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2004-02-03 Iraq

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Posted by Dar 2004-02-03 10:49:52 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'd hope that a few RPG rounds (among other things) hit Strykers during testing...

Posted by snellenr 2004-2-3 11:00:26 AM|| 2004-2-3 11:00:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 One particular article about the first Grozny battle mentionned some interesting tidbits about the "tanks hunters-killers" chechen teams that made a mess of russian armored columns; one of their tricks was to beat reactive armor (meant to protect against shaped charges warhead) by having a first wave of shooters hit a given area with rpg, and then following with a second one aimed at the exposed spot. My general feeling is that iraqi insurgents are not as efficient as their chechen counterparts (and that US troops are better trained than russian ones), but I wonder if they may turn to that kind of stunts vs slat armor?

Posted by Anonymous 2004-2-3 4:33:42 PM|| 2004-2-3 4:33:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "....iraqi insurgents are not as efficient as their chechen counterparts...."

But they're learning tactics from them and others. U.S. Army intelligence officer said Iraqi rebels have been communicating with such outsiders through e-mail, telephone and personal visits.
See Moscow Times article 1/13/04.

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-2-3 6:16:52 PM|| 2004-2-3 6:16:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 um...reactive armor plates have a one time use (per tile/block). Slat armor I dunno how many times it can be exposed to RPG fire as most RPG's arent designed to do more than contact damage and there is quite a bit of space between the slats. The other thing to note is what the Russians did that got them into that situation in the first place.

Ya got urban fighting, mechanized vehicles whose turrets could not traverse the gun to high enough of an angle or a very low angle in order to get those ambushers, and you got multiple RPG's coming in from MANY different angles at virtually the same time.

Posted by Val 2004-2-3 7:45:56 PM|| 2004-2-3 7:45:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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