Big_bud
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We were in kharia back in the day n my father was commanding 2 engs in 6 armor div.
It was winter collective n the whole contonment was empty except the families.
Our next door neighbor was LT.Col Bashir ( retd as a brig.) Was commanding arty unit. Can't recall which unit.
His unit was one of the first unit to recieve the m109. Lt col Bashir along with his wife (may ALLAH grant her jannah) arranged for basically all the officers families to be taken to the range to witness the field fire/ picnic.
So in busses we all went.
Once we reached the place we saw these brand spanking new "tanks"( kid my age would be hard pressed to tell the differance) linked up. uncle Bashir took all the kids n assigned a SP each n said I will fire the first shot n after that each one of u will fire.
Imagine the excitement on our faces.
So the gunner handed me the cord to pull.
Low n behold uncle Bashir fired the first shot n the roar of the gun n how the earth shook was an other experience.
Most of the kids ran away after hearing the first to the vehicles parked like 1km away. I too after firing my gun went n joined them.
After every shot the bus would move from side to side.
After the firing a sumptuous lunch was arranged. N finally ww rode around the range on a m 109.
Those were the days.
So basically your uncle used public money for personal enjoyment? They fired whole rounds for fun! Amazing. Idk under which law army officers do that? And under which head those expenses are counted? It is pretty frequent, I know that and should be discouraged.