iirc they worked surprisingly well, the rpg clones the enemies used had real bad fuses which would not explode unless they hit something hard as stone or metal
The rebels they fought only had homemade RPG-2s, they don't even have RPG-7s.
They had access to .50 cals which will frick up that Vietnam-era junk regardless hence the wood armor.
They were shot at with fricking FIREWORKS, not RPGs. I don't know why you would trust brown people. It's like when that Challenger 2 was shot at with 70 HE frag warheads and bongs claimed it was invulernable to HEAT.
iirc they worked surprisingly well, the rpg clones the enemies used had real bad fuses which would not explode unless they hit something hard as stone or metal
>your name is now abdul wahid abdullah >you were born in a slum >you were disenfranchised as a youth and believe your only path was to fight in some warlords personal struggle to inflate his bank account >you can't read beyond basic, nor can you into mathematics
now tell me, do you want to open your rpg warhead and go rooting around in it? do you really want your 5min of fame on liveleak that bad?
They're clones, they're just old RPG-2 stocks so plenty of them became duds as they don't store them properlh
The flips are lucky that most of the weapons circulating in those part of shitholes are mainly small arms (unlike africa or the middle east) because even beginner tier anti tank weapon like spg9 would tear these armored cars several new buttholes
It does if the other guys were using heavy kinetic weapons
Don't forget that these V100 armor is pretty thin and the milfs (heh) have access to 50 BMG, both from captured M2 and their homemade anti materiel rifle.
Air gaps that small are going to be completely useless against even rudimentary homemade shaped charge weapons. Even if the copper jet barely forms, the thickest part of the V150 is only ~9mm thick HHA so even a homemade copper cone that's lopsided as frick is going to get enough penetration to go through. It probably worked because the wood gives a bit and messes with the fuzes. That or the wood didn't help and the projectiles fuzed poorly in general but it happened to hit more wood covered vehicles so they assumed it helped
You might actually be better with a soft wood vs a RPG and hope it doesn't detonate at all. Wood armor acts like spaced armor so it can work by having the EFP jet detonate too far away. The wood itself has very little actual value in stopping any projectile. Totally ineffective vs a basic b***h AP shell or dart.
>order proper ERA
They could barely afford relatively modern APC or even provide proper ration for the soldiers you think PA have money to buy actual ERA plates?
Yes and theyve done a piss poor job at improvisation. It's really not hard (or expensive) to rig a rack like
https://i.imgur.com/MKSAdoq.jpeg
If they want to use wood armor,. usea proper wood armor. Get a young, thick branch instead of rotting scraps
and stack it with a bunch of logs.
https://i.imgur.com/c6mClhl.jpeg
>order proper ERA
They could barely afford relatively modern APC or even provide proper ration for the soldiers you think PA have money to buy actual ERA plates?
>barely afford proper ration
Sure the army didn't have specific rations until very recently but the columnist was very disingenuous with his piece. Previously the army gave the men off the shelf product for their rations and stuff like rice, pasta, canned sardines, eggs, coffee, sugar, biscuits were available to every men
Tbh within SEA the only other countries that issue military ration are Malaysia and Singapore. Afaik Indonesia and Thailand still use commercial products that they mix and match according to soldier's needs.
Honestly I don't having military spec ration is really that important. The IDF is one of the most effective fighting force and they also use commercial off-the-shelf products.
Wood armour probably does frick all at reducing penetration from whatever's being shot at it but it will soak up random frag from bullets and explosions. Shooting rounds at hardened Steel makes bullets explode into sharp Lil bits of frag that will frick your day up. The wood may help absorb these little frickers if you're standing near the afv. Better than nothing imo
Free Wifi????
>Soldier of God
>War is my game
Philipinos lowkey secret hyperboreans
Completely useless against a RPG
complete kino against literate people
Most of those browns are illiterate. kek
Ah the Battle of Marawi. The greatest reenactment of the Vietnam War ever made...
They worked against the old as frick RPG-2s and improvised rocket launchers ISIS had in that battle.
They were shot at with fricking FIREWORKS, not RPGs. I don't know why you would trust brown people. It's like when that Challenger 2 was shot at with 70 HE frag warheads and bongs claimed it was invulernable to HEAT.
