Word: cannoneering
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...suspicious tracks leading into an out-of-the-way forested area near North Viet Nam's Mu Gia Pass. "I dropped down to 500 ft., and sure enough, there was a truck. My first burst of 20 mike-mike [Air Forcese for another helpful weapon, his 20-mm. cannon] hit it. It looked like a small Hanoi going off-there was a 2,500-ft. fireball." Joining the attack, Kasler's buddies set off nine other explosions and 18 fires-demolishing what turned out to be a major staging area...
...desperately needed firepower to the ground war, McCoy's Navy consists of three World War II-vintage LSMRs (for Landing Ship Medium, Rocket) and the only inshore-fire-support ship in the world, the U.S.S. Carronade (aptly named for an 18th century cannon). Originally designed to pulverize beachheads for invading U.S. Marines, each ship mounts a battery of 5-in. rocket launchers and a single 5-in. naval rifle. Since the Marines had already landed when McCoy's Navy showed up last April, the beach smashers had to learn to become pinpoint artillerists. It was no easy task...
...versatile tanks that take naturally to water, which are being assembled at General Motors' Cleveland plant. The Sheridan, the most revolutionary tank since World War II, is the U.S.'s first with a cannon capable of firing both conventional shells and guided missiles. It can be air-dropped from C-130 or C-141 cargo planes (by eight 100-ft.-wide parachutes) without damage, swim like a turtle across water obstacles. After testing, it will go into operation within a year. An even more versatile vehicle, the MBT-70 (for Main Battle Tank...
...never visually spotted), four Thunderchiefs went after the nest, which was demolished by one of them. Whereupon four MIG-17s jumped the F-105s damaging two. Outmaneuvering one MIG, Major Fred L. Tracy, 38, of Goldsboro, N.C., got on his adversary's tail, opened up with 20-mm. cannon and was credited with a probable kill. The remaining MIGs fled...
...enough with the warmest reception accorded any Western visitor in Soviet history. Seven MIG fighters locked in wingtip-to-wingtip formation escorted De Gaulle's plane to its landing. As the general deplaned in khakis and kepi, the band struck up La Marseillaise and a battery of antiaircraft cannon boomed 21 times-so loud and near that bystanders felt the breath of the guns. The honor guard was resplendent in grey, gold and red, and their rifle butts hit the ground with such popping precision that De Gaulle winced involuntarily. "Vive la France!" cried the thousand "workers" assembled...