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    Need info with this old Explosive Ordnance

    OWDU, Would you believe that there were still some stocks of 3.5" HEAT hidden away gathering dust in magazines as late as 1994? I was posted to the EOD school in 1992 and there were several hundred of the rockets there, being used for training Basic EOD students in dud disposal. I think it was...
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    Need info with this old Explosive Ordnance

    Yes, that's what has us wondering at the school. How and why did they end up here? Many moons ago the Infantry School was here. Were they part of the initial trials for the Canadian Army at the time? How many where procured? Why exactly? So far, we have no other known instances of these items...
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    Need info with this old Explosive Ordnance

    And here's a photo of the two side by side.
  4. Geordie

    Need info with this old Explosive Ordnance

    It still leaves some un-anwered questions, but here is some additional info from NammoTalley Inc. on this 66mm rocket: You may, or most likely not know, that the M72 LAW system was derived from a rifle grenade that the US developed in the 1950s.  I have an old USMC infantry manual some where...
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    Need info with this old Explosive Ordnance

    Old Sweat, did you have any experience with the 3.2 inch Heller as well? We're trying to amass info on those as well, and any help would be greatly apprectiated! Can I ask how or what your exposure to the 66mm M72 was? Impressions, how it was conducted, anything really. This whole 66mm practice...
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