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Offline KABAR2

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Some lite reading.......
« on: July 06, 2009, 06:20:53 PM »
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Mr president I do not cling to either my gun or my Bible.... my gun is holstered on my side so I may carry my Bible and quote from it!

Sed tamen sal petrae LURO VOPO CAN UTRIET sulphuris; et sic facies tonituum et coruscationem si scias artficium

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Re: Some lite reading.......
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2009, 06:43:54 PM »
Wow, Super!  The very first one debunks the Mythbusters splinter theory right of the bat, considering it as part of Naval engagement.  Even tells the best way to make splinters.  Cool bring em on!!!
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Re: Some lite reading.......
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2009, 06:59:46 PM »
     Thanks Allen.  Those are very interesting to us and we can vouch for that #4 book by Holley.  We have both volumes, I and II and, if you like reading about big, pre 1898 cannon effects on a variety of armored targets, then you won't be disappointed in those.  Both volumes are available as inexpensive, desktop-published, soft covers, rather than rare, expensive, originals.

Very nice, Allen, thanks,

Mike and Tracy
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Smokin' my pipe on the mountings, sniffin' the mornin'-cool,
I walks in my old brown gaiters along o' my old brown mule,
With seventy gunners be'ind me, an' never a beggar forgets
It's only the pick of the Army that handles the dear little pets - 'Tss! 'Tss!

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Re: Some lite reading.......
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2009, 12:30:50 AM »
Allen,

The third URL down, "A Treatise on Coast-defense" by Victor Ernst Karl Rudolf von Scheliha (Whew!) gave me a description of the American Civil War that I've never heard before: "The Late North American War." Thanks for posting this.
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