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Rocky Raab, I have a question for you

bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
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I know you served in VN as a spotter.  THANK YOU, God bless.   I purchased both of your books and LOVED them. 
If you had a choice, after seeing results from real war experience would you rather have 8-.50 caliber guns, two 20MM guns or just rockets to strike at soft targets (forget tanks), troops, trucks or emplacements and why?
Is the effectiveness of a 1,000 pound bomb really twice that  of a 500 pounder?  Does the weight of shot overcome volume of shot at an area?  I mean is a P-47 with 8 .50 caliber guns raking a forest with all guns blazing less effective than a 500 pound bomb or two 20MM strafing run.
What say you?
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,943 ✭✭✭✭

    Also- Happy Aviation day Rocky

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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2020
    For strafing, bigger is better for results, BUT with heavier and larger rounds, you can carry a lot less. It's very much a tradeoff. A one-second burst versus a three-second per pass is huge.
    With bombs, it's a multiple. A 1,000 is much more powerful than twice a 500. I didn't get to control more than a couple strikes with 750s, but they seemed to produce at least double the effect of a 500.
    Ditto for rockets. There was a notable increase in effect between a 10-lb and 17-lb HE warhead on 2.75" rockets.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Rocky.
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  • Grunt2Grunt2 Member Posts: 2,524 ✭✭✭✭
    What books???
    Retired LEO
    Combat Vet VN
    D.A.V Life Member
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,702 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2020
    'Baggy Zero Four' and 'Mike Five Eight'.

    Available on Amazon at a total price of around $ 36.00 for both.  
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2020
    Or direct from the printer for about $20 Additional 10% off print books through Aug 21.
    Also ebook versions for even less. Same link.
    Hang on. I just looked, and they are still showing the original prices, which I discounted some time ago. I'll fix that.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,702 ✭✭✭✭

    Damn, Rocky.


    i ordered them from Amazon this morning. Hope the excess goes to you. :)

    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2020
    Well, I'm having trouble on the publisher's website. So...
    I'll sell both books, SIGNED, via Priority Mail for $30 total. email me via my profile info. Provide name you want it signed to, plus address. I'll reply with my address for payment.
    Since that's below my cost for UNsigned books, I'll make this a limited time offer, good until Sept 1.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • Grunt2Grunt2 Member Posts: 2,524 ✭✭✭✭
    Rocky...PM...
    Retired LEO
    Combat Vet VN
    D.A.V Life Member
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  • RidefarRidefar Member Posts: 317 ✭✭✭
    Looking at Mike on the pile right now. Learned of the books right here.
    Going to hunt up Baggy and read them both again.
    Baggy first, of course.
    Really enjoyed them. Thanks Rocky !
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    Replies to the three PMs so far. Books will go out Monday or Tuesday.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    When they arrive, my standard warning: Do NOT start reading Baggy late at night! The folks who have them may agree.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • mohawk600mohawk600 Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭✭✭
    Another PM sent.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    Well, I did manage to lower the prices on the publisher's page, but not as low as I'd like. They've changed their pricing structure (to their own benefit, of course) and removed the "Preview" option to read teaser samples. Disappointing.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • SoreShoulderSoreShoulder Member Posts: 3,148 ✭✭✭
    Wikipedia said the US had some real trouble getting working 20mm cannon produced during the war.  The Air Corps and the Navy both wanted to switch but were not able to. 
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,406 ✭✭✭✭
    shout out to Rocky 
      the copy's  of the books arrived today 
     I  cant wait to start reading 
    thank you 

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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2020
    Baggy is Part One, Dave. But don't start it late at night.
    Funny thing...According to the Postal Orifice, the four sets of books I mailed together arrived at the farthest destinations first, in 48 hours. The one to the closest destination - a neighboring state - won't arrive until tomorrow. Sigh...
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • Grunt2Grunt2 Member Posts: 2,524 ✭✭✭✭
    Just picked up the books at the PO...Thanks Rocky!
    Retired LEO
    Combat Vet VN
    D.A.V Life Member
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2020
    Trust me guys, you will like them.  Reading what Rocky did shows you that Rocky is a few rocks short of a full load and clanks as he walks on this God's green earth.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,510 ✭✭✭✭
    I deny the clanks part.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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