To: archy
And why the US military is being stripped of its tanks and other tracked vehicles.Archy, could you elaborate on this for me?
137 posted on
03/29/2006 1:05:55 PM PST by
MileHi
( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
To: MileHi
And why the US military is being stripped of its tanks and other tracked vehicles. Archy, could you elaborate on this for me?
See in particular *this Post* and *this one*, plus others regarding *transformation* in the Stryker and *wheeled aromor* subject categories on FReep and elsewhere.
138 posted on
03/29/2006 1:13:42 PM PST by
archy
(I am General Tso. This is my Chief of Staff, Colonel Sanders....)
To: MileHi
There has been regular talk of scaling back or even doing away with our heavy armor over a several year period in favor of lighter, air mobile, armor brigades made up of armored wheeled vehicles.
139 posted on
03/29/2006 1:22:40 PM PST by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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