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- From: Chad Barret Wemyss <chadwemy@wpi.wpi.edu>
- Subject: Re: British armour/sonic snipers
- Message-ID: <C19o9M.473@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- References: <C0Hvws.G8o@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> <C124wK.7pI@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:51:22 GMT
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- From Chad Barret Wemyss <chadwemy@wpi.wpi.edu>
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- In article <C124wK.7pI@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Joshua Follick <follick%hydra.unm.edu@lynx.unm.edu> writes:
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- >In article <C0Hvws.G8o@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> chc30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com writes
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- >>The armour on the British "Warrior" APCs is I think Chobham and according
- >>ne report I heard can withstand any artillery round up to 155mm. I think
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- > This seems like very effective protection, considering that it
- >seems the top of the line US APC, can't handle an RPG 17. How comprehensive
- >is this armor? Are there large gaps?
- >
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- A direct hit from a large caliber artillery shell or rocket will waste any APC
- in the world, and tanks will be out of commission for a while, while the
- crew tries to recover their senses, assuming they are still alive after the
- shock.
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- What the report probably said was that the armor would withstand the fragments
- of any artillery round up to 155mm.
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- Chad Wemyss
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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