advocatexxx 0 Posted June 5, 2002 What I said before is in my opinion a valid fact. The 30mm Avenger with the kinetic energy its bullets travel WILL NOT penetrate the heavily armored parts of modern battle tanks like M1A2 and Leopard 2A6. You're talking about 450mm+ of honeycomb layers of steel, lead, depleted uranium plates and other elements. For a 30mm bullet travelling at approximately 1,100 meters per second to penetrate almost half a meter worth of modern tank armour is extremely unlikely. You probably have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than having such a bullet succeed. Are you twisting my words around to make a mockery our of me because you are too stubborn to acknowledge that I'm right ? If you fire a couple of hundred rounds into the frontal hull armor you may heat it up enough to cause further penetration and eventually pierce it, though this would require superb aim. When I said the Avenger won't penetrate the armor of modern MBTs I meant the heavy main armor in the front. I wasn't talking about the thin blankets of steel on tank's sides/back/top. Of course the argument that "if you shoot enough bullets at it you will destroy it" is valid for almost everything. Avenger has a chainsaw-like properties, but its firepower too has limits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R. Gerschwarzenge 0 Posted June 5, 2002 OK, moving to off-topic now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites