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Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« on: March 23, 2007, 09:51:06 AM »
If anyone hadn't seen this yet. The "Smokey and the Bandit" music just makes it.  cheesy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcM3VZpUnCA
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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2007, 12:15:12 PM »
It appears it works, but the cost to benefit ratio is kinda high.

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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2007, 12:47:14 PM »
[sarcasm] BUT, BUT,........ would Richard Dean Anderson approve?!?!?!?  [/sarcasm]
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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2007, 05:06:31 PM »
Quote from: Thor on March 23, 2007, 11:47:14 AM
[sarcasm] BUT, BUT,........ would Richard Dean Anderson approve?!?!?!?  [/sarcasm]
I'd have to say, probably not, considering he was on the board of directors of Handgun Control Inc and is on the NRA/ILA list of anti gun celebrities.

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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2007, 04:31:32 AM »
I would think you wouldn't want to be that close to an exploding RPG.  How do these guys not get waxed in the process? 
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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2007, 05:19:06 AM »
The water.

Water is incredibly good at containing explosions.
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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2007, 06:08:01 AM »
Huh, the Middle Eastern version of my old boss in the oil patch. We used to always say, "When Dupont quits making dynamite, Les is gonna quit fishing".   laugh

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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2007, 06:13:08 AM »
You know,that video kinda opens my eyes a bit.

What I mean is that I've always kinda felt like people from the far side of the globe were so different culturally that we had little beyond basic biology in common.Watching that video I could see some guys dressed in flannel & jeans saying "watch this" or "hold my beer" angel & tossing a pipe bomb into a lake to blow up some fish.

It just seems like "boys will be boys" might be a universal truth.I guess that I'd never thought about the similarities,us & them,that deeply before.

+1 on the risk vs. reward though. grin
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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2007, 06:28:31 AM »
Quote from: fistful on March 24, 2007, 03:31:32 AM
I would think you wouldn't want to be that close to an exploding RPG.  How do these guys not get waxed in the process? 

RPGs are actually shaped charges designed for destroying lightly armored vehicles.  Also, water is very good at absorbing explosions (but the shockwave could be pretty damaging). The "kill radius" when used against troops isn't very big, either. 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG7



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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2007, 06:30:57 AM »
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

And its even a CATFISH they are fishing for!
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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2007, 08:36:45 AM »
Be curious as to what the second one brought to the surface. 
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Re: Afghan soldiers going fishing with an RPG....
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2007, 06:16:37 PM »
Quote from: 41mag on March 24, 2007, 05:13:08 AM
You know,that video kinda opens my eyes a bit.

What I mean is that I've always kinda felt like people from the far side of the globe were so different culturally that we had little beyond basic biology in common.Watching that video I could see some guys dressed in flannel & jeans saying "watch this" or "hold my beer" angel & tossing a pipe bomb into a lake to blow up some fish.

It just seems like "boys will be boys" might be a universal truth.I guess that I'd never thought about the similarities,us & them,that deeply before.

+1 on the risk vs. reward though. grin

Yea, no kidding.  "Hey y'all, watch this" is a universal danger sign.  Most folks are just folks.  And trust guys with access to explosives to do something downright stupid but entertaining.

While I personally wouldn't have aimed it at that angle, it wasn't as dangerous as you'd think.  RPG's use a shaped charge, and aren't designed for extensive fragmentation.  If there's soft mud under that water, it'd absorb damn near all the shrapnel and the water would contain most of the shockwave.  Just don't be IN the water at the time.  Backblast would be probably more of a concern than the warhead.
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