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Originally Posted by Howitzer
Its more difficult to conceal an explosive of that size, most of the IED's are modified artillery pieces and unexploded sub-munitions from Desert Storm and the current war which cannot penetrate that MRAP.
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What I meant by the 501# comment is just an analogy. Any defense ever designed has been overcome. Thus, to depend on defenses for safety is to depend on illusion. The best defense is to kill the enemy.
Artillery shells were the most popular when armor was light. But I thought the enemy was shifting to shaped charges, designed specifically for use against coalition vehicles, made in Iran. Those weapons (as I understand them) don't depend on undirected shrapnel and blast pressure from a large charge. Instead, they are a directed charge designed to focus the energy on a particular point, directing the shrapnel at a tremendous velocity, to a single point. Thus they do not require a massive charge.