±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: cgsimpson
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6645

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 646
Total: 646
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Photo Gallery
02: CPGlang
03: Community Forums
04: Community Forums
05: Downloads
06: Member Screenshots
07: News
08: Photo Gallery
09: Community Forums
10: Home
11: Community Forums
12: Home
13: Downloads
14: Photo Gallery
15: Community Forums
16: Photo Gallery
17: Community Forums
18: Community Forums
19: Photo Gallery
20: Community Forums
21: Downloads
22: Community Forums
23: Downloads
24: Photo Gallery
25: Community Forums
26: Community Forums
27: Community Forums
28: Statistics
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: Community Forums
32: Home
33: Community Forums
34: Community Forums
35: Community Forums
36: Home
37: Community Forums
38: Statistics
39: Community Forums
40: Member Screenshots
41: Community Forums
42: Home
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: News Archive
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Home
49: Community Forums
50: Photo Gallery
51: Member Screenshots
52: Community Forums
53: Photo Gallery
54: Community Forums
55: Member Screenshots
56: Community Forums
57: Home
58: Community Forums
59: Community Forums
60: Photo Gallery
61: Downloads
62: Community Forums
63: Member Screenshots
64: Home
65: Community Forums
66: Community Forums
67: Community Forums
68: News Archive
69: Community Forums
70: Home
71: Photo Gallery
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Downloads
76: Photo Gallery
77: Community Forums
78: Community Forums
79: Community Forums
80: Community Forums
81: Downloads
82: Community Forums
83: CPGlang
84: Home
85: Community Forums
86: Home
87: Community Forums
88: Home
89: Home
90: Photo Gallery
91: Home
92: Community Forums
93: Community Forums
94: Photo Gallery
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Downloads
98: Community Forums
99: News
100: Community Forums
101: Downloads
102: Community Forums
103: Home
104: Community Forums
105: Member Screenshots
106: Community Forums
107: Community Forums
108: Community Forums
109: Downloads
110: Home
111: Community Forums
112: Community Forums
113: Community Forums
114: Community Forums
115: Community Forums
116: Community Forums
117: Community Forums
118: Community Forums
119: Community Forums
120: Downloads
121: Community Forums
122: Community Forums
123: Community Forums
124: Statistics
125: Photo Gallery
126: CPGlang
127: Community Forums
128: Community Forums
129: Community Forums
130: Community Forums
131: Community Forums
132: Home
133: Community Forums
134: Community Forums
135: News Archive
136: Community Forums
137: Community Forums
138: Community Forums
139: Community Forums
140: Community Forums
141: Community Forums
142: Home
143: Member Screenshots
144: Member Screenshots
145: Community Forums
146: CPGlang
147: Community Forums
148: Community Forums
149: Home
150: Photo Gallery
151: Home
152: Downloads
153: Home
154: Photo Gallery
155: Home
156: Community Forums
157: Home
158: Home
159: Community Forums
160: News
161: Community Forums
162: Community Forums
163: Community Forums
164: CPGlang
165: Community Forums
166: Community Forums
167: Community Forums
168: Home
169: Community Forums
170: CPGlang
171: Community Forums
172: Statistics
173: Downloads
174: CPGlang
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Photo Gallery
178: Community Forums
179: Community Forums
180: Community Forums
181: Community Forums
182: Photo Gallery
183: Home
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Community Forums
187: Community Forums
188: Community Forums
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: CPGlang
192: Photo Gallery
193: Downloads
194: Photo Gallery
195: Community Forums
196: Downloads
197: Community Forums
198: Downloads
199: Community Forums
200: Community Forums
201: Photo Gallery
202: Downloads
203: Downloads
204: Community Forums
205: Photo Gallery
206: Photo Gallery
207: Community Forums
208: Community Forums
209: Statistics
210: CPGlang
211: Community Forums
212: Community Forums
213: Home
214: Community Forums
215: Community Forums
216: Community Forums
217: News Archive
