"They throw grenades, we pull pins and throw back"

MikeP · 08-19-2015, 01:07 PM

The ammo was swiped from the caches. doctored at rear areas , and actually returned to the caches.

Also random magazines were dropped in various locations.

Some mortar ammo and other stuff underwent the treatment.

A few US casualties resulted from this.

At least one load went down during a reinsertion when the chopper was struck and exploded.

Another guy was firing a captured mortar when the round detonated leaving the tube.

This was one reason that there was a general order regarding not using captured weapons or ammo.

We were not the 1st people in history to think this up.
SOG did exploit the concept very well.

I knew a number of guys involved in this operation. It was really a dangerous undertaking. I was lucky to be sent to an A Detatchment.

It was the luck of the draw in SF in those days.

08-19-2015, 01:07 PM	#11
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	The ammo was swiped from the caches. doctored at rear areas , and actually returned to the caches. Also random magazines were dropped in various locations. Some mortar ammo and other stuff underwent the treatment. A few US casualties resulted from this. At least one load went down during a reinsertion when the chopper was struck and exploded. Another guy was firing a captured mortar when the round detonated leaving the tube. This was one reason that there was a general order regarding not using captured weapons or ammo. We were not the 1st people in history to think this up. SOG did exploit the concept very well. I knew a number of guys involved in this operation. It was really a dangerous undertaking. I was lucky to be sent to an A Detatchment. It was the luck of the draw in SF in those days.