Back in the late eighties, an associate gave me a device that looked like a large firecracker (about the size of the one Adam is holding) with a short tube and string taped to it. The official looking label stated “Ground Burst Simulator”, but heck, it was only a firecracker.
After carrying it around in my briefcase on the back of my motorcycle for about two weeks, I finally got out to a firing range. “Hell yes, I wanna see it go off” the range master said. So I jerked the string as the instructions stated, and threw it about 50 feet. We ducked down behind a couple of concrete shooting benches until it started making a whistling noise. As we peeked over the concrete, the descending whistle stopped. Then it went off! We saw the shock wave! We also found a piece of gravel partly embedded in a railroad tie a dozen feet from the explosion.
I’ve seen flash-bangs set off, and they are dazzling, but I’ve never heard an explosion like the “Ground Burst Simulator.” I later learned, from the aforementioned associate under threat of bodily harm, that it was supposed to simulate an artillery ground burst.
PoodleGroomer almost 6 years ago
I want to find the one from The Coneheads
nosirrom almost 6 years ago
This is the last one? Not ready for the one that comes with a bomb suit, eh?
Sisu60 almost 6 years ago
BIG BOB"S BUNKER BUSTING BOMB for strip mining only
John Wiley Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Back in the late eighties, an associate gave me a device that looked like a large firecracker (about the size of the one Adam is holding) with a short tube and string taped to it. The official looking label stated “Ground Burst Simulator”, but heck, it was only a firecracker.
After carrying it around in my briefcase on the back of my motorcycle for about two weeks, I finally got out to a firing range. “Hell yes, I wanna see it go off” the range master said. So I jerked the string as the instructions stated, and threw it about 50 feet. We ducked down behind a couple of concrete shooting benches until it started making a whistling noise. As we peeked over the concrete, the descending whistle stopped. Then it went off! We saw the shock wave! We also found a piece of gravel partly embedded in a railroad tie a dozen feet from the explosion.
I’ve seen flash-bangs set off, and they are dazzling, but I’ve never heard an explosion like the “Ground Burst Simulator.” I later learned, from the aforementioned associate under threat of bodily harm, that it was supposed to simulate an artillery ground burst.
BWR almost 6 years ago
Maybe it’s an Illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator.
ChessPirate almost 6 years ago
“I had to sign a waiver…”
cocavan11 almost 6 years ago
Why does the son say “I’m sure it’s not [‘street legal’] . . .” when he means that he’s sure it IS street legal?