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To: Words

Sorry, at least one M1 has done so. Like the Merkavas, it didn't survive, but half the crew survived - which you can't say about the Merks - one Mk 2 Merk was completely destroyed with the loss of the entire crew when it rolled over a Hez IED, estimated at only 50kg. There was at least one other Merk destroyed by a Hez IED, with no reports of survivors (but no confirmed deaths, either). So, the Merk is by no means immune to IEDs.


43 posted on 08/28/2006 9:09:43 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr
Mk 2 Merk was completely destroyed with the loss of the entire crew when it rolled over a Hez IED, estimated at only 50kg.

Merk2 production stopped about 1989, it is an honest, but obsolete living machine. I'd want to see what a 50kg charge might do to an Abrams.

So, the Merk is by no means immune to IEDs.

What is? It's a question of pounds.

47 posted on 08/28/2006 9:50:32 AM PDT by Words
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