Talk:Special Atomic Demolition Munition/@comment-216.96.11.35-20150303045533

During the 70's and 80's (original program discontinued in 1986 but reinstated in 2010) ADMs were also carried by a three man group to set and destroy and area to slow down the Russian Army should WW3 have broken out. I was one of the members of the three man team (there were other three men teams) that was to have used our SADM at the Fulda Gap in Germany. The SADM weighed approx. 80 lbs basically one man carried it and the other two men helped the SADM carrying man across the terrain since it was an awkward backpack weapon. I was a part of HHC,12TH Engineer Battalion stationed outside Dexheim Germany at Anderson Barracks (This unit was disbanded after the 1991 Gulf War) and was an integral part of the 8th Infantry Division USAEUR. You had to take two specialized tests and score higher than most OCS candidates would have. The PMOS was designated 12E. Although we never had to deploy th