Good point. In late 68 we had a SOG recon team capture a 122 mm rocket intact from the mid west part of our AO. It was taken to Saigon and test fired into reinforced concrete.
If I recall the report half ass, it penetraated 6 plus feet of solid reinforced concrete. So, think what those civilians in Israel are facing. It took an SF engineer/demo man and 32 montagnards days to build an underground bumker/TOC that would withstand that kind of direct hit. So, those who feel sorry for Hamas’s cowards who fire 122’s at Israel’s cities- need to stop whining, as those new bombs are much more accurate then a 122mm rocket aimed at a city. A 122mm rocket might hit anywhere. What home in this country could withstand that?
They've been under attack as far back as I can remember, and everytime its the same - not one damn word from UN observers other than every movement the Israelis make, and then demands for a cease fire whenever the hizzies or hamas run out of rockets or kids. I lost my pic from 2006 of the hizzie flag flying right next to the UN flag on the UN observation post when my computer crashed, but I'm sure many saw the same pic and other evidence that the UN supplies intel, transportation, cover and deception. I just pray the Israelis realize how criticaly important an overwhelming victory before 1/20 is.
Exploding 122s were very loud but hardly even damaged the fencing.
We always had launch watchers in towers and a O-6 LOH with a door gunner with an M-60 on fast response. Killed a lot of PAVN/VC rocket teams.
Ef ‘em.