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Loren Pechtel · 03-28-2003, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by bagong
I think a more impressive achievement by Iraqi soldiers was taking out 2 near-indestructable 70 ton M1 Abrams tanks with pickup truck-mounted rocket launchers:

http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle....toryID=2449046

They didn't penetrate. It's that the engines aren't behind the heavy armor.

Mageth · 03-28-2003, 02:33 PM

Lucky bastard.

Not so lucky. From the article:

"Three of his colleagues were seriously burnt and have been flown home."

bagong · 03-28-2003, 03:45 PM

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Originally posted by Loren Pechtel
They didn't penetrate. It's that the engines aren't behind the heavy armor.

Which is exactly why I think it's impressive: they managed to immobilize a near-impenetrable tank not by brute force, but by deliberately targeting a hard-to-reach soft spot. That takes real planning, no small amount of skill, and a great deal of courage (imagine approaching an M1 Abrams in a pickup!), and it was pulled off by irregulars.

Amen-Moses · 03-28-2003, 04:22 PM

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That takes real planning, no small amount of skill, and a great deal of courage (imagine approaching an M1 Abrams in a pickup!), and it was pulled off by irregulars.

They used to do the same thing in WWII from the back of Camels and using Satchel charges, now they know which bit to hit I would expect to see a lot more of this kind of thing.

Amen-Moses

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Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Lucky bastard. Not so lucky. From the article: "Three of his colleagues were seriously burnt and have been flown home."

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