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This is not a ricochet story, but close enough that I can't resist.
When I was in the Army, we were one day burning up some excess .50 cal ammo on a pair of tripod-mounted M2's. Long story short, we were done and a new LT was picking up a few bent, unfired rounds that had been ejected and fallen to the ground. He took very seriously that we were not to turn in any unexpended ammo. Before anyone knew what he was doing, he started single-shot firing one of the M2's that had only moments before burned through several cans of all-white tracer ammo. Needless to say, it was pretty warm. One stubborn round refused to fire, so he jacked the handle, and again, just a click. He jacked again and Kaboom, a cook-off in the ejection port, resulting in some "personal" injury.
He was taken away in the medic track, and thereafter referred to as LT Thundernuts.
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Panzerführer
Die Wahrheit ist eine Perle. Werfen sie nicht vor die Säue.
When I was in the Army, we were one day burning up some excess .50 cal ammo on a pair of tripod-mounted M2's. Long story short, we were done and a new LT was picking up a few bent, unfired rounds that had been ejected and fallen to the ground. He took very seriously that we were not to turn in any unexpended ammo. Before anyone knew what he was doing, he started single-shot firing one of the M2's that had only moments before burned through several cans of all-white tracer ammo. Needless to say, it was pretty warm. One stubborn round refused to fire, so he jacked the handle, and again, just a click. He jacked again and Kaboom, a cook-off in the ejection port, resulting in some "personal" injury.
He was taken away in the medic track, and thereafter referred to as LT Thundernuts.
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Panzerführer
Die Wahrheit ist eine Perle. Werfen sie nicht vor die Säue.