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Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer
The M1 has soft spots on it like a newborn's head.
I remember back in 2003 one got schwacked early on in OIF and the press and the military were convinced it'd been taken out by a "Koronet" ATGM and there was this huge concern that the Syrians or Lebanese or Iranians were shipping high-end weapons in during the opening stages of the war.
Nope!
Turns out it was a plain-Jane RPG-7. Probably on the order of 30 years old. Punched through the hull, burned a hole in the main breaker box, mission kill.
WTF, guys?! As cool as I think the Abrams is, I really worry when I hear jazz like that.
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Yes.... and No - much like a lot of things. Been in an M1 that got hit in the side by RPG's, including a money shot on the ring itself. No damage other than cosmetic. Hell, my mac even still worked and the bag it was in was blown off by said RPG.
What was determined in the field that while a few of the penetrating shots by an RPG was done with a tandem charge warhead. But the bulk of the kill shots was actually caused by 122mm rockets fired waist high from about 10 meters, tops. Usually hid behind a car, a dumpster, that sort of thing.