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> temperature rose quickly to become unbearable as the missile stuck the the armour and the warhead sent a payload of molten brass (or something) through the so
by User23 5y ago
> temperature rose quickly to become unbearable as the missile stuck the the armour and the warhead sent a payload of molten brass (or something) through the solid metal. As the poor blokes try to escape it seems like something more has gone ablaze as you can see they are frozen while trying to run.
Sounds like a shaped charge[1]. I know a man who was drafted during the Korean War and at first he thought it would be lovely to be in a tank protected from harm. Then he got trained on using shaped charges on old German panzers and decided he was happy to be infantry.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaped_charge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaped_charge
- reitanqild 5y agoExactly. I had forgotten the name. And yes, the man you knew probably had learned the same lessons as my dad. Again, this was years ago and I was never equipped with one of these but based on what little I learned and what I see it seems those poor guys where roasted, not knocked dead.