Posted on 03/02/2002 1:41:41 PM PST by codebreaker
We don't wan to:
My dream comes true:
We flatten The Taliban, and Osama "escapes"...
We hear that he is at the Madrassa schools Pakistan. Flatten Madrassa schools, Osama "escapes"...
We hear that he is in Indonesia. Flatten Indonesia, Osama "escapes"...
We hear he is in Somalia. Flatten Somalia, Osama "escapes"...
He becomes the "Flying Dutchman" of the Muslim world, where ever he is sighted, disaster follows.
It won't be too long before NOBODY wants him in their back yard. Pretty hard to be a martyr under those circumstances. Also we can have "reliable reports" from "secret sources" that he has been spotted anywhere we want him to have been spotted...
By having him hopscotch through the entire non-arab Muslim world first, we preserve the alliance.
By the time we get to Arab countries, they will have lost any moral standing they may have had in the Muslim world...
We keep this up until:
1) State sponsored terrorism stops.
2) The Mythical Moderate Muslism regain control of their religion, or
3) The Koran is read only in hell.
Bump!
Basically kills tunnels.
That's the TGB-7V projectile for the RPG-7 antitank rocket launcher in its many variant forms, and it's certainly available; the Bulgarians are selling them like hotcakes.
Thankfully, the RPG projectiles being used by the Somalis in Mogadishu during the *Blackhawk Down* event in which the US Rangers were killed had *only* the antitank warhead projectiles available to them, still pretty rough on halicopters and light armored vehicles, and murder on troops aboard unarmored trucks, or the US casualties would likely have been far more severe.
5 January 2001
Thermobaric warhead for RPG-7
Terry Gander
Bulgaria has recently developed the GTB-7G grenade with a thermobaric warhead, introducing the potential to expand the basic RPG-7 Knut (Knout) portable rocket launcher into a true multipurpose weapon. The thermobaric warhead utilizes an advanced form of the fuel-air explosive concept.
The contents of the 93mm diameter warhead are scattered in an aerosol form on impact and then ignited to create a rapidly-formed, high-pressure blast wave, equivalent to that produced by the detonation of 2kg of TNT.
The blast effect is such that significant damage can be inflicted on structures, including field fortifications, and lightly armored vehicles.
,br> When launched from an RPG-7 the GTB-7G grenade has a maximum direct-fire range of 200m, with an initial velocity of 66m/sec (the maximum possible range is 1,000m). The grenade weighs 4.7kg and is 1.12m long. It can be utilized with any RPG-7 launcher once the necessary sight adjustments have been made.
Other recently developed alternative warhead grenades for the fin-stabilized rocket have included variations of anti-personnel HE-FRAG.
The manufacturers are the Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi (Vazov Engineering Plant), based at Sopot.
The RGP-7 rocket launcher is in worldwide use and the GTB-7G grenade is now on offer for export.
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The Bulgarian GTB-7G rocket grenade on the left reveals its long domed thermobaric warhead.
On the right is an OG-7VE grenade with an anti-personnel HE-FRAG warhead, also from Bulgaria.
(Source: Terry J Gander)
The bomb falls to earth,
its thermobaric kiss
sweeps away the leaves.
We may have a man-portable version of this weapon, based on the video clip shown on the evening news. It looked like a rocket-propelled grenade flying into a building via an open door or window. The detonation sent flame out of every opening.
I suppose that could've been a video of the Russian weapon, though, knowing the media. Still, I'm inclined to believe that we have some portable weapon to replace the flamethrower.
As a matter of fact we do. It's much lighter than my old *Flamethrower, Portable, ABC-M9-7* and the newer *Flash* is disposable after using its four shots, though the expensive optical sight fitted to it is capable of being reused- a nice touch, and it's also much more adaptable to being racked up inside combat vehicles and aircraft- Army chopper crews used to get a little antsy about those bringing flamethrowers aboard their aircraft loaded and fueled, ready to go.
Designed to replace the traditional flamethrower, the M202A2 Flash is a rocket launcher which propels an incindiary projectile. Unlike a conventional flamethrower which shoots a jet of burning gasoline, the M202A2's rocket carries the flammable warhead to the target. When the round strikes the target, the projectile casing is ruptured and the warhead's chemical contents spontaneously combust upon contact with air. Not only does this make the M202A2 safer to use, it increases the effective range considerably. One disadvantage of this design, however, is a dangerous backblast area that extends fifteen meters to the rear of the weapon.To operate, the weapon's optical sight is snapped onto the left side of the weapon and the front and rear protective covers are opened. The four-round clip of rockets can then be loaded into the rear of the weapon. If the Flash is not to be fired immediately, the entire loaded clip can be pushed inside the launcher and the protective covers can be closed. The M202A2 can be safely carried like this with the loaded rockets inside. Once the operator is ready to use the weapon, the rockets are pulled out to their extended position by using a wire handle fitted to the clip itself. As the rockets lock into place, the M202's firing mechanism is cocked behind the first projectile. After launching the first rocket, the firing mechanism then rotates to fire the next one. This makes the M202A2 Flash semiautomatic and the rockets can be fired almost as quickly as the operator can pull the trigger. After all of the rockets have been fired the launcher is discarded except for the optical sight which is intended to be reused.
The only known use of the M202A2 Flash in combat was in the 1991 Persian Gulf War when the Flash was employed by the SAS during their raids behind Iraqi lines.
Us in the Brit Army have already been briefed on them from intelligence reports from brit special forces units that were operating in Chechnya. I have already explained to some freepers about how Brit FIBUA SOPs are being changed to meet the threats from thermo-baric weapons. Believe it or not, there are ways of staying safe from a vicinity blast from a thermo-baric bomb, so, they aren't the invincible weapons that people may think.
Den
A cheese cutter? Takes out all the breathable air....
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