In the middle of 130mm field artillery barrage

[chain]

Pictures from the receiving end of a 130mm field artillery barrage. No airbursts but scary enough. Around 0:30 you can see an incoming projectile.

 

[Rico]

130mm ? What an odd calibre - who has 130mm guns?

 

[chain]

Battery of Finnish Army field artillery cannons model 130 K 54

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/130_mm_towed_field_gun_M1954_(M-46)

 

[Rico]

Ah. Thanks. Looked Scandinavian.

 

[Hedgehog]

Pretty Scary what ever source they are coming from

 

[Nathangun]

I'm shell shocked after watching that

 

[Bootie]

Its not as bad as I first imagined it to be.... easy to comprehend now how some folk survived artillery barrages.

 

[Vartuoosi]

So that's what it looks like from the other end.
The sound of shrapnel flying around was nasty as hell.

 

[Ithikial]

Always thought the arty in CM was a little too lethal. Unless the rounds are more 'training rounds' rather than in conflict HE. Difference?

 

[Richtig]

@Ithikial surely that can't be true. In Ww2 artillery was the killer.

 

[Nathangun]

Always thought the arty in CM was a little too lethal. Unless the rounds are more 'training rounds' rather than in conflict HE. Difference?

It's more dangerous than it looked I think, lot of shrapnel buzzing about.

 

[2054172]

To bad they did not put out dummies and manikins to see the effect on humans.