-=> Quoting Steve Henderson to Guy Putnam <=-
 SH> Why in the hell would someone fire a $5000-plus missile in an attempt
 SH> to take out a few troops?
 GP> Yea, & suppose you had a big wad of TOW & there wasn't any advancing
 GP> armor, only anvancing infantry that greatly out numbered your
 GP> accompanying friendly troops by massive margins . . . . ?
 SH> Here's where you are getting confused.  At -no- point is a "big wad"
 SH> of TOW ever deployed.  A TOW -Company- (48 guns) supports a Tank
 SH> -Battalion-.  The TOW is -not- deployed against troops.  It is -only-
 SH> deployed in support of Friendly armor.
After the best laid plans, what makes you think a Cong-equivalent won't pop
up behind the 48 TOW guns?  The Marines in Lebanon had LAWS to engage enemy
armor with, but when they saw only infantry coming, they used it on them.
  SH> I -know- the manner and method of deploying the TOW.  It is -useless-
  SH> as an anti-personnel weapon.
Its overly expensive . . . not useless.
 
 GP> I don't think you could exactly fire it between someone's feet & have
 GP> the shaped charge just cut harmlessly into the mud . . . . . do you?
 SH> You don't have a clue.  You've spent entirely too much time watching
 SH> GI Joe on TV, haven't you?
 
What do you mean, "I don't have a clue?"  I've seen shaped charges hit
armor hulls.  If you've ever seen same, you would _not_ want to be anywhere
around the target impact point.  Know what I mean?
Do you have a clue as to what it would be like in the vicinity of an
exploding TOW round?  I imagine even DU sabot rounds create a lot of frag
when they impact armor plate, & they don't even explode.
What are you trying to pull here, anyway?
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