Stalins Organ Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Hey folks - I'm trying to find a thread or 2 that I thought was on here about an M1 (or plural) being KO-ed by RPG's - RPG-29? I've spent a couple of days searching here & on the 'net - there are plenty of articles on the 'net, but I am sure the discussion here was more complete than those I've found. Does anyone else recall it? TIA SO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abneo3sierra Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Not sure of threads on Battlefront, but look at news stories from the second week of OIF. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/US-Field-Manuals/abrams-oif.pdf#prof This gives some AARs and lessons learned. The basic thrust is that no M1 was ever 'killed' in the sense of the vehicle being destroyed. The combat losses due to enemy fire were mobility kills, especially penetration of the track skirts and ignition to ammo stores in the turret. The tanks thus disabled were from anti-armour RPG rounds and even 25mm fire into the engine compartment. Not a bad kill for a 25mm crew though you'd have to have balls of steel!! PS: I think SO that you might be thinking of a discussion on the Merkavas in 2006 Lebanon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Yeah I've seen that document thanks - it is certainly an interesting read. But there was a case reported from 2008 in Sadr City so several years later, and there's a video that looks like it might be that actual attack on Liveleak ....I know I saw a discussion of it somewhere - thought it was here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Not sure if it's the case you are thinking of, but I too remember such a story and ISTR there was a multi-page discussion of it here extending over several days. Included as they became available were photos of the damaged tank, both exterior and interior. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Don't forget the GF was destroyed in the forum migration so that thread might be gone. Maybe the CMSF thread but I couldn't find anything though searches for Abrmas Iraq etc are very hard to narrow down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Yeah, I think it might well have been in the GF and got wiped along with thousands of other classic threads. The downside of the digital age is how easy it is to do that. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flesh Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Maybe you're thinking of this? (From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-29) "In 2007, British officials confirmed that an RPG-29 round penetrated the frontal ERA and hull of a Challenger 2 tank during an engagement in al-Amarah, Iraq, wounding a crew member." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flesh Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Another possibility? Abrams Tank Penetrated by "Mystery Weapon" (2003) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Another possibility? Abrams Tank Penetrated by "Mystery Weapon" (2003) That's the incident I remember and was referring to. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Thanks for those - that last one may be it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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