Re: How to kill a <grav> tank :)

You wrote: 

>I'm not sure this is true; against modern (Chobham) tank armour as 
used by NATO tanks, HEAT rounds of the types used in satchel charges 
and man-portable weapons are pretty much useless - you need such a 

First, the massive invulnerable protection is primarily restricted to 
the glacis plate and the turret front.	Second, satchel charges don't 
use shaped charges--20 lbs of C-4 packed into a canvass bag WILL at 
least M-kill a tank if it's thrown over the back deck.	It'll blow out 
the engine (conveniently located back there) and likely flip the turret 
off and/or detonate the ammo in the turret rear.  Third, you didn't 
adress land mines, which will remain forever a nasty way of breaking 
track (at the least--likely K-kill with DE mines like the M-21).

large calibre it is impractical to carry. This is why tanks now depend 
so much on AP(FS)DS rounds. Unless someone has figured out a way to put 
niftier warheads in these rockets, a tank is still very hard for a 
grunt to kill. Mind you, if infantry are still fielded against tanks 
(by proper armies) in the deep future, they must be able to kill the 
somehow ... ("Quick, corporal - pass the Futtock Rocket!").

Remember, Dirtside II background postulates shoulder-fired rockets 
issued to every man in the section that are more than capable of 
killing a tank at 400 meters.  I've seen a guy get ambushed by a hidden 
infantry platoon and lose an entire platoon of grav tanks.

>Tom Anderson, Professional Amateur

John M. Atkinson, Amateur Professional