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Chris196
07-30-2003, 04:17 AM
http://sa.nextwish.org/Unsorted/War%20Photos/trap.jpg

I have no clue as to the story behind it.
Merik
07-30-2003, 04:40 AM
BOOM!!!!! woot
Argyll
07-30-2003, 05:19 AM
That has to to incoming fire! or an IED going off ,or out of shot on the other side is a CET destroying one of many of the monuments to Saddam(one of the Wall Murals!)
No way would the British Army have a challenger tank sitting almost pn top of a controlled explosion!The way the wall is being blown towards the vehicle,which is also battened down.
A pretty amazing shot regardless of the situation though
atnadastra
07-30-2003, 01:27 PM
That is a friggin AWESOME shot!
GLax
07-30-2003, 04:15 PM
that tank looks so large and demonic... how many tons does that thing weigh in at?
USMarine3521
07-30-2003, 04:56 PM
now that is a cool looking tank and is that machine gun i see? right next to the cannon?
FallenAngel
07-30-2003, 05:37 PM
yes thats a machine gun next to the 120mm

as for the weight....well, I know an M1A1 Abrams weighs in at 67-68 tons. My guess is that the Challenger might be a bit lighter, but not by much.
Schuster
07-30-2003, 05:48 PM
according to FAS.org.

Challenger 2 Combat Weight 62,500kg
Royal
07-30-2003, 06:42 PM
yes thats a machine gun next to the 120mm

Strictly spaeking, no it's not, it's a 7.62mm Hughes Chain Gun

Argyll, to be even more pedantic, if it's the same scene the CET was a CRAAV...
usa320
07-30-2003, 11:35 PM
YOWZA
Argyll
07-31-2003, 03:34 AM
Thats's it Royal,the CET is the wee squat vehicle,and the CRAAV is the Recovery vehicle based on the Challengers chassis!
I couldn't remember the acronym!
So have you a update on that photo,as to what the scene is portraying?
It's still a remarkable shot all the same!
HMMcrewchief
08-01-2003, 02:51 PM
I hope the photographer took that through a VERY long zoom lens. Otherwise he is in for a world of hurt. At least a concussion. Ouch. But an awsome pic.
Gringo
08-01-2003, 06:51 PM
That has to to incoming fire!

Or Friendly Fire!!!!
Lookout for the circuling A10!
FallenAngel
08-02-2003, 12:26 AM
Or Friendly Fire!!!!
Lookout for the circuling A10!

Nope....A-10 would have blasted it to hell and gone :D
Gringo
08-02-2003, 04:36 AM
What's that supposed to mean!? That u want to see British killed by there own bloody side!!!!!