Cold freezing weather shooting

tomaustin · 01-18-2022, 01:56 PM

in the winters of 1961 and 62, I was training troops in Colorado at Camp Hale on the continental divide at Leadville.

much of it dealt with artillery.

at -20 we fired a battery of 105 howitzers....they froze in the open position after 1 round....we finished the day doing our training by hollering "BOOM" each time the guns were to be fired....

the lows at night stopped on the thermometer at -50 because that was the bottom of the scale------don't know what the temp actually was....

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01-18-2022, 01:56 PM	#3
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 523 Times in 202 Posts	in the winters of 1961 and 62, I was training troops in Colorado at Camp Hale on the continental divide at Leadville. much of it dealt with artillery. at -20 we fired a battery of 105 howitzers....they froze in the open position after 1 round....we finished the day doing our training by hollering "BOOM" each time the guns were to be fired.... the lows at night stopped on the thermometer at -50 because that was the bottom of the scale------don't know what the temp actually was....