Artilly4Life

An M1A1 Abrams tank could survive a direct hit from a 155mm howitzer HE shell, real life. An M1a1 Abrams will not survive any splash damage within 3 meters of any side from a 155mm howitzer HE shell. I was in mechanized field artillery battalion ( 3\18 FA BN) and was deployed to Iraq in 2003. We got frag orders Sept 2002, so we started preparing. In preparing not only did we have to know our jobs, we had to know what our munitions were fully capable of doing. We had to know which munitions were effective against different armors, in the case that we actually had to do a direct fire (shoot a target we could see). A couple of the pictures, I remember the most was one of an Abrams that had a 155 HE land within 2 meters of it's second road wheel. The tank literally looked like Swiss cheese. Another picture I remember was one of a 155 HE direct hit to a T-67, there was a slight dent and crack in the armor but no massive damage; on the same paper was a 155 HE splash damage (shell impact was about 6 meters away from the left side) to a T-67, If any crew members survived they were in a world of hurt. The shrapnel from the rounds literally went through both tanks, though there was more blocked by the T-67 due to where the round landed.