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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe View Post
Are you sure an RPG will go through the hull of a tanker?

500 yards? Couldn't major shippers afford to spend a few bucks to reach out and touch them with something that would be highly effective at that range and even further?

Like, maybe...

You damn right. seen it personally in the persian gulf 1989. RPG in the side of a tanker left 18" hole pouring burning crude for quite awhile. U.S. Navy ship I was serving on saved crew via helicopters. Made cover of Life Magazine.
Old 11-19-2008, 11:01 AM
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