Army Ducks - The Pineapple Multi-Cache
GPIRAT3: Stage 2 missing and can not replace it.
Army Ducks - The Pineapple
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The year is twenty-twelve. There has been an ongoing feud between two rivals that many are unaware of. After the southern migration of the Canadian Geese, so many years ago, they have became a nuisance to us all. One inhabitant of this area is very angry at the fact that the Canadian Geese are stealing their food and ponds. They are beginning to join in massive flocks to create a force that is unstoppable. Their goal is to drive these geese back to their homeland. General Donald Duck has created an army of SUPER ducks!
I, Gen. Donald Duck of the Army Ducks, is calling you to join us in the war against the Canadian Geese. As a Geocacher and new recruit of the Army Ducks, your mission is to find caches at current Army Duck post while learning about the past wars and equipment used. Godspeed fellow Army Duck/Geocacher on your journey and hunt.
-General Donald Duck
PLEASE FIND THIS CACHE WITH CARE. A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THIS ONE.
DIFFICULTY IS FOR THE AMOUNT OF MUGGLES THAT MAY BE AROUND AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE AREA AS ALWAYS. BE STEALTHY AS WELL WHEN LOCATING THE KEY AND CACHE!!
THE COORDS LISTED WILL TAKE YOU TO THE KEY.
THE CACHE IS WITHIN 200FT OF THE KEY!
PLEASE RETURN THE KEY WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED!
The Mk 2 defensive hand grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade (sometimes written Mk II) used by the U.S. armed forces during World War II and in later conflicts including the Vietnam War. The Mk II was standardized in 1920 replacing the Mk I of 1917. It was phased out gradually, the U.S. Navy being the last users. It was replaced by the M26-series and later M61 and M67 grenades. On 2 April 1945 the Mk II and Mk IIA1 were redesignated the Mk 2 and Mk 2A1.
The Mk 2 was commonly known as a "pineapple" grenade, because of its shape and structure. Grooves were cast into the cast iron shell, which was believed at the time to aid in fragmentation and had the side benefit of aiding in gripping the grenade—this provision gave it the appearance of a pineapple fruit. Although TNT was used as a filling, EC blank fire (smokeless firearm) powder was also used instead in some models due to the tendency of TNT to over-fragment the cast iron body. EC powder produced an adequate amount of fragmentation and did away with the need of a detonator. The detonator was initially replaced by a small length of safety fuse terminated with a black powder igniter charge. Production grenades with the EC powder filler used the M10 series of igniting fuse. It was also commonly referred to as a "frag" grenade. The Mk IIA1 was introduced in 1942 and lacked the bottom filler hole of the Mk II being filled through the fuse well. The Mk II was identified with an all yellow body prior to 1943. They were then painted olive drab for camouflage purposes with a narrow yellow band below the fuse. Repainted yellow grenades usually lacked the yellow band.
The Mk 2 can also be used as a rifle-grenade when attached to a 22mm stabilizer tube and fins, into which a Mark 2 grenade is inserted and then fired from the M7 grenade launcher adapter.
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