T-90 vs Abrams

[Panther Al]

The money shot mentioned was right in front of the NBC system, between the turret and the upper hull. Left one hell of a scorch mark - and set the NBC system on fire (Not that it takes much to make that happen, those things are always burning up on the least excuse).


To be fair: We wonder if the warhead actually went off, as a hit from another RPG that nailed the left turret cheek actually did a little more damage than that.

The pics of RPG hits are not too surprising though: The M1 is armored to the front at a higher cost to the side and rear than most tanks out there, running around doing MOUT isn't a good idea. The skirts past the halfway point are really nothing more than a splinter shield, they have no thickness worth mentioning, and the side armor on the lower hull is little better than the belly or rear past the midway point as well. Then again, so is most tanks. All the high tech high test stuff is in the frontal arc anyways, so the rest is just generic steel.