Re: Berms

--- Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com> wrote:

> The 73mm HEAT - the original RPG-7/SPG-9 round, and
> also the one fired by 
> the low-pressure gun of a BMP-1 so it's not just
> RCLR - is impact-fused, so 
> simply hitting the berm detonates it. I suspect that

All HEAT rounds (AFAIK) are impact fuzed.  And yes,
that is the point--sheetrock would stop the round per
se, the depth of the berm is to prevent it from
injuring people behind it.

John

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