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RetiredParatrooper

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13. A point of interest

Reply to Coldwater (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:43 PM

10 hrs ago

HC was/is also used for screening purposes and can be deployed by field artillery shells and hand grenades.

This is NOT saying that it will be done, it is merely how I came to be acquainted with HC smoke during my says as an Army Forward Observer.

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