>> ^IronDwarf:

>> ^NordlichReiter:
I had a college professor, for game design, one of many problems involved the trajectory of artillery.
At what angle would you need to raise the barrel of a 150MM Howitzer in order to crest the top of a hill that is 150 meters high, and hit a target that is 5 miles away?
Here's the real question. What would be done if the geometry teacher had said, where would someone stand if they intended to kill say, Osama Bin Laden? Probably nothing.

I'm not even sure how to respond to you if you don't see the difference in using a hated enemy of the country and the President in a hypothetical math problem.


I'm saying it's not OK to use anyone.

>> ^longde:

So, if a local teacher used you or any of your loved ones in a murder example, that would be cool...hypothetically speaking, of course>> ^LarsaruS:
>> ^IronDwarf:
>> ^NordlichReiter:
I had a college professor, for game design, one of many problems involved the trajectory of artillery.
At what angle would you need to raise the barrel of a 150MM Howitzer in order to crest the top of a hill that is 150 meters high, and hit a target that is 5 miles away?
Here's the real question. What would be done if the geometry teacher had said, where would someone stand if they intended to kill say, Osama Bin Laden? Probably nothing.

I'm not even sure how to respond to you if you don't see the difference in using a hated enemy of the country and the President in a hypothetical math problem.

Well, the first is a human being and the second is a human being too... Wait? What was the question again?
Ah, right... Hypothetical!



Yes. It would be. I don't let hypothetical statements bother me... there are a lot more stuff to be bothered by in real life. And if it works and the students learn (more than they would have otherwise)... I say go for it.

So, if a local teacher used you or any of your loved ones in a murder example, that would be cool...hypothetically speaking, of course>> ^LarsaruS:

>> ^IronDwarf:
>> ^NordlichReiter:
I had a college professor, for game design, one of many problems involved the trajectory of artillery.
At what angle would you need to raise the barrel of a 150MM Howitzer in order to crest the top of a hill that is 150 meters high, and hit a target that is 5 miles away?
Here's the real question. What would be done if the geometry teacher had said, where would someone stand if they intended to kill say, Osama Bin Laden? Probably nothing.

I'm not even sure how to respond to you if you don't see the difference in using a hated enemy of the country and the President in a hypothetical math problem.

Well, the first is a human being and the second is a human being too... Wait? What was the question again?
Ah, right... Hypothetical!

>> ^IronDwarf:

>> ^NordlichReiter:
I had a college professor, for game design, one of many problems involved the trajectory of artillery.
At what angle would you need to raise the barrel of a 150MM Howitzer in order to crest the top of a hill that is 150 meters high, and hit a target that is 5 miles away?
Here's the real question. What would be done if the geometry teacher had said, where would someone stand if they intended to kill say, Osama Bin Laden? Probably nothing.

I'm not even sure how to respond to you if you don't see the difference in using a hated enemy of the country and the President in a hypothetical math problem.


Well, the first is a human being and the second is a human being too... Wait? What was the question again?
Ah, right... Hypothetical!

>> ^NordlichReiter:

I had a college professor, for game design, one of many problems involved the trajectory of artillery.
At what angle would you need to raise the barrel of a 150MM Howitzer in order to crest the top of a hill that is 150 meters high, and hit a target that is 5 miles away?
Here's the real question. What would be done if the geometry teacher had said, where would someone stand if they intended to kill say, Osama Bin Laden? Probably nothing.


I'm not even sure how to respond to you if you don't see the difference in using a hated enemy of the country and the President in a hypothetical math problem.

I had a college professor, for game design, one of many problems involved the trajectory of artillery.

At what angle would you need to raise the barrel of a 150MM Howitzer in order to crest the top of a hill that is 150 meters high, and hit a target that is 5 miles away?

Here's the real question. What would be done if the geometry teacher had said, where would someone stand if they intended to kill say, Osama Bin Laden? Probably nothing.

"I ask unanimous consent to revise my script, and also revise the manner in which the people of a very large country are handed hours of diversion in order to distract my otherwise functional and fully capable fellow humans who I have to share my planet with, from paying attention to what matters, what is best for them, and what won't make them functionally impaired dysfunctionals, so that we may begin the process of beneficial evolution...and stop playing a game of fucking Russian roulette with a howitzer."

Eat the righteous food and you won't need a doctor, monkeys!

oh wait...can't do that...corporations grow that shit for us now....fuck it...vote for someone who will fix all our ills and gimme the red pill..........

