Re: [GZG] Mine resistant vehicles

Ryan Gill schrieb:
> 
> I love how they barely even state the weapons 
> that they mean, ie the EFP off route mines that 
> have been making their way to Iraq via the nice 
> friendly peace loving Iranian government.

Though it is far from clear that the EFP mines do come from Iran.

Apparently, any competent cobbler can produce the metal disk for the 
penetrator and the other neccessary metal parts. Explosives and fuzes 
are readily available in Iraq. For a discussion, see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_formed_penetrator
http://yorkshire-ranter.blogspot.com/2008/05/which-in-your-case-you-have
-not-got.html
http://yorksranter.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/feel-the-steel-balls/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/revealed-ira-bombs-kil
led-eight-british-soldiers-in-iraq-511177.html

The basic idea is from WWII, designs were developed in the 1960s, I have

an open-source Bundeswehr technical article from the 1980 with 
considerable details.

To bring this slightly back on to topic, it is an example where an 
effective weapon can be produced by simple 'colony' means. The 
sophistication is in developing the basic know how. Reproducing the 
design is then simple.

Greetings
KArl Heinz

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