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| IDF soldiers open fire on vehicle that tries to hit them near Bethlehem |
| 2015-02-08 |
| IDF soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian vehicle that attempted to run over soldiers near Bethlehem in the West Bank on Sunday. The soldier's recognized the vehicle, which came from the direction of the village of Al-Khader, accelerating toward them at a checkpoint. The soldiers then opened fire, successfully hitting the vehicle. The car sped away and the IDF was searching the area for suspects. No soldiers were injured in the incident. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 It said they were manning a checkpoint, so they should have had a Mk-19 or at least an M2HB there. Even a underbarrel grenade launcher would have helped though I'm a little dubious that most people are going to be able to hit a moving car with that. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2015-02-08 16:54 |
| #2 A 556 is not the best anti-vehicle weapon. Nor is a 9mm. |
| Posted by: tipover 2015-02-08 12:38 |
| #1 Now, I have a high opinion of the IDF and occasionally send them pizza (pizzaidf.org) but they are not police. I would think that any car army fires on shouldn't be able to drive away or dodge or do anything except maybe explode and burn for a while. You need bigger guns! |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2015-02-08 08:16 |