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Can a tank withstand a RPG?

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Depends on the tank, WHICH RPG (there are several) and where it is hit. In the case of the M1A1 Abrams, the hull and turret will survive survive being hit with a standard RPG-7. Tracks and running gear can be damaged. Other tanks that do not use the Chobham armor of an Abrams can be killled with an RPG.

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It is extremely hard to use a handheld antitank weapon to hit anything on a tank it'd be effective against - and that goes for any tank in use today. Handheld AT weapons are really good for two things. One is taking out armored personnel carriers. APCs have much thinner hulls than tanks do, and unless "supplemental" devices like chainlink fence (seriously!) are applied to an APC a handheld AT weapon can slice through the hull easily. The other is taking out fortified positions. The M72 LAW, which the US Army issued for decades, was horrible as an antitank weapon but if you fired it through a window it would do some serious damage to your house.

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