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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Russian 14.5mm anti-tank round became a machine gun round for tanks for AA use.
The LAW was useless according to the people who used it. A 3.5” bazooka was better.
They still use the RR at ski places to start avalanches.


12 posted on 03/11/2014 3:14:54 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: AppyPappy

Why does the USA have to buy things from Sweden? Can’t we make a good weapon? Next thing we will be buying Rafeal fighters from France and Lepard Tanks from the Germans.


31 posted on 03/11/2014 4:50:54 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: AppyPappy

The M72 66mm LAW HEAT round was pretty effective against NVA fighting positions and bunkers and everybody could carry 3 or 4 of them each. It was even fairly effective against the side and rear armor of main battle tanks (NOT the front) if you remembered that the minimumum arming distance for the rocket’s fuse was 10 meters or so. Any closer and the unarmed rocket would just bounce off.


36 posted on 03/11/2014 5:25:07 PM PDT by DMZFrank
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