Can the M203 take out a tank? This is a small launcher that attaches to a M-4 or M-16.
2007-09-01 16:19:14 · 8 answers · asked by Jeff R 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
The M203 is a grenade launcher. Take out a tank? Get serious. Maybe if the grenade fell into an open hatch and took out the crew, or fell into an open exhaust outlet and messed up the engine.
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2007-09-01 16:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
When I was in the ARMY and we would go to the M203 range we used old 60 series tanks to shoot at.These tanks were really in rough shape but they probly have been hit hundreds of times with all types of gernades.You probly would be able to disable the tank by getting a good hit to the track but I dont think you could do any more damage than that.Im sure after you did that they would be really mad and hit you with there heavy guns.
2007-09-02 03:39:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even with an HEAP round the 37mm,the M-203 is way too small, to take out a tank, let alone damage it severely. The M-203 was designed primarily as an anti-personnel weapon to take out troops in the open, machine gun nests and gun positions in building windows and doorways.It also had a longer range than a soldier could throw a hand grenade. They also made Fletchette,White Phosphorus,CS/CN Gas rounds for the M203.
2007-09-02 00:12:38 · answer #3 · answered by JD 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Armed and dangerous, that is exactly what I was going to say. We shot all day at those old tanks and it was neat how they RANG like a bell when we hit them but mostly we just knocked the dust off them rather than damage them much.
So the answer would be NO
Sarge
2007-09-05 13:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by sargeArmy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might damage the track at best or give the occupants a headache from ringing that tank like a bell.
But I feel all you are going to due is p1ss off a tank crew, and get shot or run over by a tank.
There are better antitank weapons.
I going to bet on the tank.
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U.S. military rounds designated specifically for the M203 launcher includes:
High Explosive (HE) — M381, M386, M406, M441
High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) — M433
Airburst — M397, M397A1
No. 4 buckshot — M576
Star parachute (flare) — M583A1
Star cluster (flare) — M585 (white), M661 (green), M662 (red)
CS gas — M651,
Smoke Canopy — M676 (yellow), M680 (white), M682 (red)
Ground Marker (smoke) — M713 (red), M714 (white), M715 (green), M716 (yellow)
Practice — M781, M918 (target practice)
Infra-red illumination — M992
Non lethal (crowd control)
Sponge Grenade (crowd control)
40 mm Canister Round
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_mm_grenade
M203
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M203
antitank weapons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_warfare
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2007-09-01 23:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
The best way to effectively disable a tank, is to take one or both of the tracks
2007-09-02 01:36:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
HEDP round only penetrates 2 inches of steel so your answer in no
2007-09-02 09:50:39 · answer #7 · answered by chad s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the shell is not large enough to penetrate the tanks thick top secret armor if you are talking about the U.S's main battle tank.
2007-09-01 23:37:33 · answer #8 · answered by advanced_leaf 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