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105mm in RON21
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Anyone recall any mention of a 105 being fitted to a RON21 boat?
Posted By: alross2 | Posted on: May 12, 2020 - 12:46pm
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NADA
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: May 13, 2020 - 10:46am
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Nope
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: May 14, 2020 - 12:57pm
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...and I don't think that six-pack bazooka mount ever got beyond the "Show and Tell" stage..
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: May 14, 2020 - 4:28pm
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I just read this https://books.google.com/books?id=OCu1CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=pt+boat+105mm+howitzer&source=bl&ots=wyxreNfGSM&sig=ACfU3U0NUsEbXyBu0UMelzWjhUmxaOEsZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSqKnugLXpAhWFK80KHWq4AKwQ6AEwG3oECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=pt%20boat%20105mm%20howitzer&f=false scan down the page. He talks about a barrage from the two 5 inch rocket launchers were more powerful the a barrage from a 105mm howitzer Battalion. Maybe that's were it came from. Even if it's not, WOW is all I can say, hate to be on the receiving end!
Posted By: Stearman | Posted on: May 14, 2020 - 9:23pm
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The 105 stuff came from a person whose Dad was with RON21 and used to tell him stories about how it moved the boat when fired.
Posted By: alross2 | Posted on: May 15, 2020 - 2:45am
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Highly doubtful that might have been a bit too large a caliber weapon for the PT BOATS. In all the years I have studied the boats I never saw anything of that caliber mounted on any PT.
Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: May 15, 2020 - 7:43am
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