[RusIvan]

Same old again. "Russian" PRG warhead. In 1988 there wasn't Russia but Soviet Union. WHo knows whom USSR delivered those warheads. But anyway PRG round which costs probably around hundred bucks can penetrates heaviest Ambrams sounds amazing and unrealistic.

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[gortklattu]

$100 warhead on an RPG for a costly tank. Real bummer.

[eno_]

Sometimes counter-countermeasures are very simple. For example, heat-seeking missiles now have two sensors that look for two different parts of the IR spectrum. Flares used to confuse missiles only appear in one part of the IR spectrum. This "tandem warhead" thing sounds plausible.

[zarf]

Please. For every super weapon we create, I'm sure a counter to it is just months in the making.

The only question is does the opposition have the wherewithall to mass produce the counter measure.

[Johnny_Cipher]

But anyway PRG round which costs probably around hundred bucks can penetrates heaviest Ambrams sounds amazing and unrealistic.

An old saying comes to mind; "It doesn't matter if the stone hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the stone. Either way, its going to be bad for the pitcher."

Time to start working on some sort of point defense for tanks and/or "reactive reactive" armor, fellers.

[Lil'freeper]

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[FreedomPoster]

Ping.

[Blueflag]

The warhead did NOT penetrate composite armour. It penetrated a portion of the hull that was not covered in composite.

It was a bit of a golden BB.

As I recall the facts and photos, The projectile struck the side of the hull below the base of the turret. As I understand the construction of an M1-A1, the warhead only had to burrow through a few inches of steel at that point.

The crew was protected from spalling (spray of molten metal) by the kevlar lining around the crew compartment. The crewman (driver I believe) was spared becasue the projectile pentrated his seat less then an inch behind his back, continued to the other side of the tank, destroyed an electronic console and came to rest.

I seriously doubt this round could penetrate the compisite armour of an M1-A1/A2.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

ping...

[plastic_positive]

Where did I see the new "striker" battalion covvered, on one of the channels, anyway, and the vehicles were wrapped in basically a steel cage, RPGs would either bounce off the cage, or waste their destructive power on buting through the cage, before they even got to the armor. it looked brilliant.