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Old 09-03-2022, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly View Post
When I was on active duty (the 70s-80s) I only saw thermite grenades at one point. They simply are not that common an issue.
You'd have better luck with a satchel charge and several sandbags, but the best effect you might get is dislodging the coupla, maybe.
Your best bet would most likely be to use a LAW or RPG and hit the hatch from above and allow the jet to wreck havoc on the crew.
When I was on active duty starting in 1987, we trained to use simulated thermite in AIT, to use in constructing Ranger Cocktails. In Korea at G3, however, we had thermite grenades in garrison offices and in the vehicles in the field -- to destroy the classified information and equipment we had, if capture is imminent. (Things are taken more seriously in Korea at 2X.) Never saw real thermite grenades anywhere else.
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