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2003-12-30 Iraq

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-12-30 1:45:07 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "This is an indication that the enemy faction was testing the personal protection plateâs ability to withstand expended anti-personnel ammunition."

Anybody got a clue what this sentence really means? Particularly the "expended" part? Anti-personnel ammo is the so-called ball ammo, which is unlikely to make it through the composite body armor available. There are a variety of armor piercing (AP) rounds that will penetrate ceramic plate, but it usually takes a .50 cal class round to reliably make it through the combination kevlar/ceramic/steel body armor. Are the brits just using kevlar/ceramic? Any insights?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2003-12-30 2:22:17 PM|| 2003-12-30 2:22:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 withstand expended anti-personnel ammunition

What does expended mean here?

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-30 2:31:23 PM|| 2003-12-30 2:31:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 EXPENDED in mil-speak means used, fired. I'm thinking the writer was trying to say; "the bad guys were testing the flak vest's ability to take hits." He's been writing too many press releases.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-30 4:29:45 PM|| 2003-12-30 4:29:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I know expended means used/fired. What I was thinking about was if they were playing around with expended DU rounds - just the cores - and trying to find a way to use them.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2003-12-30 6:05:51 PM|| 2003-12-30 6:05:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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