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Homer12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:39 AM
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Rocket Propelled Grenades, does anyone use bullets anymore?
Edited on Tue Oct-14-03 10:40 AM by Homer12
Seriously, if you pay attention to the news you'll realize that most of our American Soldiers deaths have been from explosive devices (grenades, rockets, bombs, mines, etc...)

The only reason for this has to be that our soldiers, since they are so well armored both with body armor and viehcles that bullets really do not harm them often.
So the logic weapon for the Iraqi Guerilla's has to be explosive devices that can blow-up, rather than bullets that peirce.

I think that the Iraqi guerilla's are evolving rapidly, and larger expolsive devices or other non-conventional forms of warfare (ambush) will be used more often in the future.

Rumsfeld has done nothing to counter-act this type of warfare, becuae he and other military people are at a loss of what to do.
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Patriot_Spear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:43 AM
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1. The RPG-7 is cheap, reliable and hard-hitting...
If you want to stick somebody quick and hard- it's the weapon of choice.

We should have copied this baby a long time ago- makes the one-shot LAW look like a toy.
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Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:43 AM
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2. And don't forget that ...
they are the home team, so use of these weapons is much easier.

Kind of reminds me of the Revolutionary war, and we are marching down the street with bright red coats on.

Cheers
Drifter
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 10:58 AM
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3. RPG's don't kill people ~ People kill people
Get your talking points right.
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