Re: Abrams hit by a roadside bomb [TANKS]

[John Bruder <hobbydad-at-adelphia.net>]

Generally, they use 4 or 5 152mm HE rounds set off with Det cord.  They just kept 
increasing the size of the charge until one worked.  Most of them are 1 or 2 152 
rounds set off with a stand-off detonater.

John


---- Sigi <sigismund.koster-at-hetnet.nl> wrote: 

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these are very intense pictures!
all this mangled metal,i dont want to think, what this did to the crew.
the blood of the driver is still visible on one of the pictures...
i never expected that a roadbomb was able to destroy a Abrahams tank!!!
that must have been an extremely heavy bomb!!
i have no further comments.....


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Derek Engelhaupt 
  To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 6:12 PM
  Subject: RE: Abrams hit by a roadside bomb [TANKS]


  Well, I didn't want to start anything that's why I didn't make any political 
comments about it.  It is tank related, but I will refrain from posting anything 
like this again.

  Derek

  Kevin <ka1201-at-houston.rr.com> wrote:
    Wait. Did I make the wrong point? Posting off topic things doesn't boil my
    blood; it is that these insurgents are killing the soldiers that are in Iraq
    building schools that their kids will go to. I'm not going to wax political
    and talk about why we are there or whether we should be there but I'd bet we
    are doing more helping than harming and we are being spat upon for it.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On
    Behalf Of WJ
    Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:19 AM
    To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
    Subject: RE: Abrams hit by a roadside bomb [TANKS]

    I agree with you that this type of thing should be kept outside of the
    mailinglist.




    > I am glad that steadier hands than mine are at the controls of our nuclear
    > arsenals. Flame me if you will but that stuff boils my blood.
    >
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    > From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]
    > On
    > Behalf Of Derek Engelhaupt
    > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:51 AM
    > To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
    > Subject: Abrams hit by a roadside bomb [TANKS]
    >
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    > I normally don't post this kind of stuff, but this is just too disturbing
    > what those folks are doing with IEDs over there in Iraq. This came to me
    > from the Abrams list.
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    > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dmon722000/detail?.dir=/402bre2
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    > jpg&.src=ph> &.dnm=1c8cre2.jpg&.src=ph
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    > Derek (formerly SPC) Engelhaupt
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