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RSK
03-29-2004, 01:57 AM
How well does this counter against RPG's???

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040319/i/r3054286786.jpg

I remember during the last Balkan wars 1990-1995 the Serbian army would attatch thick rubber mats to their tanks and apcs to counter "zolja's" (Yugo LAW's), Maljutka's and RPG's.

It seemed to work well!
Backis
03-29-2004, 03:35 AM
Search and ye shall find! (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11077&highlight=pg7) ;)
squeak
03-29-2004, 07:41 AM
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040328/i/r4064757565.jpg
Yard Ape
03-29-2004, 12:02 PM
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040328/i/r4064757565.jpgThis means nothing. Was it an RPG hit, or was it the one destroyed by an IED?

I have read accounts of these vehicles surviving RPG hits because of the slat-armour. I have not heard of any being destroyed by RPG.
DHN_STONE1
03-29-2004, 12:12 PM
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040328/i/r4064757565.jpg

it was hit with 2 rpg's
Seoulstriker
03-29-2004, 12:17 PM
and the jerry cans were ignited.
Yard Ape
03-29-2004, 12:19 PM
How did the crew in the vehicle make out?
How long was the vehicle down for?
He219
03-29-2004, 12:24 PM
From yesterday's pic thread:

A U.S. Army Stryker armoured vehicle blazes on a hillside road in the northern Iraq city of Mosul March 28, 2004 after it was hit by a rocket propelled grenade, which struck slat armour and then set a fuel can alight, according to the U.S. military. *******/Namir Noor-Eldeen

The crew made it out. The vehicle is a write-off ....
Yard Ape
03-29-2004, 01:01 PM
That tells me the armour does what it is supposed to do.