Loyd M. Enochs (lenochs%drcoa1.decnet@drcvax.af.mil) (10/23/90)
From: Loyd M. Enochs (lenochs%drcoa1.decnet@drcvax.af.mil) >From a previous episode on the network (author unknown).......... > I was told of a demonstration of a 120mm discarding sabot round fired >against a T-55 by a good friend who spent 4 years in the U.S. Army. The tank >target had two sheep carcasses placed inside it to demonstrate the effect of a >penetration by a non-exploding round on personnel inside a tank...... A new series on the DISCOVERY Channel, called 'Firepower', demonstrated the firing of a TOW against a moving M-60 (I think M-60). The missile hit just at the turret ring and stopped the tank in about 20 meters. The tank turned into a pyrotechnic static display as the munitions aboard cooked off. Absolutely the most destructive anti-tank demonstration I've seen (I am ex-Air Force munitions maintenance). By the by, Firepower is on Friday nights at 9:30pm Eastern. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Loyd M. Enochs, Dynamics Research Corp, Andover, MA 02135 "When in doubt, the claymore is facing you." Murphy's Laws of Combat |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||