The RPG may be WWII tech, but the newer warheads can (and have) taken out even the Abrams tank. There was an incident in Iraq where an RPG hit an Abrams in the rear quarter from the side that punched only a pencil sized hole. That hole started the tank on fire and the crew had to evac. That tank may not have violently exploaded, but it was taken out of the fight and that's all that matters. RPGs are nasty these days which is why all the new vehicles are coming with the slat armor kits to pre-detonate them. Leave it to Israel to come up with that. MRAP is not the name of a particular vehicle. It's a class of vehicle (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected). The M-ATV is considered an MRAP. The seats in the M-ATV have 5 point harnesses to keep the crew from being thrown around too much in an attack. The pretty much look like Ricaro seats.
Derek On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:42 AM, HV <henryverheg...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I think the MRAP replacement, the MATV, is pretty cool. > > The Stryker is basically a Swiss-designed Mowag Piranha, and is not that > different from any of the pre-Iraq, cold war era wheeled armored personnel > carriers. They were all designed for a minimal level of protection, > basically 50 cal plus schrapnel. The design philosophy as I understand it > was that they were for ferrying troops to a front, and that doesn't work > for a 360 degree battlefield. You have to wonder though, RPG's are > basically a WWII technology, and all the older APCs are vulnerable. > > >> >> -- > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
