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Why were they arguing with each other when they could've been getting their story straight for the officer back at base
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I’ve stood next to but still a few feet back from the muzzle of a M1 Garand when it fired let me tell you, you feel the concussion through your entire body. That’s just 30.06
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Mad Dragon posted:I've fired an AR15 with a pretty aggressive muzzle brake. That's a relatively tiny round, and it'll clear out your sinuses. I'm sure standing in front of a tank will clear out your sinuses and every other cavity in your body. When we were in Korea and doing some practice firing in the tanks, the complete gently caress nut of a battalion commander rolled up in a humvee and parked less than 10 metres away, about level with the front of the hull. Him and his driver wanted to take photos but when someone went up and told them they might want to move, he of course yelled all kind of abuse at them and told them to gently caress off. So we get word over the radio to make sure to be careful because the battalion commander is there, so of course it became the equivalent of a tank mag dump. Not that it worked beyond the first couple of rounds, as the first one busted the glass all down one side of the humvee and cracked the windshield. They quickly stumbled out the other side and went running for cover, going straight to the medic tent. So yeah, those dudes are gonna be having a very, very bad day.
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Scratch Monkey posted:I’ve stood next to but still a few feet back from the muzzle of a M1 Garand when it fired let me tell you, you feel the concussion through your entire body. That’s just 30.06 I was directly under a .50 barrel as it fired a couple of bursts during a firefight once. Would not recommend.
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I'm a filthy civilian so maybe this is a dumb question but do US troops/most modern militaries use hearing protection in the field? Obviously this doesn't do anything for the actual concussion of gunfire/explosions either way. And historically did soldiers ever use anything or was everyone who served in combat before the last couple decades just deaf as gently caress?
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Jan 22, 2020 01:08
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not caring here posted:When we were in Korea and doing some practice firing in the tanks, the complete gently caress nut of a battalion commander rolled up in a humvee and parked less than 10 metres away, about level with the front of the hull. Him and his driver wanted to take photos but when someone went up and told them they might want to move, he of course yelled all kind of abuse at them and told them to gently caress off. A god drat war hero. Thank you for your service my kinda ape posted:And historically did soldiers ever use anything or was everyone who served in combat before the last couple decades just deaf as gently caress? They were deaf as gently caress
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Jan 22, 2020 01:10
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my kinda ape posted:And historically did soldiers ever use anything or was everyone who served in combat before the last couple decades just deaf as gently caress? They didn’t and a lot of combat vets came out deaf as hell
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Jan 22, 2020 01:12
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A lot of soldiers and marines these days have access to ear pro that amplifies voices and deadens gunshots. They always run outta batteries tho
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Jan 22, 2020 01:52
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mawp mawp
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Jan 22, 2020 01:59
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Hearing loss is a major source of VA disability ratings IIRC
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Jan 22, 2020 02:13
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I went to Battlefield Vegas. A minigun indoors is surprisingly fine, just the entire room vibrating. A .50 BMG physically hurts even with ear protection because the concussion just smacks your head. Worst I got was a 2 pounder black powder cannon from 100 feet without protection. Felt like an ice pick jammed in my ear.
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Jan 22, 2020 02:49
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EBB posted:mawp mawp WHAT? this constant ringing from artillery fire isn't normal?
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Jan 22, 2020 02:52
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The Carl Gustav rocks you pretty hard when you fire it. Shoot a few rounds and you just feel tired for the rest of the day. We were told that it was medically recommended to only shoot like 5-6 rounds in one day but we didn't really follow that.
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Jan 22, 2020 03:34
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subterfudge posted:The Carl Gustav rocks you pretty hard when you fire it. Shoot a few rounds and you just feel tired for the rest of the day. We were told that it was medically recommended to only shoot like 5-6 rounds in one day but we didn't really follow that. yeh but you got to shoot a carl gustav i bet that thing is fuckin sick
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Jan 22, 2020 05:24
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LibCrusher posted:A lot of soldiers and marines these days have access to ear pro that amplifies voices and deadens gunshots. They always run outta batteries tho Also the earplugs that were supposed to block impulse sounds but allow everything else that the military issued out ended up being defective.
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Jan 23, 2020 00:16
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Yeah, that 3M class action doing the late night tv rounds. Someone told me that I had them in the wrong way and I said I couldn't tell the difference, and they called me an idiot. Well guess who's laughing now dickhead No one. No one is laughing because none of us can hear the joke over the ringing in our ears
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Ken Bone Comeback posted:yeh but you got to shoot a carl gustav i bet that thing is fuckin sick Oh yeah, it was the coolest thing I ever shot in the army. It sucks to even be on the giving end of it, could only imagine what it's like on the other end.
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Jan 23, 2020 01:35
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chitoryu12 posted:I went to Battlefield Vegas. A minigun indoors is surprisingly fine, just the entire room vibrating. A .50 BMG physically hurts even with ear protection because the concussion just smacks your head. It also felt like it turned my entire chest into a bass drum. They had this going on in the parking lot the day I was there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9gylhS5klc
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Jan 23, 2020 02:07
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Literally everyone in the military has a good chance at a tinnitus rating. There were numerous times I had to check external doors on the E-3 while we held short of the runway. Four screaming turbines will gently caress your hearing up real good.
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Jan 23, 2020 02:26
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bloops posted:Literally everyone in the military has a good chance at a tinnitus rating. I used to maintain the ILS when I was active, and therefore spent a lot of time right next to the runway. I got to a point where if an F-16 taking off towards me wasn’t loaded up with anything, I wouldn’t even bother covering my ears. But if that jet was fully loaded with drop tanks and missiles, you bet your rear end I would jam my fingers in my ears. Luckily, I only ended up with a high pitched, temporary tone in my ears once every month or two that only lasts a couple minutes.
