From: Alan R Wise (awise1@cinci.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 11:02:11 PDT
on 7/31/03 1:01 PM, Employee@MilVeh.com at milveh@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> There is a hard lesson to be learned from these
> photos, because a lot of people are under the mistaken
> belief that shrapnell is the main cause of death from
> missiles or bombs. Actually concusion and the air
> blast that hurls bodies through the air to a sudden
> stop impact is far more likely to be a cause of death.
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> Grenades are more intended to cause causalties, same
> for hard point ammo, all designed to put a casualty
> burden on the op force. A LAWS or it's big brother
> the TOW is just the opposite. Does anyone know why we
> stopped using the LAWS? Seemed like a pretty nice
> weapon for infantry.
>
> I guess the TOW is a more versatile and obviously more
> accurate weapon. As somebody pointed out earlier the
> TOW has to travel a certain distance before it is
> armed. Good thing too, I sure wouldn't want to be any
> closer than its minimum arming distance, thats for
> sure! I've seen what they can do to a tank, imagine
> being inside a building hit by one! Well, those pics
> speak for themselve don't they?
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The AT-4 replaced the LAW. Much more powerful, more accurate.
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