218: CPGlang
219: Community Forums
220: CPGlang
221: Community Forums
222: Community Forums
223: News
224: Photo Gallery
225: Downloads
226: Photo Gallery
227: Downloads
228: Community Forums
229: CPGlang
230: Home
231: Community Forums
232: Community Forums
233: Community Forums
234: Downloads
235: Your Account
236: Community Forums
237: Home
238: Statistics
239: Photo Gallery
240: Community Forums
241: Community Forums
242: Community Forums
243: Community Forums
244: Community Forums
245: Community Forums
246: News Archive
247: News Archive
248: Your Account
249: Community Forums
250: Home
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Community Forums
254: Photo Gallery
255: Photo Gallery
256: Community Forums
257: Home
258: Community Forums
259: Community Forums
260: Downloads
261: Photo Gallery
262: Photo Gallery
263: Downloads
264: CPGlang
265: Community Forums
266: Photo Gallery
267: Photo Gallery
268: Photo Gallery
269: Community Forums
270: Community Forums
271: Community Forums
272: Home
273: Photo Gallery
274: Community Forums
275: Downloads
276: Photo Gallery
277: Photo Gallery
278: Community Forums
279: CPGlang
280: Community Forums
281: Home
282: Community Forums
283: Home
284: News
285: Community Forums
286: Your Account
287: Community Forums
288: Community Forums
289: Photo Gallery
290: Home
291: Community Forums
292: Downloads
293: Community Forums
294: Downloads
295: Community Forums
296: Photo Gallery
297: Downloads
298: Community Forums
299: Community Forums
300: Downloads
301: Photo Gallery
302: Community Forums
303: Downloads
304: Community Forums
305: Member Screenshots
306: Community Forums
307: Community Forums
308: Community Forums
309: Statistics
310: Downloads
311: Community Forums
312: Downloads
313: Community Forums
314: Community Forums
315: Community Forums
316: Community Forums
317: Community Forums
318: Photo Gallery
319: Community Forums
320: Member Screenshots
321: Community Forums
322: Photo Gallery
323: News
324: Home
325: Community Forums
326: Downloads
327: Home
328: Home
329: Community Forums
330: Community Forums
331: Community Forums
332: Photo Gallery
333: CPGlang
334: Community Forums
335: Community Forums
336: Photo Gallery
337: Community Forums
338: Community Forums
339: Community Forums
340: Community Forums
341: Community Forums
342: Community Forums
343: Community Forums
344: Community Forums
345: Community Forums
346: Member Screenshots
347: Community Forums
348: Photo Gallery
349: News
350: Member Screenshots
351: Photo Gallery
352: Community Forums
353: Downloads
354: Community Forums
355: Photo Gallery
356: Community Forums
357: News
358: Community Forums
359: Home
360: Photo Gallery
361: Community Forums
362: Downloads
363: Community Forums
364: Community Forums
365: Community Forums
366: Community Forums
367: Photo Gallery
368: Community Forums
369: Community Forums
370: Your Account
371: Community Forums
372: Community Forums
373: Community Forums
374: Downloads
375: Community Forums
376: Your Account
377: CPGlang
378: Photo Gallery
379: News Archive
380: Community Forums
381: Community Forums
382: Community Forums
383: Community Forums
384: Community Forums
385: Community Forums
386: Community Forums
387: Community Forums
388: Photo Gallery
389: Community Forums
390: Community Forums
391: Community Forums
392: Community Forums
393: Downloads
394: Home
395: Your Account
396: Photo Gallery
397: Community Forums
398: Community Forums
399: Community Forums
400: Community Forums
401: Home
402: Photo Gallery
403: Community Forums
404: Community Forums
405: Community Forums
406: Community Forums
407: Downloads
408: Community Forums
409: Home
410: Community Forums
411: Community Forums
412: Photo Gallery
413: CPGlang
414: Community Forums
415: Community Forums
416: Downloads
417: Community Forums
418: Community Forums
419: Member Screenshots
420: Community Forums
421: Home
422: Home
423: CPGlang
424: Downloads
425: Community Forums
426: Community Forums
427: Your Account
428: Community Forums
429: Community Forums
430: Photo Gallery
431: Community Forums
432: Community Forums
433: Community Forums
434: Community Forums
435: Community Forums
436: Home
437: Photo Gallery
438: Community Forums
439: Community Forums
440: Photo Gallery
441: Photo Gallery
