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A truck can run a couple of miles with a punctured radiator or blown tires, and even a 7.62 NATO round won't do much more than bounce off an engine block.

The door panels and the windows are pretty much invisible to .30 caliber rifle rounds.

As bright and shiny new tank gunners on the M48 tank, we were taught that 6-8 hits on a common unarmored *soft-skinned* truck from the .50 Browning machinegun would pretty well render the vehicle unusable- that many hits were probably going to take out multiple tires, the fuel tank, carberetter, battery, driver or other accessories essential to continued operation.

If we were to use the .30 caliber M37 machinegun mounted coaxially with the main gun, a weap[on using the same .30-06 cartridge as the M1 Garand or Springfield rifles, it was suggested that we go for a 12-15 round burst to obtain the same result. That was with military ball ammunition, of course.

I have no doubt that given a good .30-06 or .308/ 7,62 NATO rifle I could obtain the same result with careful aimed fire out to a quarter mile. Given a common lever-action deer rifle in the .30-30 cartridge, I could do about as well out to a couple of hundred yards, maybne 300, with the problem beyongd that point being more one of staying on target with rapid repeat shots than and problem with the effect of the bullets once they arrived, though the leverguns are limited on the shape of the bullets used in them.

But an M1 Garand, M1A or FAL would do fine. And a .50 rifle backed up with such a semiauto would be nearly ideal.

I think a few metal posts stuck behind chunks of bear grass buried at diff and transfer case height and some of those nifty pieces of 1/2 inch winch cable strung at a 60 degree angle to the vehicle path would do wonders for stopping the high speed vehicle crossings. Toss in some home made ranger jacks and thus it's all about the proper application of landscaping .........:o)

Stay safe Archy !!