Twigg
NES Member
All are pics I took, none of me.
These are from 1977 when I was stationed out on the west coast on Port Hueneme, Ca with NMCB40. These pics were taken during one of the times we went up to Fort Irwin for training.
Enjoy.
Mugu Rock, Hwy 1
I snapped this pic somewhere south of the rock on a nice beach I used to hang out at. We (The Seabees) had our rifle range a couple miles on the other side of the rock.
NMCB40 Alpha Co. my hooch Odd tent, eh ? My fire team found itself one man short and we were issued “shelter halves” so we jerry rigged a poncho and two halves into a bigger tent. Good thing as we actually had rain in the desert while we were there.
Card game
Main Camp
Guard Duty
Now the good stuff; The M-40 Recoilless Rifle on the range;
You think its noisy being in between a couple of .50 BMG’s on the line ?
Try sittin’ in the fun seat on one of these !
We had night fire too. That was cool.
From the range tower
Who else but a Seabee would hike out onto the range for some pics ?
(Unexploded ordnance was a possibility…. )
One of the shot-up APC targets.
A view through the optical sight on the recoilless, the object was to position the target between the stadia lines according to how the target presented itself and then let fly with one or two .50 spotter rounds to confirm being on target and push the bang switch
The red & white post is an offset night sight You zero the rifle on target during the day then place the stake in line with one of the stadia lines and adjust a light on the stake to superimpose on an illuminated dot in the sight.
Here’s a stack of ammo boxes and spent shells,
One week of full distance range practice was followed by one week of tactical war games, This was where we got to hump that friggin huge gun around in the desert on foot. Two guys on the breech, one on the muzzle with a box of two shells on your back, webgear, rifle, alice pack, team leader got the PRC-77 radio and pushed the tripod/wheelbarrow mount. Well, actually five days. Then two days going up against Opforce We were lucky to get a truck mount for that.
This was before MILES gear came into use, it was blanks, M-80’s lots of “observers”, real live tear gas and no candy-ass “stress cards” !
These are from 1977 when I was stationed out on the west coast on Port Hueneme, Ca with NMCB40. These pics were taken during one of the times we went up to Fort Irwin for training.
Enjoy.
Mugu Rock, Hwy 1
I snapped this pic somewhere south of the rock on a nice beach I used to hang out at. We (The Seabees) had our rifle range a couple miles on the other side of the rock.
NMCB40 Alpha Co. my hooch Odd tent, eh ? My fire team found itself one man short and we were issued “shelter halves” so we jerry rigged a poncho and two halves into a bigger tent. Good thing as we actually had rain in the desert while we were there.
Card game
Main Camp
Guard Duty
Now the good stuff; The M-40 Recoilless Rifle on the range;
You think its noisy being in between a couple of .50 BMG’s on the line ?
Try sittin’ in the fun seat on one of these !
We had night fire too. That was cool.
From the range tower
Who else but a Seabee would hike out onto the range for some pics ?
(Unexploded ordnance was a possibility…. )
One of the shot-up APC targets.
A view through the optical sight on the recoilless, the object was to position the target between the stadia lines according to how the target presented itself and then let fly with one or two .50 spotter rounds to confirm being on target and push the bang switch
The red & white post is an offset night sight You zero the rifle on target during the day then place the stake in line with one of the stadia lines and adjust a light on the stake to superimpose on an illuminated dot in the sight.
Here’s a stack of ammo boxes and spent shells,
One week of full distance range practice was followed by one week of tactical war games, This was where we got to hump that friggin huge gun around in the desert on foot. Two guys on the breech, one on the muzzle with a box of two shells on your back, webgear, rifle, alice pack, team leader got the PRC-77 radio and pushed the tripod/wheelbarrow mount. Well, actually five days. Then two days going up against Opforce We were lucky to get a truck mount for that.
This was before MILES gear came into use, it was blanks, M-80’s lots of “observers”, real live tear gas and no candy-ass “stress cards” !