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1 posted on 05/27/2019 11:25:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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For the price we should buy several thousand anti-tank rockets (and we’d still save money).


2 posted on 05/27/2019 11:43:40 AM PDT by CondorFlight
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General Patton would be awestruck if he could see one of these tanks.


7 posted on 05/27/2019 12:13:42 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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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.

14 posted on 05/27/2019 1:12:48 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Primarily it looks like they're adding the active protection system. There is also a remote controlled .50 cal.
https://youtu.be/8vXmj96C2NE?t=311
17 posted on 05/27/2019 1:34:47 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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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. Don’t have to get out of Tank.


20 posted on 05/27/2019 1:58:30 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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And yes.

We did experiment with nuclear powered tanks.


21 posted on 05/27/2019 2:06:11 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Maybe I’m wrong but the last Iraq war seemed to make tanks obsolete or extremely vulnerable to smart bombs and other nasty stuff. The last place you wanted to be was inside an Iraqi soviet era tank. It seems to me the next battlefield with tanks will have drones and even more things aimed at neutralizing them. Maybe these new versions can survive and be useful but my impression is the day of the tank is fading


26 posted on 05/27/2019 2:45:05 PM PDT by xp38
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I don’t think we have ever lost a M1 to combat????


29 posted on 05/27/2019 3:21:19 PM PDT by ontap
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