442: Community Forums
443: Community Forums
444: Community Forums
445: Community Forums
446: Photo Gallery
447: Downloads
448: Community Forums
449: Photo Gallery
450: Photo Gallery
451: Community Forums
452: Community Forums
453: Community Forums
454: Community Forums
455: Community Forums
456: Statistics
457: Photo Gallery
458: Photo Gallery
459: Community Forums
460: Community Forums
461: Your Account
462: CPGlang
463: Community Forums
464: Community Forums
465: Community Forums
466: Photo Gallery
467: Community Forums
468: Community Forums
469: Community Forums
470: Community Forums
471: Community Forums
472: Community Forums
473: Community Forums
474: News Archive
475: Home
476: Community Forums
477: Photo Gallery
478: Photo Gallery
479: Community Forums
480: Community Forums
481: CPGlang
482: Photo Gallery
483: Photo Gallery
484: Home
485: Photo Gallery
486: Home
487: Community Forums
488: Community Forums
489: CPGlang
490: Community Forums
491: Community Forums
492: Community Forums
493: Downloads
494: Community Forums
495: Photo Gallery
496: Community Forums
497: Home
498: Photo Gallery
499: Community Forums
500: Community Forums
501: Community Forums
502: Community Forums
503: CPGlang
504: Downloads
505: Community Forums
506: Community Forums
507: CPGlang
508: Downloads
509: Community Forums
510: Community Forums
511: Downloads
512: Home
513: Home
514: CPGlang
515: CPGlang
516: Photo Gallery
517: Photo Gallery
518: Photo Gallery
519: Home
520: Community Forums
521: Photo Gallery
522: Community Forums
523: Downloads
524: Your Account
525: Community Forums
526: CPGlang
527: Photo Gallery
528: Home
529: Photo Gallery
530: Community Forums
531: Photo Gallery
532: Community Forums
533: Community Forums
534: Community Forums
535: Photo Gallery
536: Community Forums
537: Community Forums
538: Community Forums
539: CPGlang
540: Community Forums
541: Downloads
542: Community Forums
543: Community Forums
544: Community Forums
545: Community Forums
546: Community Forums
547: Downloads
548: Community Forums
549: Community Forums
550: Community Forums
551: Community Forums
552: Community Forums
553: Downloads
554: Community Forums
555: Community Forums
556: Community Forums
557: Community Forums
558: Photo Gallery
559: Community Forums
560: News
561: Community Forums
562: CPGlang
563: Your Account
564: Home
565: Community Forums
566: Community Forums
567: Community Forums
568: Community Forums
569: Photo Gallery
570: Photo Gallery
571: Home
572: Community Forums
573: Home
574: Statistics
575: Your Account
576: CPGlang
577: Community Forums
578: Community Forums
579: Home
580: Community Forums
581: Photo Gallery
582: Community Forums
583: Community Forums
584: Photo Gallery
585: Downloads
586: Photo Gallery
587: Community Forums
588: Community Forums
589: Downloads
590: Community Forums
591: Community Forums
592: Community Forums
593: Community Forums
594: Community Forums
595: Photo Gallery
596: Photo Gallery
597: Community Forums
598: Community Forums
599: Photo Gallery
600: Community Forums
601: Photo Gallery
602: Community Forums
603: Community Forums
604: Community Forums
605: Community Forums
606: Community Forums
607: Photo Gallery
608: Community Forums
609: Downloads
610: Your Account
611: Downloads
612: Downloads
613: Photo Gallery
614: Community Forums
615: Downloads
616: Community Forums
617: Your Account
618: Community Forums
619: Community Forums
620: Photo Gallery
621: Community Forums
622: Photo Gallery
623: CPGlang
624: Community Forums
625: Community Forums
626: Community Forums
627: Community Forums
628: Downloads
629: Photo Gallery
630: Community Forums
631: Community Forums
632: Community Forums
633: Community Forums
634: Photo Gallery
635: Community Forums
636: Community Forums
637: Community Forums
638: Community Forums
639: CPGlang
640: Community Forums
641: Community Forums
642: Statistics
643: Photo Gallery
644: Community Forums
645: Community Forums
646: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Major Malfuntion
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
MarkHolloway
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2006
Posts: 2054
Location: Beatty, Nevada
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 1:10 am
Post subject: Major Malfuntion

