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Old December 9th, 2009, 12:33 PM
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Default Re: Questions about soviet artillery and other in game

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I did see a T-62 that was taken out by a USMC LAV-25 during the first Gulf War.
The T-62 was stationary and they drilled a hole in it using the 25mm sabot rounds. As I recall the guy said it took about 100 rounds to do it
OK, fine but the issue was 12.7 mm rounds not something with 8 times the penetrative ability

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As Marcello said it was just an example of "could happen" given optimal conditions and lots of ammo.

I suppose you could do the same with 12.7mm AP rounds - eventually. Assume each round puts a 1mm divot in a tanks armor you could drill thru with a few hundred/thousand rounds!

Of course there are always folks fail to see the difference between possible and practical
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