Damn amateurs!!!!! Can't even hit the side of a mountain!!!!! I tell you what, if it had been soldiers, we would have hit the house!!!! OR the mountain!!!

Dont understand the part about too much propellant, 105 rounds are fixed propellant rounds unlike 155 where there are various charges. It was human error all right, some one made a large change to the weapons QE between when weapon was laid and when it was fired. Or either their Fire Control system needs some alignment procedures carried out.

"the part about too much propellant" It's their cover story. Nobody would believe they couldn't hit the side of a mountain ;)

Assuming it is an artillery type of gun and that since it's in the US the ammo will be M1 pattern then it is not fixed, it is semi-fixed with 7 charges.

Some joker wanted to see what happened if they used the red bag.

What's the red bag?

It is a "super charge" for US 155mm cannon. Rather than being packaged in increments like the white & green propellant charges, it is one long red cylinder. Zone Eight is its book nomenclature. Also refered to as "supercharge eight".

Its actually cream coloured, Actual charge designation is M203A1, It is truely awesome seeing those being fired. The charge which is a red Bag is the M119 charge, it also is pretty big.

Those I trained with, circa 1987-89 were red. My XOs handbook (FC 6-50-20) identifies it as the M203 (DODAC 1320-D532), and confirms it was colored red. You are likely think of what the book shows as the M119A2, which is a zone 7 charge and also a single bag charge. I cant recall ever using it.

The M203 A1 is definitely cream coloured, trust me ;) I put 7 of them through my howitzers during acceptance testing every week.