Re: [semi-OT] black hawk down?

On 28-Jan-02 at 16:51, Oerjan Ohlson (oerjan.ohlson@telia.com) wrote:
> Roger Books wrote:
> 
> >One thing,  am I pretty safe in assuming it is difficult to hurt
> >an APC with an RPG?
> 
> In the open? Difficult to get close enough to score a good hit.
> 
> In a city? Ask the Russian soldiers who tried to drive APCs and tanks 
> through Grozny during the 1st Chechen war. If you can find a survivor,
that
>  is...

That's what I wanted to know.  I had always envisioned RPGs as normal
grenades attached to a rocket.	As such they wouldn't have much 
armor penetration.  Obviously my vision was wrong.