RE: [SG2] Cover Penetration Question for all you Armour Experts

IIRC the account as listed by Tom Clancy was that an American M1 spotted
an Iraqi T-72 moving behind a sand berm.  The berm was 15 feet tall so
direct sight of the tank was lost.  Using the thermal sight, the heated
exhaust plume of the Iraqi tank was visible rising above the berm. 
Calculating where the bulk of the tank should lie, the M1 fired through
the berm.  The APFSDS went through the berm and through the Iraqi tank. 
I don't think that the range was listed.  From pictures I've seen of the
sand berms, they were 20-30 feet thick.

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Goodall [mailto:agoodall@att.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:06 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [SG2] Cover Penetration Question for all you 
> Armour Experts
> 
> 
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:54:54 -0700 (PDT), John Atkinson
> <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > But a proper tank fighting position is something else
> >entirely.
> 
> Would a proper position (made from packed earth, I take it?) be mostly
> impervious to anti-tank fire or completely impervious?
> 
> Sand is completely useless? Not surprising, but quite 
> interesting. I'll take
> that into account.
> 
> 
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