The IRA fired RPG-7s on occasion at police stations. One case I remember was a
warhead that went through at least one brick wall and probably a security
screen as well and failed to detonate. Of course it might have been a dud – I
doubt if storage had been ideal, it might have been past its sell by date or it
might have been a cheap copy and the end user may well have messed up – the IRA
always seemed a more professional terrorist organisation (rather like saying a
more efficient cancer) than their protestant equivalents but even they must
have had their share of muppets.
Then of course there seems to be that trick from Afghanistan that made them
useable as a crude form of anti-aircraft weapon. Was that trick previously
covered on this list or another one? I think what impressed me the most was the
account from Grozney of them being used like artillery – a barrage of them
being fired at a very high angle to land in another street if I understand it
correctly. Human ingenuity, especially when looking for ways to kill other
humans, is astounding.
Michael
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