On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:21:04 -0400, Wes
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:

After smoking, at least 50'; w/ lit cig, over 1/4 mile. And that's
just me in the big city.

LRPs could smell 'em for 10 times that distance after being out in the
jungle for awhile, so I'm told.

It might be total bs but books I read indicated that those that did long range recon ate
what the enemy ate so the enemy wouldn't smell them. I've never noticed food smells on
people so I'm a bit skeptical. Maybe they wanted compatable farts

I believe it. If I were trampin' around 50 kliks behend enemy lines,
I'd sure as hell want my crap smelling just like theirs. I'm sure the
body odors also changed with the fishhead'n'rice diet. And LRPs shot
dropped AKs so their shots wouldn't be heard as enemy fire. I
understand that ended after we started adding C4 to 7.62x39 cartridges
and dropping it for the enemy to pick up.

--
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins
when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in
order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
-- Peter Minard