| From: | "Like, dude, where's the firefight?" <MURRAYMD@******.BITNET> |
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| Subject: | Tank Guns! Tank Guns! Rolly Polly Tank Guns! |
| Date: | Thu, 8 Apr 93 21:47:43 CET |
>25m (the Bradley, or the 23mm on some Eastern APC, either the OT-64 or -65) up
>to the 120mm smoothbore. It is correct, however, that the smallest tanks, in
>the true sense of the term use 75mm or thereabouts.
The 23mm is the standard calibre for Soviet heavy machine
guns/light cannons. That calibre can be found on aircraft (where American
aircraft would have 20mm) as well as in a variety of other places. The
newer Soviet anti-aircraft tank that is in service, ZSU-23-4, mounts 4x 23mm
light cannons on a turret. Gave the USAF the willies so bad at one time that
they changed their order of mission precedence to include these things
specifically. As a matter of fact the beloved A-10 has armor in places
designed to stop 23mm stuff specifically.
In the future please be a little more specific when talking about
types of tanks. Darn near all vehicles that have significant armor,
weaponry and a military mission can be called a tank. When you say tanks
"...in the true sense of the term..." I can conjure up lots of images. No
spirits or elementals though. Damn!!! BTW, the light tanks and recon
tanks/vehicles are going away from the 75-78mm light tank gun and are being
refitted or designed to use 105mm low recoil guns. Yeah, there are still a
lot of 75mm out there, but not too many...
>HEAT: I know these will destroy an APC but not bother and MBT. I though I made
>that clear when I said they would barely scorch the paint of a real tank. I
>suppose in my flippancy I became inaccurate in my terminology.
The older MBT will still be harmed by HEAT rounds. That's probably
the reason why the US Marines put Reactive Armor blocks on their old M-60
tanks but we have yet to see any on the M-1(M1-A1). The Isrealis, who
invented this stuff back in 1973, had their entire tank force made up of a
mish-mash of old and current MBT back then. Their reactive armor blocks
would stop the slow HEAT and HESH rounds but would not do anything against
armor peircing.
>J Roberson
>Brushing his teeth with gunpowder
>because he keeps shooting his mouth off.
I suggest that you not smoke or chew on blasting caps. :)
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