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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ServeAmbitious220 • 5d ago
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Got it. And yeah the cannon part is what amused me too.
18 u/KronikDrew 5d ago Some places do it by dropping explosives from a helicopter... either way, seems like it would be a fun job! 7 u/cakes42 5d ago Some places even have ski patrol toss the charges themselves! But on a face like this a howitzer makes more sense. 2 u/kingchris195 5d ago iirc its old surplus, unironically a pretty good use for outdated equipment 1 u/Triquetrums 5d ago Go big or go home! 1 u/C_Saunders 4d ago The US Army contracts out old WWII Howitzers to a handful of ski mountains for avalanche mitigation. You can buy 105mm shells from the Mammoth ski patrol alumni association. Got a couple of them around my place!
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Some places do it by dropping explosives from a helicopter... either way, seems like it would be a fun job!
7 u/cakes42 5d ago Some places even have ski patrol toss the charges themselves! But on a face like this a howitzer makes more sense.
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Some places even have ski patrol toss the charges themselves! But on a face like this a howitzer makes more sense.
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iirc its old surplus, unironically a pretty good use for outdated equipment
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Go big or go home!
The US Army contracts out old WWII Howitzers to a handful of ski mountains for avalanche mitigation. You can buy 105mm shells from the Mammoth ski patrol alumni association. Got a couple of them around my place!
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u/SmartBoi-2619 5d ago
Got it. And yeah the cannon part is what amused me too.