This photo is labeled "cookoff in Graf". Note the cupola has been blown off! Wonder what happened? No doubt this resulted in 4 KIA's. Sad

_________________
"TUMBLEWEED"
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
Buq-Buq
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 04, 2006
Posts: 86

PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:20 am
Post subject: Re: Major Malfuntion

Those look like M114s in the background, so it is before my time. I should be safely in the clear on this one!

It looks like the turret is sitting on the ground in a puddle of water. I wonder if the mantle cover burned off, or was just taken off by hand? I don't really see any evidence of a fire.

When I was in Germany, I remember a unit had an antenna on an M60A3 strike some overhead power lines while crossing some railroad tracks. Apparently it burned in place for hours. I don't think there were any injuries, however.

Not to long after I ETSed, there was an incident at railhead where one tank literally shot another with its main gun through the rear of the turret. I seem to recall that the fatality in the target tank was involved in an extra-martial relationship with the shooter's wife. I think that the tanks involved in that one were M60A3s also.




Mark
Back to top
View user's profile
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:32 am
Post subject: Re: Major Malfuntion

I was onboard an M48A3 as a loader in AIT when a trainee gunner was tracking a moving target at night and blew his night vision on a shot flash. Kept tracking right after I had reloaded until we could hear the most alarming screams from the tank next to us on the firing line. Our TC had been momentarily distracted and was suddenly pounding on the gunner in the red light of the fighting compartment.

When I popped my head out the loaders hatch, the main was pointed squarely at the enormous white star of our immediate neighbor. An important lesson was learned by all.

I'm not sure what TP-T would do to the side of a 48 turret, but at 10-15' nobody was keen to find out.
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Dontos
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 3436
Location: Vine Grove, KY
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:35 am
Post subject: Re: Major Malfuntion

- Buq-Buq


When I was in Germany, I remember a unit had an antenna on an M60A3 strike some overhead power lines while crossing some railroad tracks. Apparently it burned in place for hours. I don't think there were any injuries, however.


Sounds like Parsburg, the old railhead for Hohenfels.



Not to long after I ETSed, there was an incident at railhead where one tank literally shot another with its main gun through the rear of the turret. I seem to recall that the fatality in the target tank was involved in an extra-martial relationship with the shooter's wife. I think that the tanks involved in that one were M60A3s also.


That incident sounds like one that happened at 'The Rock' (Kirchgons). Tank was rigged to fire (Service ammo) when the crew turn on the master power. It worked and as I heard there were a number of fatalities.

It was way before my time, 1986-89) but it sounds the same.

Regards
Don
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Joe_D
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 2066
Location: Razorback Country
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:10 am
Post subject: Re: Major Malfuntion

Looks like the results of a fire that set off the ammo.

You can still see some of the gun mantle shroud wires on the barrel after it burned off. Looks like that's where the turret landed after all the ammo cooked off in the hull. Wonder if this is the one that started with a Heater fire. Picture is before my time but sure looks like the Kasserine dirt motor pool.

Heard about the antenna accident, but only from the "Safety Stories" . Never seen any tank pictures of one actually brewing up after striking a wire. Usually it blows up the radios and they are insulated from the turret. We had an uploaded tank struck by lightning at Fort Riley during gunnery in '86 and that's all it did.

4 NOV 1980 at Parsburg was where a soldier uploaded Service Sabot and fired into the tank parked behind him at the rail head. Killed two and injured two. Was 3AD. Tanks had turrets over the rear and were in travel lock. Soldiers killed/injured were sleeping in their tank when it was hit. Was all over Stars and Stripes. Guy got 20 years. This is fact.

Don,

I heard of a similar incident to the one you mentioned at the "Rock". Except it was not successful. Main gun was rigged to go off when Master Power was turned on in drivers hole. Gun was aimed at some ones office or house, not sure. One of those third hand stories that your told by someone who knew someone that knew someone that was there. Take it for what it's worth.

_________________
Joe_D
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Dontos
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 3436
Location: Vine Grove, KY
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 5:16 am
Post subject: Re: Major Malfuntion

Damn

Just ruined a perfect Urban 'Rock' Legend......

How about this one....

attempting to gauge alert status, an unscheduled 'alert' drill was called. It was done in such a convincing manner (the alert orders) that everyone truely believed the 'balloon was going up'. The tank battalions were given 'bug out' orders (road clearence) but instead of an orderly exit from post, thru the usual exit gates, some unnerved tank crews stormed the fencelines, charging thru the kasernes boundry, and running for the cover of surrounding tree lines, 'locked & loaded' ,....every tank for itself. Shocked

Not the best type of event. Perhaps totally false, but a big part of 'Rock' lore.

There is also the entrenching tool battles on the parade field between tankers and grunts. Shocked

...ah the good ol days !!??

Don
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Sabot
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 380
Location: Kentucky
PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:49 pm
Post subject: Re: Major Malfuntion

Just a guess, but the rupture looks to be about the place a loader would have a round ready between his legs to save an extra second or two during a gunnery engagement. Perhaps an electrical short set off the round in his lap and it went through the roof.

I'd heard the story of the tank firing through another at Parsberg. I had heard that the soldier (one of them) had been messing with the guy's wife.

During REFORGER 1988, I remember seeing a 2-68 AR M60A3TTS cooking off, fully emblazed. Apparently they did not do Q services as required and a diesel leak combined with leaf and limb debris in the engine compartment started a fire. The tanks had remained uploaded with service ammo in the hull during the exercises.

_________________
RobG
Back to top
View user's profile AIM Address
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum