Missiles neutralizing Israeli tanks

[tocqueville]

By BENJAMIN HARVEY, Associated Press Writer
33 minutes ago

JERUSALEM - Hezbollah's sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps the guerrilla group's deadliest weapon in Lebanon fighting, with their ability to pierce Israel's most advanced tanks.

Experts say this is further evidence that Israel is facing a well-equipped army in this war, not a ragtag militia.

Hezbollah has fired Russian-made Metis-M anti-tank missiles and owns European-made Milan missiles, the army confirmed on Friday.

In the last two days alone, these missiles have killed seven soldiers and damaged three Israeli-made Merkava tanks — mountains of steel that are vaunted as symbols of Israel's military might, the army said. Israeli media say most of the 44 soldiers killed in four weeks of fighting were hit by anti-tank missiles

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_fighting_hezbollah_s_missiles;_ylt=A86.I0Uqu9NEBH4BVgGBzdAF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILAN

[whistle]

1. Do gasoline bombs (the Molotov cocktails) work anymore on

...the modern tanks?

[skids]

4. Only on the paintjob. n/t

[TahitiNut]

2. It has a range (not 'effective') of 2 km.

http://www.shipunov.com/eng/atgw/metis.htm

I'm betting these are in Kashoggi's "inventory." The arms trade would deal in these.

[tocqueville]

14. The Lebanese Army has always been equiped with French MILAN

no need for arm trade here

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. They also showed soem captured US made TOWS

which theoretically can be effective too... ah the weapons trade, you gotta love it :sarcasm:

[The Deacon]

6. What,

No LAWS rockets left over from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. I'm sure there are some

The weapons trade is such that you can find almost anything out there

[panader0]

5. live by the sword, die by the sword

or melt them down into plows.........

[Swamp Rat]

7. amen!

[The Deacon]

8. An Eye For An Eye

Making the whole world blind (Mohandas K. Gandhi)

[Warren Stupidity]

9. small light infantry groups against heavy metal

So I guess the question is can a determined light infantry with decent weaponry win a war of attrition against an invading heavily armored force, even if the invading force has total air superiority?

[Kagemusha]

10. You dig holes.

And you use them.

[htuttle]

12. The key phrase there is 'invading force'

As in all military conflicts, defenders don't need to win. They only need to not lose.

[TahitiNut]

16. Rule of thumb: Invaders need a 10-to-1 force advantage.

For over 2,000 years, every 'technological improvement' in armor has been overcome with penetration weaponry deployable with infantry.

[Zhade]

19. Well, Israel was driven out of Lebanon before...

...and the U.S. out of Viet Nam, so yeah, I guess it can, especially when the aforementioned invaders only add to the number of potential resistance fighters by indiscriminately bombing innocent civilians.

[breakaleg]

13. At least they can't argue that Hezbollah will kill civilians with these.

Isn't that what Israel wanted?

[JackNewtown]

15. While the Lebanese military sips tea nt

[Clarkie1]

17. So where did they get these?

Russia -----> Iran ------->Syria---------->Hezbollah?

Europe------>Iran-------->Syria--------->Hezbollah?

Any other possibilities?

[Warren Stupidity]

18. You can buy them on the arms market.

It seems that getting them is not a problem at all.

[Zhade]

20. The local Lebanese Wal-Mart?

I'm only half-joking - weapons like these are ridiculously easy to get in the Middle East. Why do you think the Kalashnikov is so damn popular there?

[opihimoimoi]

21. ROCKETS R US has a wide range of anti tank missels

Buy in bulk and get discounts....

Cheap Clones coming in from Tuva, China, N Korea, and Tonga.

(Facetious)