33 Chapter 33: Operating the Patrol Boat and the Gun (2/2)
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”What we have right now and we will use right now are the high explosive or HE shell rounds for short that explode upon impact and the armor penetration shell rounds that as its name suggest.”
When Razlov picks up the two ammo for the gun, all of them were shocked to the extreme after seeing the size of the two which is as thick of a babies legs and as long as a babies arm.
”I know what you all are thinking, that's right when a person is hit by this kind of round he will either have a big hole on his body or be blasted to kingdom come that the only things will remain are dregs of his former self. But this is not used for anti-personnel cause it's waste instead it should be used on bigger targets”
As Razlov was talking, the rest of the people on board the boat keep nodding that they agree at his explanation regarding when it is used to target a human and how it should not be used on a human.
”This 40mm gun can be operated by exactly 3 crews, the gunner which select the target and where to point the gun, the loader which picks ammunition that is in clips from the ammunition can then load it into the gun, and the last is the person who carries the ammunition placing it into the ammunition can for the loader to pick it up.”
”Now I will demonstrate to you on how to operate the gun”
And so Razlov started on how to demonstrate the gun. He first picks the clip with ammo attach to it and load it to the gun next he went and sit in the gunner's sit rotate the pointer handwheel to rotate the gun and pointed the barrel into the direction of the target which is the fishing boat then make some few adjustment base on the sight to hit the target, once the target was on sight he step on the firing paddle to fire the gun.
*BANG!!* *BANG!!* BANG!!* *BANG!!*
Loud explosions through the firing of the gun echoed in the surrounding space. You could see in the distance that the fishing boat has been decimated into pieces by four continues fire of the gun.
Looking back and forth in awe at the destruction of the fishing boat and the destructive power of the gun, they look at Razlov eager and excited to try the gun for themselves.
Seeing that look of their's, Razlov couldn't help but smile. Then he let each one them to operate the gun. He did first groups them into four with three members each group, then the group will keep interchanging between the gunner, the loader, and person who places the ammunition in the ammo can and the gunner can only fire four shell rounds; exactly one clip of ammunition.
Next, he taught them how to use the .50 caliber Browning machine gun and since the machine gun was much easy to operate it did not take long of him teaching how to use it and everything went smoothly as they each take their turn.