say again , all after your transmission at 1835H.
Subject Johnston said
Towed, manpack, and manportable mortars.
In response to a question:
Heh heh.....sgfish. This is interesting. Can you name which weapons
are muzzle loaded other than muskets and 19th century rifles?
By subject Crosshairs, in response to a question by subject
SgFish.
Subject fett took the word "towed" in the response to indicated
that Johnston meant the M220 series of ATGM, which are popularly
called TOW, because they are:
Tube-Launched
Optically Guided
(lowercase) antitank
Weapons.
at 1842H, subject Johnston clarified his original statement, and
reiterated that he meant "towed" , as in "towed mortars".
However, at 1847 H, subject fett still thought that subject
Johnston meant TOW ATGMs, so he made the following post:
and i say again, it's portable, not packable.
Launcher w/TOW 2 Mods: 204.6 pounds (92.89 kilograms) you want to
pack this ?!
Missile Guidance Set: 52.8 pounds (23.97 kilograms) and this too
?!
TOW 2 Missile: 47.4 pounds (21.52 kilograms) and, what, have 1
round only?!
TOW 2A Missile: 49.9 pounds (22.65 kilograms) or this ?
TOW 2B Missile: 49.8 pounds (22.60 kilograms) or this ?
we infantry, not pack animal, k?
And to all this: www.fas.org has this to say,
The TOW is a crew portable, vehicle-mounted, heavy anitarmor weapon
system consisting of a launcher and one of five versions of the TOW
missile
