I have driven the Bradley and lav, prefer the lav
I was going to make a joke does it wear loafers.
But that would’ve tasteless.
Looks light as a feather.
Is a light tank like a heavy tank only half the calories?
It will be a target for small, cheap, smart drones.
What we need are small, cheap, light walkers who can creep up with machine guns and rocket launchers to engage the enemy.
should they really have that big tube thing sticking out like that? Wouldn’t that offend someone?
Someone needs to park an M551 Sheridan next to that.
It ain’t a light tank.
Rainbow camo paint scheme when? /s
Considering the wokeness that has infected the military, I would have expected the new tank to have been built on the Nissan Leaf chassis.
“The Army Just Selected Its First Light Tank In Decades”
LED, halogen or...heaven forbid... incandescent?
I remember how the Army absolutely had to have an armored car.
Arenāt they getting rid of the Stryker?
Hereās another great idea.
The Ukraine War has just shown tanks to be expensive mobile crematoria, easily prey to infantry, aerial drones, and artillery, yet we invest in new tanks. Are these for use against external enemies or treating domestic insurrectile dysfunction?
While in the service in the early ā70ās, I was on a tank. A smaller tank named the Sheridan M551 tank. I was a the top gunner in 1975 when the 197th Infantry Brigade had qualifications that year at Ft Benning Ga. I loved that tank. It was small compared to most tanks, weighing in at a mere 17 tons. Compare that to the M60 that weighed 70 tons, but the Sheridan was made for reconnaissance. As a Scout it was made for me.
At 17 tons, it could be dropped into Nam from a transport plane via parachute. It was also amphibious which was great for scouts to meneuver ther jungles and waterways. They would deploy that baby right into the thick of things at times. It was light and fast. Disengage the governor, and we could get that tank rolling down a paved road pretty fast. It still holds the Guinness world record for the fastest tank ever made at 82.23 km/h (51.10 mph).
The tank came with the first ever guided missile system primarily made for a tank. The MGM-51 Shillelagh missile was a deadly accurate round. It was computerized, so as long as I had the system set correctly, it never missed. Yet go figure many gunners did miss, because many gunners had problems setting the new confusing guidance system.
Back then computers were new and few, if any, uneducated service men could figure them out. I learned then, long before PCs were common, that I had a knack for understanding them. When it came time to qualify, I never missed. I must admit, it was an awesome feeling watching that missile drop out of the gun and soar down the range. Other rounds shot out of the cannon like bullets, but the missile glided under its own power. It would sway from side to side, then as it got close to its target it made a beeline for the old tank carcass that was my target. The next thing I saw was an explosion and then nothing but rubble.
I loved that tank. Eventually they took the concept of the turret and modified it for the a newer M60A2 tank. If only our guys in WWII had such a weapon, the war would have been over in half the time.
used to be, the tank was too big to transport by rail in Europe.....the USMC has given away all their tanks in figuring the next Pacific island war would be a bit cramped. any tank made has now been proven to NOT be RPG proof.
the Sherman was made by the baskets full. yes, one good hit, but in large numbers they worked.
we have better engines than a radial engine.
all the whizbangs won’t help if you cannot make holes in a tank.
Hi.
What happened to the Stryker w/the 105mm mount?
Did the Army end the program?
5.56mm
That’s light?
2035, good thing we aren’t in a hurry or anything like that.
Looks like an easy target. Not a lot of angles.