nomad_556 OP t1_jeaxnnk wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:12 PM

Reply to comment by Gluten_Tolerant_2 in TIL that, during the Cold War, every infantry and armor battalion in the U.S Army had one officer trained to deploy the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), commonly known as the backpack nuke by nomad_556

The dumb LT I guess (said as someone who is going to commission soon).

I’m glad I won’t ever have to carry one of these!

liquid32855 t1_jebpsw7 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:11 PM

You'll carry whatever they tell you and sith a GD smile! Apparently it was known as a suicide mission because you likely couldn't outrun the timer because you had to br sure the weapon was secured before detonation. So you couldn't set timer for 15 mins and driver off. You basically went out with the bomb.