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Originally posted by Not Me
But I thought the RPG's are hand-held device that one man can launch and that is one reason why they are such a threat. I would think there is a limit to the amount of explosive power you can put in a grenade and still allow it to be so portable. If it got too heavy or too large, that would make it much harder to carry around and launch so easily.
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Yes, but advances in high-density penetrating heads, shaped charges, and, yes, more powerful explosives are much cheaper to pursue and accomplish than advances in armor. The RPG of today is not your father's RPG.
(ETA - As Ty says, the backs and sides were armored only enough to withstand RPG's and other non-high-power weapons. The RPG's get stronger, the armor creeps up, the RPG's get stronger, . . . It's a continuing race that the armor is always lagging in.)
