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2004-08-17 Iraq-Jordan

The Sun: Tater tots take out Abrams with mine; get straffed

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Posted by Bulldog 2004-08-17 6:16:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Gotta watch out for snake bites, I hear, when celebrating atop an Abrams. They can be nasty and painful.

Posted by .com 2004-08-17 10:01:30 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:01:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I heard a report on CBS that it was a Bradley. The two look nothing alike. Is it too much to ask for the Sun and CBS to hire someone who knows which is which?

Posted by Tibor 2004-08-17 12:50:17 PM|| 2004-08-17 12:50:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Looks like an Abrams to me. I'd like to hear the circumstances on what happened to it. It doesn't looked "wrecked".

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-17 12:59:41 PM|| 2004-08-17 12:59:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 They showed it on the morning news in Houston (local fox affiliate). It was definitely a Bradley or one of the Marine amphibious tracks and was *no way in heck* an Abrams. Much too tall, much too narrow, and no main gun -- just to name a few reasons...

Posted by snellenr 2004-08-17 5:37:12 PM|| 2004-08-17 5:37:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Note to self: RTFA before commenting, lest you sound like an idiot... (sigh). But there was a troop track of some kind burning on tv this morning (attempts a save...)

Posted by snellenr 2004-08-17 5:38:46 PM|| 2004-08-17 5:38:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Just to confirm, I saw it on TeeVee and it was a Bradley.

Posted by Parabellum 2004-08-17 5:59:20 PM|| 2004-08-17 5:59:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 You can't expect reporters to know any sort of icky military hardware. They can't even tell the difference between semi-automatic and full automatic. Being able to identify things like tanks, planes, and guns just proves that you're not in the 'elite'. It just takes too many brain cells to know things.

Posted by Silentbrick 2004-08-18 1:46:00 AM|| 2004-08-18 1:46:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 The photo in the above link shows and M1. The video you saw showed a tank recovery vehicle (M88? 50-70 tons) getting hit by an RPG. Even though I did not see the aftermath and though it was hit from the side, there is a good chance the RPG did not penetrate, since the recovery vehicle is built on a tank chassis and heavily armored

Posted by ed 2004-08-18 1:59:14 AM|| 2004-08-18 1:59:14 AM|| Front Page Top

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