You used commo wire for WHAT?!
Ok you all. Baling wire went the way of the horse but something had to take it's place. What are some of the more far fetched, wacky, silly or just plain unbelievable uses you may have found, seen or...
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Because of some accidents with latches on AFV hatches we were required to additionally lash them in the open position with something - which was usually commo wire. This applied to M48 tanks and the...
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We used to use commo wire (aka WD-1 ) to set off Hoffman charges. Hoffmans were white training cartridges about the size of a Campbell Soup can that tankers used during MILES field training to...
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Always carried a bir of WD-1 for lashing or tying things. It was not near as good as suspension line, bur was easily picked up in any old training area.
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