From: Dave Ball (vought@msn.com)
Date: Sun Aug 25 2002 - 14:17:01 PDT
Hi, List
Things to try on a tank with a long extension cord or big generator trailer
in tow.
30-millimeter gatlling guns with DU (depleted uranium) ammunition delivered
by the A-10 Warthog I think with a 1000 rounds in a steady stream some
should penetrate. 1000lb laser-guided bombs, Maverick, Hellfire missiles,
30mm Rarden Cannon, Enflilaid shots from ATGW, large DU anti-tank mines get
them in the soft belly, large camouflaged pits of gasoline or even Hades
from a C-130 Mike. Or maybe a couple of Marines with a pole switching Plasma
Magnet pulse gun (Kentucky fried chicken) and cigars for afterwards. There
is always a way a buttoned up tank can be taken out. In WW2 metal plates
placed across the road almost always got the top open for a what the hell is
this peek and an ambush with grenades tossed down the dead commanders back
side drove what was left of the Jerry's out of there big tigers in hurry
although this kind of ambush took lots of casualties from infantry marching
with the tank and only worked in close in areas.
Electrical Armour is a nice idea but the best way to protect a tank is still
by having the best trained crews with the best built equipment
with a shit load of tank killers both fixed wing and rotor flying cover in
dominated airspace because on today's battle field the tank is a movable
piece of artillery and of course if you had 40 Abrams dropping DU
penetrating rounds on your position the psychological effect would probably
get you to pull the plug and run like hell. As a proud American I think our
crews would say bring it on and defeat the Armour and the best way to defeat
a tank is still with another tank.
If nothing else works there is always a big as hell bang followed by a large
pulse of EM which could be delivered by an American M1A1 tank and crew
protected by thick depleted uranium Armour.
Here is one way to kill a tank:
http://www.aladdinsoft.com/im/aero/RA10_021.JPG
Dave
Open for flame as usual 7x24x365
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] 'Electric armour' vaporizes anti-tank grenades and shell s
At 12:31 PM -0700 8/24/02, Jarrett Redd wrote:
>Or perhaps non-conductive warheads?
The whole function of the shaped charge is a sheet of copper that is
formed into a slug by the HE charge. If you use something that isn't
conductive in the first place it might work, but then it also might
not penetrate nearly as well.
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