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"Something" felled an M1A1 Abrams tank in Iraq - but what?
Army times! ^ | Dark

Posted on 10/28/2003 11:14:21 PM PST by Dark

Edited on 12/30/2005 11:46:53 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: army; hvap; hypershot; m1a1; miltech; mysteryweapon; rpg; tank
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To: Flyer
Friendly fire?

That's what I was thinking. The description of the damage seems to indicate a highly advanced weapon that is extremely unlikely to have been fired by an Iraqi.

41 posted on 10/29/2003 6:55:38 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: SLB
An RPG-7G has more than enough capability to do this.

See the following. So does a 25mm from a Bradley....

But a PG-7 HEAT round wouldn't likely leave a *yellow metal projectile* stuck in the tank's armor. Unless somebody has a new material for making the cone liner in a HEAT warhead...?

-archy-/-

42 posted on 10/29/2003 6:56:16 AM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Friendly fire?

That's what I was thinking. The description of the damage seems to indicate a highly advanced weapon that is extremely unlikely to have been fired by an Iraqi.

I've been thinking a 30mm APFSDS round from the L21 30mm semi-auto cannon of a British Scimitar or Warrior AFV. Though I'm not certain as to whether they were still in-country on 28 August.

-archy-/-

43 posted on 10/29/2003 6:58:55 AM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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To: patton
computational fluid dynamics - hydrocodes

I know it's one field they got into heavily when considering the heat output of the Abrams turbine and air cleaner system [source of multiple vehicle fires that have killed a couple of dozen crewmen over the years] particularly in relation to hiding from thermal viewers and other camouflage considerations. One contractor [to the tune of 3/4 million$$$] was ThermoAnalytics, details *here*.

And I note that reference in the story to the vehicle's fixed fire extinguishers going off....

-archy-/-

44 posted on 10/29/2003 7:06:15 AM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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To: patton; archy
'Nuff said on this incident. Let's change the subject to something that leads to less of a chance of soldiers being killed or injured. Someday you can drop in and visit and we can discuss in detail, but not in this forum.
45 posted on 10/29/2003 8:27:13 AM PST by SLB ("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
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To: SLB
good idea.
46 posted on 10/29/2003 8:29:28 AM PST by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: SLB; Cannoneer No. 4
Flag
47 posted on 10/29/2003 9:19:27 AM PST by Valin (A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject)
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To: Physicist
Self-ping.
48 posted on 10/29/2003 2:10:03 PM PST by Physicist
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To: Yehuda
"In the sort of excited language seldom included in official Army documents, he said, “The unit is very anxious to have this ‘SOMETHING’ identified. It seems clear that a penetrator of a yellow molten metal is what caused the damage, but what weapon fires such a round and precisely what sort of round is it? The bad guys are using something unknown and the guys facing it want very much to know what it is and how they can defend themselves.” "

A meteorite?

49 posted on 10/29/2003 2:15:10 PM PST by redhead (Les Français sont des singes de capitulation qui mangent du fromage.)
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To: redhead
"A meteorite?"

Never mind. I see what it probably was. I'm just amazed that something with the diameter of a pencil can cause that kind of damage. How big are the sabot rounds?

50 posted on 10/29/2003 2:29:55 PM PST by redhead (Les Français sont des singes de capitulation qui mangent du fromage.)
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To: leadpenny
welcome to FreeRepublic, #124339.

Where are you now finding the registration number? I can't do dat, ever since the last revision.

51 posted on 10/29/2003 2:41:43 PM PST by ErnBatavia (Credito Facil !)
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To: ErnBatavia
Click on your own screen name and then click on Find in Forum. Your registration number will be in the address box. Don't mean nothin' 'cept braggin' rights.
52 posted on 10/29/2003 2:58:07 PM PST by leadpenny
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To: ErnBatavia
I meant to say click on "In Forum"
53 posted on 10/29/2003 2:59:44 PM PST by leadpenny
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
>The description of the damage seems to indicate a highly advanced weapon that is extremely unlikely to have been fired by an Iraqi.

Well, let's remember,
France and Germany are not
our friends in Iraq.

Their black-ops people
might be letting Iraqis
field test some tough stuff

to see how it fares
in real-world situations
against the world's best...

54 posted on 10/29/2003 3:08:17 PM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss
Could be a liquid-tungsten-core round? I heard a rumor that such was being developed to replace the DU as a more "environmentally-friendly" ammo.

Otherwise, it looks like a real good/lucky shot w/ a standard DU round - going in *under/below* the DU/Chobham snadwich.
55 posted on 10/31/2003 6:42:48 PM PST by TheOutlands
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To: archy
You're photo in post 4 was changed to porn. That site may have an auto program to switch linked photos. I've permanently removed the picture.
56 posted on 11/03/2003 2:26:57 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Prodigal Son
What the _ _ _ _!?!?
57 posted on 11/03/2003 5:55:14 PM PST by CPT Clay (57 in '04)
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To: Prodigal Son
There is that olde saying: "You build it, I'll build something to kill it!"

A "something" has been built to kill it.

That "something" probably has been around for quite sometime
but was just tried out real time in Iraq against potential
targets.
58 posted on 11/03/2003 5:59:03 PM PST by TaMoDee
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To: blanknoone
self ping keeper
59 posted on 11/03/2003 6:03:57 PM PST by blanknoone
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To: Prodigal Son
Those are amazing photographs and the description of what happened is very detailed.

Question ... what is now the easiest job to perform in the world?

Answer ... spy, because the Americans just can't wait to show off their shiny new toys and their "pull" to get and release insider information.

Can someone please explain to me why this isn't classified stuff? And don't say because the shooter already knew what the weapon would do ... why did we need to confirm their test for them?

60 posted on 11/03/2003 6:11:38 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." GWB 9/20/01)
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