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To: archy
I'm guessing that's what we're facing in these roadside ambushes in Iraq?
113 posted on 11/14/2003 3:21:44 PM PST by johnb838 (Majority Rule, Minority Rights. Not the other way around.)
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To: johnb838
I'm guessing that's what we're facing in these roadside ambushes in Iraq?

No. The Claymore is an American mine, though there are foreign versions. But as we begin training and equipping the Iraqi police/military, they may become available.

To date, most of what I've heard used are the Soviet TM46 and TM57 antitank mines, *pieplate* sixed three-four inches thick with a payload of around 15-20 pounds explosive, easily enough carried one in either hand by a 2-man [or woman] team, offering a 60-pound charge.

Add to that any leftover available artillery or mortar explosive projectiles and military demolition charges, and there's plenty of noisemakers around to handle a Stryker, maybe a tank.

-archy-/-

114 posted on 11/14/2003 3:39:15 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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