I was in the Navy several years after Vietnam was over but I knew and served with several people that served on river boats in Vietnam. They had some crazy sea stories. One was related to the Zippo Boats....I did not know or could not remember that they were called zippo boats.
Interesting. Depth charges had an 80:1 success rate but hedgehogs a 5:1. But hedgehogs shot 24 bomblets at once, making it a 120:1 success rate. Hedgehog bomblets could rain on a target. Depth charges could not.
Semper Paratus I was there in Div. 11 On the repair force and then served on the CGC Point Garnet 82310 in 67 and 68 great coverage. MKC David L. Marshall
Your armament spec's are flawed. RONONE 82' WPB's carried the mk.2 coaxial 81 mortar/.50 caliber BMG mount forward. This was weapon was invented by a Coast Guard Gunnery CPO.
@DimplesYT You are most welcome, Sir. I make 1/700 and 1/350 scale model kits of the USCG Point class WPB's from blueprints. I came to know them quite well.
MK 6 and Mk 9 were the only ones to see wide spread use, the others were basically trials that didn't pan out. No navy in WW2 had a reliable magnetic fuse.
PO... ET3... USCG... used to just say CG. 😂 Keep videos like these coming Mate! My Father was Air Force. He did 2 tours "In Country". Dad was instrumental in me becoming a Coastie and not a Marine. My Boot Camp Company Commander (Filipino) hated Charlie and SWORE we would end up going back... that was 1978. Glad he was wrong... but He made sure his Coasties were lean, mean, ready and hungry to go back if called upon.
I love this sub so much, i bought one made by Umarex, that shots bb's.. @465fps, fully auto, all steel, It is an exact replica. I LOVE it. I have a video of me shooting it on my page.
Not only have I never heard of something like this used with submarine crews, your previous video was pretty insightful because I never new what kind of burn time military-grade flamethrowers had.🤯
I think I've watched five videos by now so I figured I'd leave a comment, I'm definitely enjoying the classic History channel feel to everything. Keep up the good work.
My uncle Leo Piersall served aboard PT532 in the Pacific. In April 1943 radar was being installed on one out of four to six boats. By the time PT532 launched in October 1943 all boats were getting 'radio sets'. This greatly aided navigation as many were lost on reefs. In about November 1944, for the Borneo campaign they were outfitted with 5" rockets shot out of a 4x4 set of launch tubes. This gave these boats the punch they previously lacked. They were not too bad to reload either. Rocket equipped PT boats are "Devil boats". A destroyer with a five inch gun can shoot six or eight miles probably and these rockets are only good for a mile and a quarter. Since night action happened at closer distances these worked well. Two of the five boats in PT532's squad had extra guns. The Captain's boat had a 37 mm cannon from an army airplane. This was mounted up front for armored barges. Once the 20 mm became available, the slower rate of fire 37 mm were removed from Army planes. That is how these guns became available. Another boat had an English anti-armor recoilless rifle to help out with armored barges. The boats were also outfitted with a CO2 fire suppression system. They lost a lot of boats and men, it was hazardous duty.
You're completely right. I do think the Reising was one of the first widespread adoptions of the closed bolt mechanism in a submachine gun. I believe that's why it failed as it was too complex for the environment it would be used in. Unlike the tried and tested grease gun/tommy.
It really isn't trashy at all, just can't stand the dirt. It is a much more accurate and effective weapon than the Thompson, whose only advantage is resistance to dirt and a lower price.
I find this absolute intimidating. How are you using the most powerful and most destructive element out of all four and use it as a weapon to burn enemies into a crisp.
Going to be upgrading my microphone in the coming weeks, current one is the old snowball and it’s not sounding how I would like it to. Appreciate y’all!
