And don't come back!

[GoneFission]

This is one of the reasons Arabs are scared to death of the Israelis. What you are about to watch is an actual event. The Israeli Armed Forces filmed this in real time. What you'll see is a fully armored Syrian tank being hit by an Israeli  laser-guided, steel-penetrating, phosphorous-filled "handheld" rocket. The rocket is small, very portable and is a tightly controlled weapon. Each one is accounted for when they are checked out and back in. There must be no fewer than 2 soldiers present to verify the use, one must be a senior officer with a minimum of 10 years military service.. (the name and program is classified)

This tank was headed for one of Israel 's settlements.  There were four more tanks one mile to the rear of  this tank. They turned around before getting to this area after learning what had happened to the lead tank.

You can hear the ammunition going off after the initial strike. No Syrian tank crew member survived this event (pretty obvious). It is an everyday event for Israel 's Armed Forces and they do not permit the "embedding" of news reporters with their armed forces like we Americans do. This weapon and its tactical use is for their survival, not for "news" entertainment.

[John Jones]

can you say CRISPY?  

[Capt. Bob]

I thought I'd seen this somewhere before so.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMr5u6wvQgA

Note it is also linked to the vid above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ARjuTKd ... re=related

Seems to be confusing at best but......

Ya gotta love the Discovery Channel.

[GoneFission]

The former Navy Seal that sent it to me doesn't aways Snope out his sources...

[gran398]

That is impressive. Unbelievable the delayed reaction...then the Fourth of July on the Potomac  

[seabob4]

John,
Some people have agendas, and some of the same people have a lot of, how shall we say, inward hatred for certain things, certain people, certain situations.  And some of those people will use evidence completely un-related to the situations/people/things to further their beliefs or what not...

I see a lot of political postings on other sites that provide a link, I open that link, looks like a fully reputable news source...until you google it, and find out who these people really are...

Kinda like the birthers, you know?

[wingtime]

The cooking off is why our M-1 Abrams has doors that separate the crew from the munitions.  They also have blow out panels on top to allow an exit point for the cooking off rounds...  That is IF the armor is breached.

[icemanbryan]

Well said my friend!

John,
Some people have agendas, and some of the same people have a lot of, how shall we say, inward hatred for certain things, certain people, certain situations.  And some of those people will use evidence completely un-related to the situations/people/things to further their beliefs or what not...

I see a lot of political postings on other sites that provide a link, I open that link, looks like a fully reputable news source...until you google it, and find out who these people really are...

Kinda like the birthers, you know?

[seabob4]

And don't get me wrong.  I used to build Patriot missiles, Pershing ll missiles, Hellfires for the Apache AH-64...I know munitions, I know what they do...

Just put them to work on the correct people, and don't use their power to further an agenda...

Done, had my say...