Posted by oldtanker on December 08, 2015 at 11:07:37 from (64.118.3.19):
In Reply to: Funny Shop Mishaps posted by Married2Allis on December 08, 2015 at 05:06:26:
After 20 years in the Army there are so many. One that stands out that fits this really well requires a little explanation.
On the M60A1 tank the sight reticle was etched on to a prism that was the glued to a lens. Sometime, not often the prism would fall off and when you looked through the sight all you had was a clear field of view. The sight had to be pulled out and sent to support maintenance for repair.
I was a gunner on a tank in Germany between 76-78. We had a new kids in and we were doing a crew level inspection of the tank. I looked thought the sight and my primary site had that clear field of view. I told this new PVT to go see our company motor SGT for a box of sight reticles. He sent the PVT to see a turret mechanic at battalion maintenance who then sent him to see one SSG Web at support maintenance. SSG Web was well known for having no sense of humor. We all had a good laugh at this new kid walking about a mile to get reamed out by SSG Web for being stupid and wasting Web's valuable time!
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