Nah they were real RPGs. Just scuffed looking.
They used RPG-2 and even scored hits on these commandos hence why the flips started putting scraps as makeshift armor
iirc they worked surprisingly well, the rpg clones the enemies used had real bad fuses which would not explode unless they hit something hard as stone or metal
How is it possible that no one has fixed those fuzes in decades?
>your name is now abdul wahid abdullah
>you were born in a slum
>you were disenfranchised as a youth and believe your only path was to fight in some warlords personal struggle to inflate his bank account
>you can't read beyond basic, nor can you into mathematics
now tell me, do you want to open your rpg warhead and go rooting around in it? do you really want your 5min of fame on liveleak that bad?
They're clones, they're just old RPG-2 stocks so plenty of them became duds as they don't store them properlh
The flips are lucky that most of the weapons circulating in those part of shitholes are mainly small arms (unlike africa or the middle east) because even beginner tier anti tank weapon like spg9 would tear these armored cars several new buttholes
They should retire all of those V-100s and V-150s and replace them with modern IFVs
Redback would be nice or the Guarani
No need to waste shekels on APCs with their turd world budget
If they want to use wood armor,. usea proper wood armor. Get a young, thick branch instead of rotting scraps
Does the actual strength of the wood matter at all? I assumed it was acting purely as spaced armor, little more effective than an equivalent air gap
It does if the other guys were using heavy kinetic weapons
Don't forget that these V100 armor is pretty thin and the milfs (heh) have access to 50 BMG, both from captured M2 and their homemade anti materiel rifle.
Air gaps that small are going to be completely useless against even rudimentary homemade shaped charge weapons. Even if the copper jet barely forms, the thickest part of the V150 is only ~9mm thick HHA so even a homemade copper cone that's lopsided as frick is going to get enough penetration to go through. It probably worked because the wood gives a bit and messes with the fuzes. That or the wood didn't help and the projectiles fuzed poorly in general but it happened to hit more wood covered vehicles so they assumed it helped
You might actually be better with a soft wood vs a RPG and hope it doesn't detonate at all. Wood armor acts like spaced armor so it can work by having the EFP jet detonate too far away. The wood itself has very little actual value in stopping any projectile. Totally ineffective vs a basic b***h AP shell or dart.
>Get a young, thick branch
It's called improvised for a reason. At that point just order proper ERA.
>order proper ERA
They could barely afford relatively modern APC or even provide proper ration for the soldiers you think PA have money to buy actual ERA plates?
.https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2013/09/19/1226851/give-filipino-soldier-better-food
>you think PA have money to buy actual ERA plates?
Yeah no shit, that's why they have to improvise.
Yes and theyve done a piss poor job at improvisation. It's really not hard (or expensive) to rig a rack like
and stack it with a bunch of logs.
>barely afford proper ration
Sure the army didn't have specific rations until very recently but the columnist was very disingenuous with his piece. Previously the army gave the men off the shelf product for their rations and stuff like rice, pasta, canned sardines, eggs, coffee, sugar, biscuits were available to every men
Tbh within SEA the only other countries that issue military ration are Malaysia and Singapore. Afaik Indonesia and Thailand still use commercial products that they mix and match according to soldier's needs.
Honestly I don't having military spec ration is really that important. The IDF is one of the most effective fighting force and they also use commercial off-the-shelf products.
>HE sends 1 million splinters into infantry support nearby
Young, damp wood don't splinter easily lmao
In the old days palisades made of thick, damp wood can even withstand cannon shots
>In the old days palisades
They weren't spaced like that in the old days too.
Wood armour probably does frick all at reducing penetration from whatever's being shot at it but it will soak up random frag from bullets and explosions. Shooting rounds at hardened Steel makes bullets explode into sharp Lil bits of frag that will frick your day up. The wood may help absorb these little frickers if you're standing near the afv. Better than nothing imo
The rebels they fought only had homemade RPG-2s, they don't even have RPG-7s.
They had access to .50 cals which will frick up that Vietnam-era junk regardless hence the wood armor.
Would a BAR tank an RPG hit?
this looks so post-apocalyptic it's cool as hell
got any more pics?
God, the battle Jeepneys go so hard
Not as well as cardboard and spaced scrap armor