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2003-07-10 International

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Posted by Dar 2003-07-10 3:21:58 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It was the Afghans who first figured out how vulnerable tanks are to RPG shots at their rear end.

That's got to be wrong. Infantry from every army in the world know that tank armor is thinner around the sides, in the rear and on top. Most of the lessons regarding the limitations of anti-tank weapons vs tank frontal armor were learnt in WWII. US bazooka rounds, in particular, had a way of bouncing off the frontal armor of Tiger tanks. The same thing happened with GI's facing North Korean T-34's in the Korean War.

The Afghan mujahideen received coaching from the Pakistanis and reputedly from the British SAS, as well. They may have learnt anti-armor techniques on their own, but I suspect formal training had something to do with the methods they employed against the Russians.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-7-10 4:54:31 PM|| 2003-7-10 4:54:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 see:
http://www.g2mil.com/RPG.htm

dorf

Posted by Anonymous 2003-7-10 4:54:49 PM|| 2003-7-10 4:54:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 It's also worth noting that those "impressive Afghan RPG tactics" haven't been very effective against the U.S. Supposedly we're being hit with 13 attacks a day since May 1 (granted not all of them with RPGs), and we've lost 25 killed. There's defintely not anything like the effectiveness that was achieved against the Soviets.

Posted by Ralph 2003-7-10 6:54:50 PM|| 2003-7-10 6:54:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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