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Re: Merkavas ?

From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:40:48 +0100
Subject: Re: Merkavas ?

KH wrote:

> >>Some of the new satchel charges (large, tis true) are killing
Merkavas now.
> >
> >Er... no. The Merkavas were destroyed by command-detonated charges
> >consisting of fifty-some kilograms of high explosives dug into the
road.
> >
> >A 50kg charge dug into the road is not a "satchel charge"..
>
>"The Merkavas" ? I only remember reading about one tank destroyed.

Two of them now. The reports read almost identically though - same unit,

almost the same location, even the same number of casualties :-(

Later,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."


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