Newsgroups: sci.military Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!cbnews!military From: jumper@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Michael Lanham) Subject: Re: FAMS Organization: NCSU Computing Center Date: Mon, 22 Oct 90 04:02:03 GMT Approved: military@att.att.com Message-ID: <1990Oct22.040203.18529@cbnews.att.com> References: <1990Oct10.000446.29977@cbnews.att.com> <1990Oct18.021012.6226@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military-request@att.att.com Lines: 30 From: jumper@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Michael Lanham) bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) writes: >In article <1990Oct10.000446.29977@cbnews.att.com>, riga@uncecs.edu (Helmuts A. Fiefs) writes: >> >> >> From: Helmuts A. Fiefs >> The poster that indicated that FAM's were used to clear lz's was most >> likely wrong. I remember that a blockbuster , 10k tnt bomb, used in WW2 was >> the weopon of choice. It knocked down trees and really cleared the area.... > I've gone into LZs cleared by these types of "daisy cutters" - helicoptors > have to hover 5-6 feet off the ground 'cause the splintered stumps of trees > are 3-4 feet high. 'Tis no fun jumping out - specially carrying a 50lb > ruck sack!!!! Some missions were aborted 'cause the helicoptors could > not set down. (Who picked this LZ anyway?) Actually, the poster was not wrong. It probable depends on the area that the FAM was used and the terrain of the future lz. my dad has told me several times that they had to use FAMs to clear bamboo grass for lzs. -- Hewho will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. --- Sir William Drummond Michael Lanham mjlanham@eos.ncsu.edu