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To: VAFreedom

I reviewed the footage. It looks like the tank got too close to the Bradley. The tank has an armor and gun size advantage. But at close range the Bradley’s 25mm auto cannon give it a huge rate of fire advantage. Close in that cannon is going to shred anything but frontal armor.

During the Battle of the Bulge in WWII, an U.S. M8 armored car killed a German Panzer VI Tiger tank by hiding, let the tank pass, then driving like hell to put 37mm rounds in the Tiger’s rear before they could slew the 88mm in the turret around to obliterate the paper thin armor on the M8.


6 posted on 01/20/2024 6:27:12 PM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.")
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect
Close in that cannon is going to shred anything but frontal armor.

Agreed. If the tank is buttoned up, the 25mm rounds may tear up the vision blocks so the driver cannot see to drive. And he isn't going to stick his head out to see. Same is true for the commander's vision blocks. And he isn't likely to stick his head out to see either. The gunner's optics can also be wrecked by a single lucky hit, and those rounds can also badly damage the track links. Blind the beast and immobilize it and it is nearly helpless. Then back up until you can fire a TOW2B at it and you have a very dead tank.

8 posted on 01/20/2024 6:59:28 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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