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I have a B-in-law who when I 1st met him was a ballistics physicist at
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. It runs in that thread of the family as
his mother and one daughter are in, were in, a similar business. He
later went on to space junk. I never did ask him much as to what he did
there with cannons... though I am curious what shooting projectiles
means in the last 30 years of the 20th century. I would say that as much
as effort went into the science of building a fort their would be as
much curious energy and science put to holing one.
][<en
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> In a message dated 5/3/2007 10:20:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> According to the NPS ranger, the yankees would fire a solid
> projectile making a nice small opening in the brick. They would
> then follow up with an explosive projective into the hole blowing
> an even larger hole. They essentially put two shots into an area
> the size of a garbage can lid from 1 mile away.
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> I would think shots like that would be a matter of sheer luck until
> the days of laser-guided missiles. Sounds like Pyrate's Spam War radio
> to me.
>
> Nice pix, though, Brian.
>
> Ralph
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