CHECK IT

 

even if it hit, RPGs don't really do as much damage as you think, especially to a tank. It might immobilize it, but almost certainly won't penetrate its armor.

 

dude's trigger finger itchy like chicken pox.

 

RPG's arent meant to penetrate armor, of course it wont. You say "it will only immobolize it" like that isnt a bad thing. One the vehicle is disabled....your now sitting on a 45 ton piece of metal in the middle of a city that hates you???WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!??!?!?! The U.S media would have you believe that we have the best armor in the world....FALSE. RPG or not, one hit to the rear will knock the tank out,and put the tank at risk of fire and killing everyone aboard. Also...the drivers cupola is glass, is bulletproof, but not rpg proof. They can knock out hte driver if they hit it directly (between turret and main chassis, small glass octagone looking thing) The only way in/out of the drivers spot is from the outside of the tank, so then the tank has no driver.

Rpg vs. Tank in urban battle is far worse then engaging other tanks/people.


Oh by the way all our tanks that have been knocked out during the war have been from rpg's and small bombs....they dont have tanks...so yes they are a major threat and will penetrate armor.

 

my friends from iraq brought back numerous pictures of m1's being knocked out from rpg's. The fact is america's media doesnt show us tanks blown to bits often, or not at all.


Thats an ignorant thing to say rpgs wont do anything, im sorry its upsetting. That was a very simple minded statement.

They blow out the tracks on the tank with a rpg, then another crew runs up with explosives and slaps it on the tank.....this is real world son not battlefield 2 or call of duty.

 

Wow, you really don't know much about tanks. American media or not, thats an M1A2 Abrams MBT, the best tank in the world. There are few tanks in the world than can knock it out with their main gun which is intended to penetrate armor. What are you talking about a glass cupola that is only bulletproof? The driver sits right in front of the turret between several inches of steel and reactive armor, looking through armored viewports that have only a few inches of exposure. RPGs dont carry enough explosive to do much to the driver's position. An RPG would be hard-pressed to even disable an Abrams. Strikers and Bradleys are somewhat vulnerable, but not an Abrams. Even if it was disabled, they still have the 50 cal and the 240 on the top of the turret and help is not far away.

The only deaths in M1s in Iraq resulted from accidents or from extremely powerful IEDs. RPGs have yet to kill a single American tanker. The average RPG hit costs a few bucks to fix b/c all the tank needs is a touch up to the paint.

 

Ok, well ill ask my dad to get some photos from work of the damage done to "the best tank in the world" from 30 dollar soviet rpg's.

http://ve.ida.org/rtoc/images/abrams.jpg

DIRECTLY UNDER THE 120 MM SMOOTHBORE GUN

If you land a round in between the turret, and the chassis, you will kill the driver. It has glass siding, and a steel roof for the cupola. Its my word against yours, and this is what iscoming from people who actually drive the m1 tank, and they say its vulnerable to rpg in URBAN WARFARE. Its not hard to run up to a m1 and pop a round off 20 feet from it. By the way a .50 cal cant aim to its sides, and to the front, and cant engage targets closer than 15 feet...the traverse of the gun cant hit that low. You knock out the tracks, and then you can maneuver around to the back and knock it out.

But your correct, and the drivers/crew of the m1's are wrong, you have all the experiance, and they have nill.

 

"The only deaths in M1s in Iraq resulted from accidents or from extremely powerful IEDs. RPGs have yet to kill a single American tanker. The average RPG hit costs a few bucks to fix b/c all the tank needs is a touch up to the paint. "

That quote just shows you have no idea what your talking about....M1 armor is designed to explode, yes thats right, explode upon impact. When a rpg hits the side of the tank, the armor set off a charge from within, and starts another explosion outward, thrusting the motion of the explosion, along with debris outwards. That whole "touchup paint" bullshit is something a civilian would say. 1 rpg hit can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.


Seriously just stop talking

 

But the M1 doesn't use reactive armour, I believe its still classifed

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mcJcVEpaNZg

thats how well the best tank in the world holds up against some rebels with no training and cheap explosives. That tank weighs almost 50+ tons and it got shot up like a football........

just wait till i find a rpg one.