MCLAUGHLIN, RICHARD A. CPT wrote:
> Looney?
> > > I KNOW that a .50 cal will penetrate a BMP at least on the side.
> > This I can back up from seeing a dead BMP at Ft. Bliss with LOTS of
> .50
> > holes in from where the 3rd herd got happy on it.
>
> MadMac on targets:
> OK with me, I wasn't sure. Remember an old hulk of a BMP 1 that has
> been
> pounded on for 20 years from short range is going to have weaker
> armor
> than a BMP 3 right off the assembly line. Could be.
>
> MadMac
Well, (and this is according to Janes, not from going out with a ruler)
the max armor on a BMP is 33mm. and the side armor is on the order of
8-10 mm.
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Received on Wed Sep 10 1997 - 12:59:46 UTC