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Finn McCool said:

Probably another tank or a lucky hit from an RPG was what caused the tank to be abandoned in the first place. Then other Abrams or an aircraft hit it to assure the Iraqis didn't get anything from it. That happened in this one book I read about the Iraq war, and seems to be what they usually do if they don't plan on recovering the tank anytime before they think the enemy can get to it because of combat.

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I heard somewhere (maybe in this forum) that T-72's main gun cannot punch through an M1's amour. RPG? I'm afraid there's noway an RPG can beat the M1. I guess some anti tank missile is more possible.

SteelBird said:

I heard somewhere (maybe in this forum) that T-72's main gun cannot punch through an M1's amour. RPG? I'm afraid there's noway an RPG can beat the M1. I guess some anti tank missile is more possible.

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Well in the book I read the tank was in an armoured column, rolling down the highway into the city center in Baghdad engaging thousands of Iraqi infantry on the sides of the higway. An RPG struck it somehwere in the back and ignited some sort of fuel line that didn't stop the tank but lit the back of it on fire. They stopped the tank and tried to put the fire out but flammable stuff just kept dripping out of the ruptured line so the crew had to leave the tank. Then the other tanks shot it several times and an F-16 dropped a bomb on it to prevent it from being inspected by the Iraqis.

Afterward it looked like the one in the picture. Just shows you how tough M1s are.

Well now. Since you guys seem to be intrested in armor that is SMASHED Check these out!

1) A destroyed Iraqi T-55 Main Battle Tank sits along a roadside during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Released to Public)

2)A scuttled M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) rests in front of a Fedayeen camp just outside of Jaman Al Juburi, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Released to Public)

3) The destroyed remains of a US Marine Corps (USMC) M1-88 Vehicle Tank Retriever (VTR), (Released to Public)

4) A US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) is loaded onto a Landing Craft Utility Vessel, from inside the well deck aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Released to Public)

5)An Iraqi Army BMD-1 airborne combat vehicle destroyed by elements of the US Marine Corps (USMC) C/Company, 1st Tank Battalion, near At Tubah Hamra, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Parts of an Iraqi 23mm ZU-23 Twin Automatic Anti-aircraft gun, rest against the destroyed vehicle. (Released to Public)

Finn McCool said:

Well in the book I read the tank was in an armoured column, rolling down the highway into the city center in Baghdad engaging thousands of Iraqi infantry on the sides of the higway. An RPG struck it somehwere in the back and ignited some sort of fuel line that didn't stop the tank but lit the back of it on fire. They stopped the tank and tried to put the fire out but flammable stuff just kept dripping out of the ruptured line so the crew had to leave the tank. Then the other tanks shot it several times and an F-16 dropped a bomb on it to prevent it from being inspected by the Iraqis.

Afterward it looked like the one in the picture. Just shows you how tough M1s are.

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This sound more reasonable. The rear part is the most weakest point of a tank. But I'm curious if an RPG can cut the M1's track?

1.) A T-72 hit by a TOW missile
2.) A t-72 after being hit by two 120mm sabot round in GW 2, '91
3.) dead BMP-1, no further info ...
And a video of a test-shot of the new US line-of sight anti-tank rocket fired from a HMMWV.

The above is an Al Jazeera clip (no mangled bodies in sight). The first scene is one of interest: it shows a Bradley armored veichle with ERA on fire. The crew may have survived from the looks of it, but the veichle si definetely out. I'll try to find more video clips, but most of the video clips featuring smashed US military equipment are from Iraqi insurgent videos and I'm not about to post that up here...

I'll try to find more video clips, but most of the video clips featuring smashed US military equipment are from Iraqi insurgent videos and I'm not about to post that up here...

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Those are hard on the eyes because they show a lot of death ,mangled bodies and the like. Thanks for your consideration.

War just simply sucks!

1) U.S. military personnel look at a Soviet-made SA-2 surface-to-air missile launcher demolished in an Allied attack during Operation Desert Storm. A section of the missile is in the foreground. (Released to Public)

2) A demolished Iraqi BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle and demolished tank stand on a roadway in the Euphrates River Valley after they were destroyed by Allied attack during Operation Desert Storm. (Released to Public)

3) An abandoned Iraqi ASU-23-4 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun lies in ruins in the Euphrates River Valley after it was demolished during Operation Desert Storm. (Released to Public)

4) A demolished Iraqi helicopter litters Tallil Airfield following an Allied attack during Operation Desert Storm. (Released to Public)

5) Smoke and flames pours out of several open hatches of a confiscated Serbian Army T-55 Main Battle Tank (MBT), parked in the field artillery area of Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina, after C-4 explosive charges, rigged by a US Army TF 1-26 EOD unit, were detonated inside the tank to destroy it during Operation Joint Guard. (Released to Public

Pictures of smashed US military equipment in Iraq, taken at Camp Anacanda.

Many American CV's were SMASHED by IJN Kamikazes during WW II. Here are some pics of the damage. No Essex class CV was sunk by kamakazies during the war.

The USS Franklin CV-13 was so severly damaged it returned to the US and was totally re-fit. However it never was placed back in service and was laid-up in reserve until 1959.

1) CV-11 Damaged in action on 30 October 1944. View showing work progress on 3 November 1944 at 1230 – flight deck at Fr. 125. (Ship's Photo No. 1003, taken 3 November 1944.) Puget Sound Navy Yard photo # 3984-44.

2) CV-13 damage>> View on the flight deck, looking forward, while the carrier was in New York Harbor, circa 28 April 1945. She had just returned from the Pacific for repair of battle damage received off Japan on 19 March 1945. Note damage to her flight deck, large U.S. ensign flying from her island, and the Manhattan skyline in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-K-4760).

3) USS Franklin (CV-13) burning off the Japanese coast after she was hit by air attack, 19 March 1945. Photographed from USS Santa Fe (CL-60), which was alongside to help with firefighting and rescue work. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-273888).

4) CV-14 damage.>> Puget Sound Navy Yard image # 943-45. Damage in action of 21 January 1945. Looking stbd. showing damage to superstructure caused by Hit #2.
Seattle Branch of the National Archives photo. Record group 181.

5) CV-17 damage>>Aircraft wreckage on the flight deck, after most fires were out following hits by two Kamikazes off Okinawa, 11 May 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (# 80-G-259904).