Challanger damaged by IED

Stan · 04-23-2007, 07:48 AM

Well this is a nasty development.

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iraq bomb penetrates British tank

glyn · 04-23-2007, 08:51 AM

It underlines the fact that no armoured vehicle is invulnerable to a really massive bomb.

Maxor · 04-23-2007, 15:01 PM

Its a big enough and well directed charge you can crack nearly anything, The Israelis are also noticing this with their Markova tanks. Personally I sort of think that it might be time to decimate (litterally 1 in 10) the Iraqi populace to get their attention and let them know that attacks on each other and on the occupation forces isn't acceptable behavior.

Crucifixitions, Stocks, and pressings may also help.

If people won't listen to you and would rather be violent than peacable show them that violence against you is a bad idea because you can show them up at it.

Stan187 · 04-23-2007, 15:17 PM

Luckily for the Iraqis, we are not the Soviets nor Imperial Japanese.

In a culture where one of the few central tribal rules is the ability/requirement to carry out revenge, killing 1 in 10 is probably not a productive idea, regardless of the logical outlook that if you let them know how harshly attacks will be punished that attacks will stop. If we're gonna go down that road, we might well kill them all.

Catalan · 04-23-2007, 21:26 PM

It's funny because I was doing some reading about mine protection that was recently published in Military Technology (Magazine) and it mentions protection against 12kg IEDs. Israeli Merkavas were being blown up by 100kg IEDs!

Bob Jones · 04-27-2007, 22:47 PM

Fight fire with fire, now where did I read that?

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Maxor *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-18-05 Posts: 325	Its a big enough and well directed charge you can crack nearly anything, The Israelis are also noticing this with their Markova tanks. Personally I sort of think that it might be time to decimate (litterally 1 in 10) the Iraqi populace to get their attention and let them know that attacks on each other and on the occupation forces isn't acceptable behavior. Crucifixitions, Stocks, and pressings may also help. If people won't listen to you and would rather be violent than peacable show them that violence against you is a bad idea because you can show them up at it. Last edited by Maxor : 04-23-2007 at 15:22 PM. Reason: incomplete thought.

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Stan187 WAB BOUNCER *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 11-24-06 Posts: 2,323 Country:	Luckily for the Iraqis, we are not the Soviets nor Imperial Japanese. In a culture where one of the few central tribal rules is the ability/requirement to carry out revenge, killing 1 in 10 is probably not a productive idea, regardless of the logical outlook that if you let them know how harshly attacks will be punished that attacks will stop. If we're gonna go down that road, we might well kill them all. __________________ In Iran people belive pepsi stands for pay each penny save israel. -urmomma158 The Russian Navy is still a threat, but only to those unlucky enough to be Russian sailors.-highsea

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Catalan Regular Join Date: 11-20-05 Location: San Diego [USA] or El Provencio [Spain] Posts: 121	It's funny because I was doing some reading about mine protection that was recently published in Military Technology (Magazine) and it mentions protection against 12kg IEDs. Israeli Merkavas were being blown up by 100kg IEDs! __________________ If you enjoy modern military history then join modernwarstudies.net! http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...bees/siggy.png

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Bob Jones Thats, Mr Jones to you *Military Professional* Join Date: 02-11-07 Posts: 316 Country:	Fight fire with fire, now where did I read that? __________________ Ex1 RTR MIB

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