[Billthedrill]

I hope Hack isn't implying that RPGs took out Abrams tanks. It'd be about as credible as the rest of his blatherings about this war, which is to say not very.

[300winmag]

I hope Hack isn't implying that RPGs took out Abrams tanks. It'd be about as credible as the rest of his blatherings about this war, which is to say not very.

I think a few M1s were taken out with AT-14 hits to the engine compartment, which seems to be the most vulnerable area. Others were knocked out of action by DOZENS of RPG hits in massive ambushes. In every instance, the crew inside the tank survived, and made it out, even if the tank was trashed. This is world-class survivability.

I just hope we don't give up all the M1s in the name of "lighter, faster, and easier to kill with a cheap RPG". Let the MPs have Strykers so they can accompany "soft" supply convoys coming up from the rear. I want future bad guys to know that seeing our M1s means invulnerability for us, and certain death for them. We aren't over there to give them a "sporting chance" with a Stryker.

[eno_]

I have read other press reports about RPGs disabling Abrams tanks. "Taking out" an Abrams is very very hard. Even in most of the tanks that were totaled, the crew walked away. But stopping the tank by damaging the engine enough to immobilize it is apperently possible to do with an RPG.