The RPG-7 needs about 5 meters for the grenade to arm itself. Jamal wasn't about to kill everyone there.
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I would expect that the flaming rocket motor would be somewhat unpleasant to have in the boat, even if the warhead wasn't armed. So Jamal is only about to give everyone 3rd degree burns.
one ranger got an RPG imbeded in his corpse on somolia,
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The RPG-7 needs about 5 meters for the grenade to arm itself. Jamal wasn't about to kill everyone there.
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Huh. I did not know that. You learn something new every day.
The launcher tube servers to direct the blast from the gunpowder booster section safely behind the operator:...the grenade protrudes from the launch tubes....and...is propelled by a gunpowder booster charge at 115 m/s, which creates a cloud of light grey-blue smoke. The rocket motor ignites after 10 meters and sustains flight out to...a maximum velocity of 295 m/s.... According to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Bulletin 3u (1977) Soviet RPG-7 Antitank Grenade Launcher -- Capabilities and Countermeasures, the RPG-7 munition has 2 sections: a "booster" section and a "warhead and sustainer motor" section....The booster consists of a "small strip powder charge" that serves to propel the grenade out of the launcher, the sustainer motor ignites and propels the grenade for the next few seconds, reaching a speed of 294 meters/s.
Good point. Or maybe the oil producing river delta area on Nigeria? Think there have been a rash of foreigner kidnapping there recently. Don’t know any generic Pilipino or Nigeria names we could give the dim bulb with the grenade launcher, though.Could be the Philippines too
Don't worry, with any luck, he'll have the exhaust venturi pointed at somebody's head when he pulls the trigger.The RPG-7 needs about 5 meters for the grenade to arm itself. Jamal wasn't about to kill everyone there.
The trouble makers in both places are fanatical Muslims. "Jamal" works just fine.Don’t know any generic Pilipino or Nigeria names we could give the dim bulb with the grenade launcher, though.