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| ARMORED WARFARE: 120mm Ammo for Urban Warfare |
| 2004-10-31 |
| A new generation of tank gun ammunition is proving very useful in Iraq and Israel. The new shells are better at killing infantry, and destroying bunkers and buildings. In the 1990s, new shells were developed for this, but in the last few years, 19,000 M830A1 multipurpose 120mm tank gun rounds were modified (to become M908 shells), to make them more lethal against bunkers, buildings and unarmored vehicles. In addition, there is the M1028, which is a 120mm shotgun shell (containing 1100 10mm tungsten balls, that can kill or wound at up to 700 meters), that began production in 2002. This shell, and the M908, are what American M-1 tanks use nearly all the time in Iraq. Israel pioneered both types of tank ammunition, and has been using their versions heavily in Palestinian areas during the last four years. These two shells make tanks much more useful in urban fighting. Hostile gunmen often take cover in buildings, or trees and crops. The M908 can knock down buildings, and the M1028 can clear out anyone sniping at you from lighter structures or vegetation. Ooo. That would leave a mark. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 .com, The only problem is that it would be considered a WMD..... I say we go for it anyway. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-10-31 9:17:48 PM |
| #5 containing 1100 10mm tungsten balls, that can kill or wound at up to 700 meters ... Hell, a single M1028 round has more balls than the entire Arab street combined. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-10-31 9:14:20 PM |
| #4 Excellent idea .com. Sort of a conventional neutron bomb. The smell would be so bad occupants of a building would exit with both hands over their noses. But it's probably a Geneva violation. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-31 6:46:30 PM |
| #3 Can we load up and fire lawyers whose election challenges prove to be baseless? Call it shitshot... I have no idea what effect it would have on structures, etc., but that's what a testing program is for. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-31 6:38:24 PM |
| #2 Load the langrel-shot! Fire when ready.... |
| Posted by: Sheik Abu Bin Ali Al-Yahood 2004-10-31 6:32:50 PM |
| #1 It's funny how cannons have evolved and superficially devolved with time. From olde time smoothbore to rifled, to smoothbore. Now grapeshot's getting a second wind! What next - chain shot? Muzzle loading?! Heh. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-10-31 5:48:34 PM |