tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post1051501348627106628..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Oh, great Heat Tab!FDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-64424672919749926592012-04-12T05:23:54.921-07:002012-04-12T05:23:54.921-07:00Chief,
i was thinking about the sweet little swedi...Chief,<br />i was thinking about the sweet little swedish stove that i once carried faithfully.<br />In the mech i heated my rations on engine blocks.<br />In SF i used c 4.<br />jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-89607743574760512512012-04-10T13:03:04.748-07:002012-04-10T13:03:04.748-07:00Lisa: We did, indeed.
The heat tabs are, indeed, ...Lisa: We did, indeed.<br /><br />The heat tabs are, indeed, an "Army I Knew" thing. They disappeared in the mid-Eighties right after the MREs came in. A few of us who loved us some Dinty Moore Beef Stew and didn't mind the weight cached as many as we could knowing they'd be out of the inventory. Good times.<br /><br />Jim: I remember reading somwehere (I think it may have been Tony Herbert's <i>Soldier</i> that he read a bomb-damage assessment from his unit's AO that reported so-and-so many "infantry emplacements destroyed" and remarking that the "emplacements" were NVA foxholes, and wondering how you "destroyed" a hole in the ground by blowing a bigger hole.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-30701568955209041372012-04-10T05:49:01.063-07:002012-04-10T05:49:01.063-07:00Chief,
If i remember correctly you could get high ...Chief,<br />If i remember correctly you could get high off the fumes of the heat tab, if used in a closed environment, like a poncho over a fighting position.<br />A fighting position is another word for -HOLE IN THE GROUND.<br />jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-24691388672316579322012-04-09T20:48:31.888-07:002012-04-09T20:48:31.888-07:00I did not know about trioxane bars.
I'm glad ...I did not know about trioxane bars.<br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed a pleasant, sunny weekend.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.com