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The U.S. Army's 'New' M-1A2C Abrams Tanks Will Enter Service Soon. Check Them Out.
The NationaI Interest ^
| May 26, 2019
| David Axe
Posted on 05/27/2019 11:25:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
For the price we should buy several thousand anti-tank rockets (and we’d still save money).
To: CondorFlight
If anti-tank rockets were that good the Germans would have won the war.
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posted on
05/27/2019 11:50:17 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: CondorFlight
We have thousands of anti-tank rockets already. Anti-tanks rockets alone don’t give you battlefield superiority.
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posted on
05/27/2019 11:58:06 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: CondorFlight
Thank God that military geniuses\s like you are not making acquisition decisions.
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posted on
05/27/2019 12:12:17 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: Kirkwood
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posted on
05/27/2019 12:12:46 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
General Patton would be awestruck if he could see one of these tanks.
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posted on
05/27/2019 12:13:42 PM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Reminds me of a German Lt captured by a US unit and sent to a POW camp.
pon arrival he was asked his unit, and he responded as a Panzerfaust Team Leader with the mission to destroy the US tanks. The American officer interviewing him scoffed at his ability exclaiming, if was so good at his duties, why was he there.
The Lt responded, the US sent a tank, he fired his Panzerfaust and killed the tank. The US sent another tank. He fired another Panzerfaust and killed the tank. Another US tank appeared, he shot another Panzerfaust and killed that tank. He said he ran out of Panzerfausts before the US ran out of tanks.
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posted on
05/27/2019 12:21:31 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: laplata
If Eisenhower had had the foresight to have taken all doctors under Pattons command aside and ordered that any and all shock victims brought to their hospitals must be immediately put in body casts - and sedated whenever Patton was around - it would have shortened the war by six months and saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
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posted on
05/27/2019 12:28:09 PM PDT
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
To: laplata
Abrams is still one awesome piece of machinery.
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posted on
05/27/2019 12:36:35 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
To: laplata
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:03:54 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: wally_bert
It sure is and it still has an serious upside to it.
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:04:45 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: DarthVader
I wouldn’t want one on my case.
Played NG for a little while in mid 90s and was a driver on an A1 model.
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:10:08 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Disc jockeys are as intwerchangeable as spark plugs.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The newest Abrams will also sport a new laser range-finder and will be compatible with artificial intelligence that could make the tank more autonomous
If it doesn't have a long-range deuterium-initiated fusion pulse it isn't a Bolo.
To: Billthedrill
If it doesn't have a long-range deuterium-initiated fusion pulse it isn't a Bolo.
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:24:32 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
To: wally_bert
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:30:50 PM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:34:47 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Cvengr
Good story and similar stories were repeated all over Europe. Attrition was an important part of winning the war.
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:35:49 PM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
Patton straightened himself out after the slapping incidents. He was a much better combat commander afterward.
Bradley said the slapping incidents did much to help win the war because Patton got himself together and knew not to repeat anything like that.
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:40:48 PM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Thin screen tv screen at the back of the turret connected to thermal camera on back.
Clear visors projecting camera image from whichever direction you look including up.
Hardware mounted on tank to mount Stinger missiles.
Faster system to break and replace track.
Hyper velocity gun to increase main gun load and decrease explosions in tank.
New propulsion.
Diesel or electric. Something with better mileage.
There are some cars where they can pull out the battery pack and install a new battery pack very quickly.
Or, drive over recharger. Dont have to get out of Tank.
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posted on
05/27/2019 1:58:30 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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