overrated ?

Alpha · #1 August 8th, 2005, 05:12 PM

US marine corps tanker told me that 12,7mm (M2HB) rips through BMP the iraqis had. i think these were BMP1 mainly...don�t know how the PT76 compares to BMP1 reg. armor.

kevineduguay1 · #2 August 28th, 2005, 03:10 AM

Alpha,

Was this the SLAP? Its the same 50cal gun with better AP ammo.

Shadowcougar · #3 August 28th, 2005, 07:38 PM

.50 cal SLAP (Saboted Light Armor Penetrator)

PlasmaKrab · #4 August 29th, 2005, 11:22 AM

Were there already SLAP .50 rounds around in the Gulf War?

Anyway, Alpha, what do you consider as "ripping through"? At which distances and angles, on which parts... ?

AFAIK the Iraqis had mainly if not only BMP-1s, but the baselilne BMP-2 doesn't seem to be such an improvement in terms of steel armour.

And I don't see a way of comparing the PT-76 and BMP-1 in terms of design, since there are some 15 years between both; PT-76 is on the same basis as the BTR-50 though.