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Talk:Ram (rocket): Difference between revisions

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A fact from Ram (rocket) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 January 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Ram was the first air-launched rocket to carry a shaped charge warhead? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/January.

Another interesting article! A month's development, that was quick. Here are a couple points:

• "the traditional bazooka's weapon"? Isn't the bazooka a weapon? Is that redundant? Perhaps, "more armor penetration than that of the traditional bazooka". Even "traditional" is kind of odd. Conventional? Established?
• In the sentence, "to use the HVAR or napalm;[8] with the end of the war in 1953", that semi-colon should probably be a period.
• Which planes carried the Ram? The photos show the Ram loaded on a Corsair and a Bearcat, but neither those nor any other planes are mentioned in the text.

Boneyard90 (talk) 05:01, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've modified the article per your suggestions. Thanks! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:35, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's odd that the information credited to Ms Babcock's Magnificent Mavericks and the major Caltech historical documents on their Anti-Tank Aircraft Rocket (ATAR a.k.a. RAM) program state contrary "facts". Are we to disbelieve the Caltech reports of their own rocket programs? I hope some of the other editors will work with me on this, especially if you possess a copy of Mavericks.Magneticlifeform (talk) 06:12, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• More specifically, can anyone confirm that page 181 of Mavericks actually claims that RAM can penetrate 24 or 25" of steel armor plate?Magneticlifeform (talk) 06:57, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]