On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 06:36:05 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

U.S. claymore mines had "This side toward enemy" on the nasty side.
What does this tell us?

It wasn't so obvious which side was which. If you knew a little about
shaped charges the concave side made sense outward.


in the dark...putting out a Claymore...leave the clacker unhooked, but
string out the wire behind you as a way to find your way back to your
hole.

unfold the legs, and hold the claymore against your chest. if it
rocked..that was the Bad Side. If it fit the curve of your chest, it
was the Good Side..make sure the Bad side stayed pointed away when you
stabbed the legs into the ground.



It should be noted that the Good Side is nearly as deadly as the Bad
Side, if placed too close to your hole when you squeeze the clacker.



Gunner

at yoyodyne they were all veterans of the psychic wars
exiled from the eighth dimension where the winds of limbo roar"
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