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To: RedRover
If the suicide bomber is really, really, really lucky, he might cause the tank to throw a track, which would temporarily stop it. However, modern tanks (including the Israeli tanks) have protective covers over the more vulnerable parts of the drive system:

An Israeli Merkava

17 posted on 07/01/2006 8:49:37 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

If the suicide bomber is really, really, really lucky, he might cause the tank to throw a track....

So the obvious question for the Pali Pancake Squad is this: Do you feel lucky?

29 posted on 07/01/2006 9:12:48 PM PDT by RedRover
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