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Old 06-19-2012, 11:23 PM
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What I thought was interesting was that there were a few things that happened where I was like "yea right... like that would EVER happen"... Like the SEAL getting hit with the RPG that didn't detonate. I assumed that they just wanted it to be dramatic and exaggerated it a bit. Turns out, that ACTUALLY FUCKING HAPPENED!!!
There are three reasons an RPG could potentially not detonate. One, it was a dudd. Two, it was within the minimum arming distance of the RPG. Three, the fuze on an RPG is designed to detonate when it hits a solid armoured vehicle as opposed to a person, which is a fairly "soft" target. I think this has actually happened a few times, you have the Ranger who was killed by being impaled by an RPG in Somalia (as shown in Black Hawk Down), at least a couple of US soldier who have survived being hit by non detonating RPGs (one in the leg and one in the pelvis for sure, probably others), and there was a British Para officer who got hit in the front plate of his body armour by an RPG during an ambush which didn't detonate and he was basically fine. Also, I personally know a British Royal Marine who had an RPG hit the top of his helmet, and cartwheel off before the time fuze went off about 10 meters behind him. He got a concussion and didn't remember it, but he needed A LOT of alcohol to calm him down when it was explained to him what had happened.
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Old 06-20-2012, 11:43 AM
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Two, it was within the minimum arming distance of the RPG.
This was the reason it didn't detonate. The guy fired it from about 5 or 6 feet away, well within the warhead's 1300 meter arming radius.
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Old 06-20-2012, 04:26 PM
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This was the reason it didn't detonate. The guy fired it from about 5 or 6 feet away, well within the warhead's 1300 meter arming radius.
Arming range on a Russian spec RPG is about 5-10 meters, so if he was only 5 or 6 feet away it probably would not have detonated. The arming distance thing varied a lot by the country it was manufactured in though, with some being armed pretty much as soon as they are launched.
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I saw the new trailer for Dredd. Looks pretty sweet. And it looks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than that god awful Stallone adaptation.
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I saw the new trailer for Dredd. Looks pretty sweet. And it looks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than that god awful Stallone adaptation.
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