- Nov 14, 2010
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Since I haven't seen this posted before, I thought the reloading area might be appropriate, but it's really not about reloading per se ... but more about reloading dangers ... on steroids !!!
Secrets of the Vietnam War: Project "Eldest Son" - Top Secret U.S. S.O.G. Operation to Plant Sabotaged Ammunition in Enemy Hands
Secrets of the Vietnam War: Project "Eldest Son" - Top Secret U.S. S.O.G. Operation to Plant Sabotaged Ammunition in Enemy Hands
When the job was done, 11,565 AK rounds had been sabotaged, along with 556 rounds for the Communist Bloc's heavy 12.7 mm machine gun, a major anti-helicopter weapon.
While the AKM and Type 56 AKs and the RPD light machine gun could accommodate a chamber pressure of 45,000 psi, Baker's deadly powder generated a whopping 250,000 psi.
"It completely blew up the receiver and the bolt was projected backwards," SOG's commander Colonel John K. Singlaub observed, "I would imagine into the head of the firer."