One of my drills had just finished teaching at master gunner school when he joined us about 10 weeks in. He heard about my talent for VID and decided to knock that smart ass private down a notch. He first asked, what is the T72 armed with and be exact: so a little smart ass popped out and replied with "A 2a46 125 rifled gun with a 1a40 fire control system." I got a 'look' and a frown. The he asked what was the Centurion armed with: I figured he was looking at catching me only giving one of the many guns it had. "Drill Sergeant, the Mark I and II with a OQF 17# Gun, Mark III through Mark V/I with a OQF 20#, and all successive gun armed marks with various models of the Royal Ordinance L7 series, save for South African and Israeli experiments with the Rhiennmetal 120.". Yet another occasion where my smart ass nature did not serve me well.... Not the first and not the last.
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Member of the Bofors fan club! The M1911 of automatic cannon.
Proud fan(atic) of the CV90 Series.
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