From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Sep 20 2005 - 07:00:37 PDT
At 3:44 PM +0200 9/20/05, Nigel Hay MILWEB wrote:
>My constant worry with the Stuart, was that being a large and clumsy chap
>in the event of a fire I couldn't get out quickly.
Add in a cable actuated fire extinguisher system
that'll at least slow the fire down for a short
period of time. CO2 in an enclosed space like
that would work reasonably well.
>
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>Subject: Re: [MV] Breaking news
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>At 9:55 AM +0200 9/20/05, Nigel Hay MILWEB wrote:
>>
>>However what the horrific news footage( of the mob petrol bombing the tanks
>>and crew men trying to escape whislt ablaze) yesterday did show of the
>>blazing Warriors was that petrol bombs could disable such a tank. Such a
>>weakness is suprising but I guess unless its fully sealed for a chemical
>>attack, petrol could secrete through hatch seals, the turret ring etc.
>>Scary and a new dimension.
>
>A Warrior's an IFV, not a tank Nigel. ;-)
>
>Reports I read showed that the molotov coctails
>dripped down into the engine compartment. Though,
>they may have also started kit stowed on the
>outside (cooker fuel, ammo) to burning and that
>spread. We lost an abrams to fuel stowed on the
>turret rear bustle with the burning fuel dripping
>down into the engine for long enough to get the
>engine a blaze.
>
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| | | -==----
| O--=- | | /_8[*]°_\
|_/|o|_\_| | _________ | /_[===]_\
/ 00DA61 \ |/---------\| __/ \---
_w/|=_[__]_= \w_ // [_] o[]\\ _oO_\ /_O|_
|: O(4) == O :| _Oo\=======/_O_ |____\ /____|
|---\________/---| [__O_______W__] |x||_\ /_||x|
|s|\ /|s| |s|/BSV 575\|s| |x|-\| |/-|x|
|s|=\______/=|s| |s|=|_____|=|s| |x|--|_____|--|x|
|s| |s| |s| |s| |x| |x|
'60 Daimler Ferret '42 Daimler Dingo '42 Humber MkIV (1/2)
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