From: Richard Lathrop (lathrrs@snip.net)
Date: Wed Apr 09 2003 - 00:53:23 PDT
Actually the US and British were dropping concrete filled bombs on the Iraqis during the 90's during the patrols in the no-fly zone. These were probably lying around at a base and someone found a new use for them.
Rick
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Rob" <dodgew200@mchsi.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 21:56:24 -0700
>Well, after cruising around the ranges after the zoomies get through
>dropping inert ordinance...yes, a concrete filled 500 lbs'er will put a real
>hurt on a tank. KE alone will knock a turret off or just cave it in. Saw a
>T-something or other with a nice round hole in the turret, major splatter
>inside from the spall and a bigger hole in the hull where it exited. Now it
>won't look as pretty for the cameras and it'll probably get hit a few more
>times because it isn't "all blowed up and on fire"...so the BDA geeks will
>say "it ain't dead yet"...
>
>On the other hand, I've been in an M-41 that got hit in the engine with an
>inert Bull-Pup....the turret still cranks around by hand and the main gun
>would still function...so it may be just a big pill box at that point, and
>still very deadly.
>
>Rob
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Douglas Greville" <dgrev@ruralnet.net.au>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 5:16 PM
>Subject: [MV] Hush-a-bomb
>
>
>> Everyone
>>
>> I see that some clever person came up with the idea of using concrete
>> filled practice bombs to take out urban tanks in Iraq, without ruining
>> the neighbourhood.
>>
>> It does make me wonder why the US decided to take along stocks of
>> practise weapons to a war theatre - got to be a contradiction in there
>> somewhere?
>>
>> You do have to hand it to them, smart idea. (Pardon the pun.) Although
>> I would still expect the explosion from on board ammo and fuel would
>> be significant?
>>
>> Has anyone ever seen just what the consequences of that sort of blunt
>> trauma are to an AFV? Is there any real difference to a sabot hit
>> and the following self-destruction?
>>
>> Regards
>> Doug
>>
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