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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Frodo on March 29, 2003, 06:29:45 PM

Title: Is this possible?
Post by: Frodo on March 29, 2003, 06:29:45 PM

Hard to believe the vacuum created would be this strong?

"The officers said the tank unit fired two 120 mm high velocity depleted uranium rounds straight down the main road, creating a powerful vacuum that literally sucked guerrillas out from their hideaways into the street, where they were shot down by small arms fire or run over by the tanks."



http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=VQM1ZVEQ44H3OCRBAEKSFFA?type=focusIraqNews&storyID=2471789


Frodo

Title: Is this possible?
Post by: Maverick on March 29, 2003, 06:50:49 PM

Nah, that is a buncha hooey. The more likely scenario is that the noise of the rounds got their attention and they broke cover in fright. The discarded sabot's might have had a bit to do with it too as they are rather nasty hig velocity chunks of metal wizzing off in the distance.