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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Krieg" data-source="post: 1730884" data-attributes="member: 5282">A bit off-topic perhaps, but... In a word...Bull. November 1990, NW of Al-Jubayl Saudi Arabia at Camp (Hall whatever) 15. About 100 yards inside the main gate was an emplacement with a Browning M2. The Marine manning the position was bored & tapping his thumbs on the butterful trigger while humming to himself. He negligently fires two rounds from the weapon. At the gate is a M-1009 CUCV with two Navy Seabeas waiting to gain entrance to the camp. The first round entered the vehicle through the radiator, passing through the valve cover at the top of the engine & through the dash. It then struck one of the Seabeas in the left shoulder, passing through his clavicle just inside the shoulder joint before exiting through the rear of the vehicle. The Seabea lived. His torso was not "shredded". He did not lose his arm. He eventually regained 90% of his original range of motion in his arm. I was the duty driver for the guard shift. The duty NCO, A-duty & myself reached the scene within 5 minutes of the incident. I personally helped load the Seabea into the medavac.  Under most circumstances a .50 round punches a half inch (not "fist sized") hole completely through a human target. I speak from personal experience.  Of course in a real world scenario the Knight in question would never reach the gunner alive, but that is the difference between an RPG and real life. (Sorry but sometimes the exagerations touch a nerve.)</blockquote>

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