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Originally posted by MaggieL
Maybe I'm too cynical, but I'm having trouble beliving that van was hit by a mortar. The headliner isn't burned...in fact *none* of it shows any signs I see of scorching. It just doesn't *look* like there's been an explosion, it looks more like it was run into the archetypical immovable object at an oblique angle and at about the height of the windowsill....or had an similarly situated but moving object run into it. Like maybe part of a big truck, or a tank or BTU perhaps? Look how the roof is crumpled; that was pushed back, not blown away.
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all good points.
but then again, some shells are duds. (many? anybody know?)
not so much to argue the point, but looking at the damage, i could imagine it being a dud coming in at a fairly shallow angle from driver's side top front and out lower/middle back of the passenger side door.
otherwise, assuming an impact with some stationary object, it's kind of difficult to explain other stuff, including but not limited to:
- why there wouldn't be a major "driver stain" on the driver's seat
- why the passenger side window post is still standing, but everything between it and the driver's side is gone
- why, if that's the case, is the steering wheel and driver's seat undamaged
one finds oneself idly constructing an arbitrarily complex fixed object for it to have hit that explains it all.
but i don't really care... just thought i'd toss out some possibilities, for fun, like. i like the photo anyway.