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   XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: Dev@null.net   
      
   On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:43:34 -0500, ozarkheart@yahoo.com wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:22:39 -0700, GOP_Decline_and_Fall   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:48:34 +1000, "Dechucka"    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>"Wayne"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:kk01qm$ogh$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "Dechucka"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:PuydnS3Q0-H17f7MnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@westnet.com.au...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:99q6m814r4avq0v05ihdbhtv73qrvqlra9@4ax.com...   
   >>>>> On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:00:40 +1000, "Dechucka"    
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>snip   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> As with the others, you are assuming a "real live shooting war" in an   
   >>>>>>>>> environment where armor can be used effectively.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>In that case there wouldn't be any tanks to disable - der!   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> It doesn't matter what the equipment is - the vulnerable spot is the   
   >>>>>>> person. And my little .22 is very effective against a person.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>Please tell that to your Secretary of War/Defence ?  so he can stop   
   >>>>>>wasting   
   >>>>>>money on supposedly highly vulnerable tanks   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> He isn't wasting money on them. However, there is also a lot of time,   
   >>>>> money and training devoted to unconventional warfare - like stopping   
   >>>>> the enemy with my little .22   
   >>>>   
   >>>> # lol   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yeah, a long time ago in the army I learned how to make a shape charge out   
   >>>> of a wine bottle with a hole cut in the bottom.   
   >>>> Blew some awesome holes through plate steel with it.  Don't remember the   
   >>>> details, but it's possible.   
   >>>   
   >>>not exactly a .22 is it. The old fertilizer bomb is still a good ied   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In short, you'd be amazed at what can be done to an unprotected tank.   
   >>>   
   >>>not sure how effective your home made shaped charge would be against the   
   >>>current reactive armour   
   >>   
   >>Totally ineffective against depleted uranium armor   
   >   
   >And is that armor on the treads? You are aware that a tank still has   
   >weak points?   
      
   not that would even scratched by a .22 pistol.   
      
   >And remember, I am not after the tank per se - but the crew.......   
   >   
      
   They know that, that's why they have communications, a gunner,   
    video surveillance  and a remote weapons platform that would tear you   
   to shreds if you tried getting anywhere near them.   
      
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