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'RPG penetrated IDF tank in Gaza Strip'_(merkave 3 not 4 w reac armor/shield)
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| December 13, 2007
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Posted on 12/12/2007 4:22:48 PM PST by Flavius
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To: mountainlyons
A regular RPG of Viet Nam era can make your ears ring for months And get you a nice set of hearing aids from VA. I like mine.
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12/12/2007 8:27:26 PM PST
by
chesty_puller
(70-73 USMC VietNam 75-79 US Army Wash DC....VietNam was safer.)
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posted on
12/13/2007 5:31:42 AM PST
by
SJackson
(we're gonna change the rules and have voting only on the Internet, then we're gonna win!, Ron Paul)
To: Joe 6-pack
Somewhere I hear the saying, “the only more dangerous place to be than inside a tank, is outside the tank”.
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posted on
12/13/2007 5:56:05 AM PST
by
Sender
(You are the weapon. What you hold in your hand is just a tool.)
To: Sender
"Somewhere I hear the saying, “the only more dangerous place to be than inside a tank, is outside the tank”." One of Bill Mauldin's "Up Front" cartoons from WWII has Willie and Joe talking to a tanker and telling him they feel safer as infantrymen because, "a moving foxhole attracts too much attention."
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posted on
12/13/2007 6:08:02 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Flavius
Possibly something from Iran like the SPG-9?
To: chesty_puller
I ran over an anti-tank mine also. My hearing is ok except for he things that are not really there. At least not the kids get hearing protection for rifle practice.
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posted on
12/13/2007 6:34:25 AM PST
by
mountainlyons
(Hard core conservative)
To: Chode
as far as i know, ya don't get smoke or injuries inside without first you breach the hull.
concussion damage to the diesel engine could cause smoke. Of course so could a tungsten/copper jet penetrating to the engine. Given that the Merkavas have the engine the front of the tank, where the armour is thickest, this is troubling. On the other hand, the engine is designed to be compartmentalized up front to futher protect the crew.
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posted on
12/13/2007 12:27:14 PM PST
by
rmlew
(Build a wall, attrit the illegals, end the anchor babies, Americanize Immigrants)
To: Joe 6-pack
No. RPGs have been using shaped charges since the Panzershrek/Panzerfaust and Bazookas of WW2. The Soviet RPG has a number of warheads, the most common is a shaped charge in the RPG-7.
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posted on
12/13/2007 12:29:57 PM PST
by
rmlew
(Build a wall, attrit the illegals, end the anchor babies, Americanize Immigrants)
To: Flavius
Penetration from the rear is the sure sign of a fagot missle.
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posted on
12/13/2007 12:36:59 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Flavius
I would suspect it was a Kornet, not the old RPG 7 that is so common in the Middle East. Syria smuggled Kornets to Hezbollah, which used them in their last war with Israel. I don’t know why they wouldn’t do the same for their Hamas buddies.
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