Re: [OT] Question from the news

On 26 Mar 2003 at 15:36, Thomas Barclay wrote:

> 1) I read about US forces skirmishing with 
> Republican Gaurd. The reporter mentioned 
> (repeatedly) 50mm machine-gun fire.

Presumably a mistake, and it's really .50 cal.
I've seen .22 refered to as 22mm before now.
 
> 3. I've heard about several 'friendly fire' 
> incidents. One involved two Brit tanks 
> (Challengers I'll assume, but I could be wrong). 

Yeah, they were Challengers in the reports I've seen.

> Don't the tanks have some sort of IFF system? 
> (I'd have thought so). 
 
And the systems work perfectly all the time? Though in this case they 
seem to be ruling out system failure. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2887235.stm

	Steve

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