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bloops posted:Literally everyone in the military has a good chance at a tinnitus rating. Data centers...
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subterfudge posted:The Carl Gustav rocks you pretty hard when you fire it. Shoot a few rounds and you just feel tired for the rest of the day. We were told that it was medically recommended to only shoot like 5-6 rounds in one day but we didn't really follow that. Most I've shot in one day is about 40 as a loader and about 15 as a gunner. I had a bitching headache the entire evening. Ken Bone Comeback posted:yeh but you got to shoot a carl gustav i bet that thing is fuckin sick That's just the beginning of it. You think you know loud. The only thing I ever encountered that was louder was standing some 60-70 meters away from 155mm arty firing. If those things didn't have barrels to somewhat dampen the gases coming out and instead just farted the pressure out the back I have no idea how loud they would be. Fun Charlie Gutsache fact: there's a fat rubber ring right at the end of the rear bell. That's not a protection against it denting against something. That thing is a loving vibration dampener. If you fire the CG a few times without it, the vibration from the explosion will literally cause it to go out of spec because of the wear induced 
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bloops posted:Literally everyone in the military has a good chance at a tinnitus rating. pkells posted:I used to maintain the ILS when I was active, and therefore spent a lot of time right next to the runway. I got to a point where if an F-16 taking off towards me wasn’t loaded up with anything, I wouldn’t even bother covering my ears. But if that jet was fully loaded with drop tanks and missiles, you bet your rear end I would jam my fingers in my ears. I have some news for you gentlemen! My dad did 3500+ hours on Looking Glass in the 70s and has high-frequency hearing loss from it. VA only rates low-frequency hearing loss.
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Between Datacenters and C-130s/E-8Cs, I've got a ringing that comes and goes only in my left ear about three times a month. Only lasts 5-10 seconds.
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Jan 23, 2020 19:33
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Can like 3rd or 4th the CG being bitching loud and fun as gently caress to shoot. Fun fact, don't shoot it standing in a puddle or you'll soak your boots and legs. One of the best memories I have of the CAF is being on the CG range in LFCATC Meaford. There's a rusted out Sherman on the range and I was so gung ho like "yeah I'm gonna put a hole in grandpa's tank". We each had two training rounds. First one is wildly off, so I adjust, and fire. I must have hit a weld or a sprocket or something because the thing just Sonic'd right on outta the range all GOTTA GO FAST with this awesome high pitched zinging sound. It looked like the fattest tracer you've ever seen headed deep into the training area. In short Gustavs rule.
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this popped up in my youtube suggestions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfx74JBz2EI
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I spent this week TDY at Idaho National Labs doing some  and when one of our hosts mentioned the engines for a nuclear-powered bomber I perked right up and asked if I could take a picture of the "flying crime against humanity." Luckily it was part of the tour anyway (along with a really good ice cream store). As you might expect, something like this needs to be out in the middle of loving nowhere, which is why they put it in Idaho.   One of them, I think the second, apparently caught fire during testing and made part of the warehouse they were being built in hot zones for the next few generations.  Airman for scale. These things are loving huge, I think I've lived in houses smaller than them.  I love the verbiage in the last paragraph here, but the whole display is about how awful an idea it was, emphasizing that it was obsolete and unnecessary even when they conceived of it.
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The NB-36 is one of the greatest Cold War projects.
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The museum there (EBR-1, the first breeder reactor and self-sufficient nuclear power plant) is p. good as well. I, too, have a goony picture in front of the ANP testbeds.
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MRC48B posted:The museum there (EBR-1, the first breeder reactor and self-sufficient nuclear power plant) is p. good as well. I'm definitely going to see if I can justify a trip back when it's open to
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CommieGIR posted:Between Datacenters and C-130s/E-8Cs, I've got a ringing that comes and goes only in my left ear about three times a month. Only lasts 5-10 seconds. You’re lucky. I get a solid tone about 3-4x a week. Sometimes it’s hardly an annoyance and others it feels like a dagger in my ear.
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That's on the list too. So is Project Pluto.
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Force de Fappe posted:Most I've shot in one day is about 40 as a loader and about 15 as a gunner. I had a bitching headache the entire evening. The day I got qualified for it the instructor AGed for about 60 or so shots. He said he was definitely feeling it as the day went on. For cool Cold War prototypes Project Pluto and the Dyna-Soar are my favorites.
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Read about the SL-1 reactor incident for a good time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL-1?wprov=sfla1
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CommieGIR posted:Read about the SL-1 reactor incident for a good time: that, Chernobyl, and three mile island incident reports were some fun classroom reading at powerschool.
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subterfudge posted:The day I got qualified for it the instructor AGed for about 60 or so shots. He said he was definitely feeling it as the day went on. So did they make sure during speccing / design that you're not getting a lil cumulative TBI every time you fire the thing or is it just lol yolo nobody has bothered to run the stats yet on what happes to CG instructors after retirement?
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Kawasaki Nun posted:that, Chernobyl, and three mile island incident reports were some fun classroom reading at powerschool. Yup, we covered it in reactor physics, its certainly eye opening.
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Kawasaki Nun posted:that, Chernobyl, and three mile island incident reports were some fun classroom reading at powerschool. I wish I could find a copy of that manual, but it's probably still classified.
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aphid_licker posted:So did they make sure during speccing / design that you're not getting a lil cumulative TBI every time you fire the thing or is it just lol yolo nobody has bothered to run the stats yet on what happes to CG instructors after retirement? I think you know the answer.
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