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China’s Got a New Mountain Tank
War is Boring ^
| 1/9/2015
| DAVID AXE
Posted on 01/09/2015 7:21:13 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
That thing is a rolling coffin.
It has a torsion suspension (unguarded) which makes it easy to stop in place. It has “sweet spots” between wheels that are soft not to mention it has it’s ridiculous design as though it could deflect anti-armor missiles; it only channels blasts. This thing (as another freeper noted) is propaganda. Being a former anti-armor Marine, this thing has me salivating; it is an easy “take” leaving me much of my “supply” left over for serious engagements.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:45:24 PM PST
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: OneWingedShark
You do know Crusader was a horribly flawed concept, right? The gun was fully automated and in the event of a misfeed or other problem, the crew could NOT get access to the gun to correct the problem. In the event of automation failure, the gun could NOT be loaded by humans, even if they had been able to get access.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:47:35 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
You do know Crusader was a horribly flawed concept, right? The gun was fully automated and in the event of a misfeed or other problem, the crew could NOT get access to the gun to correct the problem. In the event of automation failure, the gun could NOT be loaded by humans, even if they had been able to get access. I hadn't heard that.
Automation is good; but no manuals (especially in warfighting equipment) is bad.
My experience was with the Paladin, as my unit was FA. (I wasn't a crew-member though.)
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:52:25 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: moose07
The Leopard is one hell of a good tank.
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posted on
01/09/2015 9:00:57 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: lavaroise
Try well over 70 for the M1A2-SEPv2 with TUSK II and CROW fitted.
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posted on
01/09/2015 10:00:34 PM PST
by
2CAVTrooper
(Je suis Charlie!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
light tank.... we have stuff like that don’t we?
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posted on
01/09/2015 10:28:44 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: OneWingedShark
Can't we just put bigger guns on a Stryker and call it a "light tank"?
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posted on
01/09/2015 10:31:50 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
01/09/2015 10:33:21 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
Nope. Last one was the Sheridan and it's gone now.
Of course, one response to light tanks is a tank destroyer.
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posted on
01/09/2015 10:48:42 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: GeronL
That’s not a light tank, that’s an infantry fighting vehicle with a big gun, like the Soviet BMP.
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posted on
01/09/2015 10:49:30 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Looks like a Leopard.
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posted on
01/10/2015 2:48:18 AM PST
by
fso301
To: GeronL
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posted on
01/10/2015 4:46:23 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
That’s ok, we SPEND MORE MONEY than China and Russia combined, so that GUARANTEES that we’ll win WW3.
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posted on
01/10/2015 5:58:21 AM PST
by
BobL
(REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Light tank = light armor.
One good hit from an RPG and she’s probably done for.
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posted on
01/10/2015 6:02:08 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: GeronL
The Bradley Fighting Vehicle weighs over 30 tons. It has a 25mm chain gun.
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posted on
01/10/2015 6:16:41 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: moose07
So is that a Leopard tank?
To: SkyDancer
It’s a variant of the Leopard 2.
The wheel pattern is different,but if that isn’t what they attempted to copy i’d be amazed.
It is the Tank i would copy if i needed too.
The Norinco Tanks of old where out of the stone age, so this must be “An incredible achievement for the Peoples Republic”.
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posted on
01/10/2015 11:27:03 AM PST
by
moose07
(The Camels have reached the parking lot.)
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