Weapons that don't sound like the comic books

[Dolt]

I remember when I was in Infantry Training Regiment in California after bootcamp in 1971. We were doing familiarization fire with various weapons. The first marine to shoot the 3.5 M20 "Bazooka" steps forward to shoot. I'm thinking to myself I would now hear a large "Whooossshhhh" such as portrayed in Sgt. Rock comic books. My world was shattered when the damn thing went off with a tremendous "Kabammm!!!". I damn near fell to my knees with the shock of that sound! What an awakening for this boot. I also remember the first time I heard a 81 mortar fire. Again, the comics told me it would go "thump" so I didn't put my ear plugs in.....at first. The 106 recoilless rifle was in a class of its own when it came to noise and I gave another marine my round to shoot since by that time even with earplugs my head was ringing. Anyway, was anybody else surprised by the noise these weapons made after being raised on comic book wars? Or am I the only Dolt on this forum??