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« Thread Started on Dec 1, 2006, 1:27pm »		[Quote]
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Five 55 gallon plastic drums filled with water with red dye and tennis balls on top. One 10 pdr Parrott round last seen ricocheting over the ridge in the background.
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« Reply #1 on Dec 1, 2006, 1:30pm »		[Quote]
What distance? And where was this picture taken?
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« Reply #2 on Dec 1, 2006, 5:25pm »		[Quote]
Awesome!
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« Reply #3 on Dec 2, 2006, 10:17pm »		[Quote]
This was taken during the filming of the "Artillery Games" at the Shiloh Military Base in Canada. Distance from gun to target was a little over 100 yards. The photo below shows the tennis balls falling,

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Taken at Shiloh Military Base in Canada. Car has been hit with a 24 pdr howitzer round and a Parrott round. You can see the projectiles in the air.
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