I'm surprised this isn't done with dynamite or howitzers; a helicopter swinging a big heavy blunt-force instrument seems like it would be difficult to control.

My stepfather was in an 8" howitzer outfit on the Western Front in France in 1918. Before he died in 1985 at the age of 93, he told me a lot about being on the receiving end of a German artillery barrage.

He said that there was no way possible for anyone to understand what it was like unless you had been there yourself. He also stated that he had seen several BRAVE men go insane after having over 1,000 (that's right, one thousand!) rounds come down in just a few short hours.

Unfortunately for this good man, he was gassed with Mustard gas. He suffered from this for the rest of his life, and until about a year before he died, still had nightmares about being shelled.

Thank each and every one of you who have served!

From an ex-Staff Sargent, 379th Bomb Wing (Heavy), Strategic Air Command, USAF 1968-1972

"The Marine Corps has switched to a totally new howitzer, the M777 that is a world apart from the old M198, the cannon I worked with."

I'm not sure what that means, but I think it means you get to shoot big guns!

"But that means I have to TOTALLY relearn my job. Since I've gotten out, the Marine Corps has switched to a totally new howitzer, the M777 that is a world apart from the old M198"


You'll have no problem. I use one every day in Call of Duty for ps3. Pretty easy.

>> ^NordlichReiter:
Utter Stupidity.
To think that porking a woman is going to protect your from a bullet or an 105 millimeter air burst howitzer shell.
I am going to go back to reading the god delusion.
The stupidity is, astounding.


Actually, a lot of times they are still using machetes to clean out villages the old fashioned way

Utter Stupidity.

To think that porking a woman is going to protect your from a bullet or an 105 millimeter air burst howitzer shell.

I am going to go back to reading the god delusion.

The stupidity is, astounding.

Fucken A. And I just learned to drive M35's, so that's one thing taken care of....

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
haha - Now all you need is a howitzer, some ammo and a big fuckin' truck, eh?

In reply to this comment by calvados:
Now I'm all set!

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Ohh, there's a whole lot of SOPs to go through on that one. If you really want to know, I can point you to the technical manual (it's not hard to understand) and it will tell you exactly what needs to be done. (do a search for misfire in the pdf document)

but basically it depends on how hot the tube is. It will get hot from constant firing, and isn't really much of a problem to worry about unless you're in some deep shit and have been firing non-stop. The thermal indicator is green, yellow and red for cold, warm and hot. I've never seen it past low warm.

So basically what happens after you pull the string and nothing happens is that you pull it three more times. If still nothing happens, you try another primer. If still nothing happens, it's the firing mechanism or the firing pin. those need to be replaced. If they do need to be replaced, you just take the powder out of the tube (considering a cold tube) and replace it and fire away.

In reply to this comment by calvados:
What do you do with an arty misfire anyway -- wait 60 seconds and then open the breech and slide the shell back out?

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Ha! "Hangfire" - I haven't heard that in a while.

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'bottle, nutshot, oh the humanity' to 'bottle, rocket, slow fuse, hangfire, nutshot, oh the humanity' - edited by calvados

haha - Now all you need is a howitzer, some ammo and a big fuckin' truck, eh?

In reply to this comment by calvados:
Now I'm all set!

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Ohh, there's a whole lot of SOPs to go through on that one. If you really want to know, I can point you to the technical manual (it's not hard to understand) and it will tell you exactly what needs to be done. (do a search for misfire in the pdf document)

but basically it depends on how hot the tube is. It will get hot from constant firing, and isn't really much of a problem to worry about unless you're in some deep shit and have been firing non-stop. The thermal indicator is green, yellow and red for cold, warm and hot. I've never seen it past low warm.

So basically what happens after you pull the string and nothing happens is that you pull it three more times. If still nothing happens, you try another primer. If still nothing happens, it's the firing mechanism or the firing pin. those need to be replaced. If they do need to be replaced, you just take the powder out of the tube (considering a cold tube) and replace it and fire away.

In reply to this comment by calvados:
What do you do with an arty misfire anyway -- wait 60 seconds and then open the breech and slide the shell back out?

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Ha! "Hangfire" - I haven't heard that in a while.

In reply to this comment by siftbot:
Tags for this video have been changed from 'bottle, nutshot, oh the humanity' to 'bottle, rocket, slow fuse, hangfire, nutshot, oh the humanity' - edited by calvados