Presumably, the RPG is a shape charge, so the grills prevent it from getting a clean hit, so the shape can detonate properly?
Tell him to be safe ... no, wait, tell the Taliban to be safe. Because if they mess with a Viking, there will be holy hell to pay!
My Brother in Afghanistan
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Re: My Brother in Afghanistan
Do you mean, so the shape can't detonate properly?ShootingSight wrote:Presumably, the RPG is a shape charge, so the grills prevent it from getting a clean hit, so the shape can detonate properly?
Tell him to be safe ... no, wait, tell the Taliban to be safe. Because if they mess with a Viking, there will be holy hell to pay!
He has to be safe, he has a 1 year old daughter now
Re: My Brother in Afghanistan
The RPG fence disrupts the shaped charge warhead jet and stops the penetration of the vehicle. In Vietnam chain link fencing was used for the same purpose but only when the vehicle was in laager.
God bless him and bring him home safe!
God bless him and bring him home safe!
"Everybody dies...the thing is, to die well"
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My brother arrived safely home early Sunday morning 5th of February.
He should have been home a few days earlier but a snow storm got in the way.
In the light of the demonstrations in Kabul re the burning of the Korans I am so grateful he is home and safe.
My thoughts go out to the ones who are not home safe and to the families of the ones who have paid a very high price for what is essentially paper.
I so wish all troops would pull out of there and come home and leave the native people to do whatever they feel like doing. Strap bombs to eachother, bury eachother alive, throw acid in eachother's faces, whatever makes them tick (ha ha, no pun intended)
We cannot change their sharia laws and ways of living...no matter how many troops we send.
...this is my opinion
He should have been home a few days earlier but a snow storm got in the way.
In the light of the demonstrations in Kabul re the burning of the Korans I am so grateful he is home and safe.
My thoughts go out to the ones who are not home safe and to the families of the ones who have paid a very high price for what is essentially paper.
I so wish all troops would pull out of there and come home and leave the native people to do whatever they feel like doing. Strap bombs to eachother, bury eachother alive, throw acid in eachother's faces, whatever makes them tick (ha ha, no pun intended)
We cannot change their sharia laws and ways of living...no matter how many troops we send.
...this is my opinion
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Re: My Brother in Afghanistan
Good news Christel nice know he's home safe :goodjob:
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sign92 :shakeshout: Glad he's home safe.Never say something in Cyberspace you can't say Face to Face!!
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Re: My Brother in Afghanistan
A salute to him for a safe return home! 
"Everybody dies...the thing is, to die well"
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Re: My Brother in Afghanistan
Armadillo - good kit. We should have bought into the system but at the time it was decided we were too heavily invested in the Warrior. Now we've bought into a hole fleet of vehicles that the Armadillo could have done at a cheaper price. Off the shelf truck engine and common parts. Whats not to like?christel wrote:One of the CB90's my brother is there to upgrade, this one has a RPG grill and it looks like it has a 30mm Bushmaster on it. ......................
We'll eventually buy into Stryker, just watch.
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