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Lurks Often

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5. WTF are "tank buster" rounds

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 11:59 AM

Dec 2014

First the guy belongs in jail, since he was a convicted felon, add on 15-20 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

As for “tank buster” .50 caliber armor-piercing shells, that's a bunch of crap, the .50 caliber API (armor piercing incendiary) has been around since WWII and won't penetrate a tank or even most armored personal carriers.

Yet again, reporting done more to get everybody worked up then to be factually accurate.

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Man with high-powered rifles and ‘tank buster’ bullets arrested for posting liberal ‘hit list’ [View all] Scuba Dec 2014 OP

interesting - it is the FOX news hit list. hollysmom Dec 2014 #1

Is there any way for Faux News to blame this on the police protestors? I am Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #4

I'm tired of the blame being put in the wrong place. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2014 #12

In Feb 2013... Historic NY Dec 2014 #2

i wonder if he watches Fox and listens to Rush? Takket Dec 2014 #3

WTF are "tank buster" rounds Lurks Often Dec 2014 #5

Made up scary words. nt hack89 Dec 2014 #6

What precisely, was factually and objectively inaccurate in the story? LanternWaste Dec 2014 #7

The 50. caliber round is not a "tank buster" Lurks Often Dec 2014 #10

oh please. They will bust the hell out of your gas tank or water tank Schema Thing Dec 2014 #16

If this was the rifle the police recovered , it's no joke helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #21

You're sidelining the discussion into a whine about vocabulary. Paladin Dec 2014 #23

Maybe not a tank CanonRay Dec 2014 #25

Over a year old reporting, no less. Must be a slow news day if we're dredging up stories Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #8

So it is an API, but to call it a 'tank buster', even in quotations...... daleanime Dec 2014 #9

Welcome to Cavillations'R'Us. n/t djean111 Dec 2014 #14

It's crappy reporting and dishonest Lurks Often Dec 2014 #15

No it doesn't..... daleanime Dec 2014 #17

"reporting done more to get everybody worked up" safeinOhio Dec 2014 #18

Defintely a Fox News/Hate Radio addict Doctor_J Dec 2014 #11

Um... this is almost 2 years old... sakabatou Dec 2014 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author otohara Dec 2014 #20

And yet Sarah Palin walks free. nt onehandle Dec 2014 #19

And how is this is different from Muslim Jihadist? denvine Dec 2014 #22

Anyone here want to bet me that he DOESN'T watch Foxnews or listen to hate radio? Rex Dec 2014 #24

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #26

Well played, 1SBM! longship Dec 2014 #27

Give that landlady a medal: she probably just saved lives! C Moon Dec 2014 #28

Welcome to two years ago. nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #29

sorry locking azurnoir Dec 2014 #30