, this happens to all manner of high pressure weapons. And as previously stated, is usually the result of FOD Foreign Object Damage.

Cleanng rods fall into that category.

In the old days of muzzle loading muskets, it was not uncommon for a soldier to send his ramrod down range in the heat of battle.

[Abolith]

Cleanng rods fall into that category.

In the old days of muzzle loading muskets, it was not uncommon for a soldier to send his ramrod down range in the heat of battle.
hehe i did that this last weekend with my .50 cal..... Just wasn't paying attention and put the weapon down for a few min, went back picked it up, loaded a precussion cap and BANG! I see my ramrod flyin downrange as fast as it could go. at least I hit the target with it :lol: course everyone promptly died laughing...*Sigh* I felt like an idiot....

[VorpalDoom]

hehe i did that this last weekend with my .50 cal..... Just wasn't paying attention and put the weapon down for a few min, went back picked it up, loaded a precussion cap and BANG! I see my ramrod flyin downrange as fast as it could go. at least I hit the target with it :lol: course everyone promptly died laughing...*Sigh* I felt like an idiot....


aw man, i hope someone was making a video, i'd love to see that :lol:

[hank]

It in Iraq war ? I hear a M1 Cannon destroys in fight .

WTF - ever see Pulp Fiction? English, muthaf**ka, do you speak it?

hank

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It in Iraq war ? I hear a M1 Cannon destroys in fight .

WTF - ever see Pulp Fiction? English, muthaf**ka, do you speak it?

hank

nah 1500 posts and I don't think he's quite got the hang of it a single time yet..

[sas-magoo]

tank commander : ahhhhhhh so thats where i left my sandwich !!

must have been a nasty shock to the crew.

good pic....don't see that very often