Word: armors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After all, Johnson failed. Nixon failed. The age-old protective armor has gotten thicker...
...been following the movements of the Moluccans for three weeks and knew exactly where they were at night. We knew the Moluccans did not guard their hostages properly at night. The gunmen and hostages slept separately, with only an occasional guard over the prisoners. We stormed aboard with armor-piercing weapons, then shot a wall of flame to cut off the Moluccans from the hostages. Everything went according to plan...
...October War, not only in numbers but also in the sophistication of their weaponry. This month the Israelis unveiled a new tank so uniquely protective of its crew that Israeli tankers have already dubbed it "the Jewish Mother." Known as the Merkava (Hebrew for chariot), this 58-ton multipurpose armored battle vehicle can also be used as a personnel carrier. It carries a 105-mm. main gun and two machine guns. The crew is protected against incoming fire not merely by armor plate but also by the arrangement of the tank's front-mounted engine and other equipment...
...time they called it corporal-and perhaps to help me celebrate, they issued us new helmets, made of one of the latest fibers -"Kevlar." It's very light and is supposed to be strong enough to turn away high-velocity frags like it was armor plate or something. The only trouble is, it looks like those coal scuttles the Germans wore in World War I. And I'm not so sure you could make stew...
...pick up targets a mile away using infra-red light. And you should see what we have instead of the old bazooka. First there's the 90-mm. recoilless rifle with a "starlight" scope for enhanced visibility and a shaped charge that can penetrate all known Soviet armor. For the heaviest tanks, we have the Dragon antitank missile-it's a one-man job, 31 lbs. I've shot it myself. Then there's the TOW missile, which has a longer range (almost two miles) but needs at least two guys...