I love seeing pics of ordnance being made, Lex has 3 great shots of the pinapple being produced.
Eodtek..that would be a great shot of seeing them dipped into the OD paint..check out the pic below..there is a M10A2 spoon out of my collection that looks like it was dipped..it has paint both sides.
Us-subs..im kinda new at this..dont even know what a miclic is.. YET..:tinysmile_shy_t:
MICLIC stands for Mine Clearing Line Charge - a device used to "breach" mine fields by firing a rocket over the field, which drags an explosive charge behind it. This charge is then detonated, in theory clearing the path of landmines and leaving a route through the field. The current version (M58) uses something like 5lbs of C4 per linear foot.
This type of device has been in use for many years now, I saw Russian ones in use in Bosnia, and witnessed the US version in use in Kuwait and in testing against submunition mine fields at WSMR.
What I was not aware of was that GIs were playing with an improvised version in WWII, using detonating cord and a live 2.36-inch rocket.
Here is a photo (Wikipedia) of the current MICLIC, followed by several shots of WWII GIs giving a demonstration of the concept at that time. Of note is the proximity of everyone at the moment of firing to the rocket (live AT) and the detonating cord. This was in Italy, April, 1945.