Vanity - 2pm est - Ultimate Factories - overhauling the 70 ton Abrams tank

NationalGeographic.com ^

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National Geographic channel == countdown: 15 minutes.

M-1 Tank [TV-PG] Saturday, February 24, 2007, at 02P

The Abrams tank is one of the most powerful land weapons systems in the world. It is also rebuilt from the ground up, rather than built new. Ultimate Factories brings you to two factories responsible for the Herculean effort of overhauling the 70 tonAbrams, to the proving grounds of Fort Bliss, Texas where the reborn tanks flex their better-than-new muscles and to the dangerous battle zones of Iraq where the tank is seeing action daily.

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AWESOME documentary !!! What American ingenuity has created to refurbish these tanks, worn and rusted from the battlefield, and made totally new again is incredible. MUST see.

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God bless and protect America and her amazing troops, allies and contractors.

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That thing have a Catalytic Converter?

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Great documentary PING!

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LOL ..

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I'm in.

[Txsleuth]

Thanks for the heads up!

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;)

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To my delight, it's not that cold in Baltimore today. I may need to get into the program a little late as the John's Hopkin's lacrosse game is running late.

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Fort Bliss, Texas

Best name ever.

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Hi, sleuthie ... hope you're relaxing today .. ;) I sure am. Watchng Cesar do his magic with the dogs, while I wait for the tanks to begin. I love him.

Onyx is sick ... and I pray she and DrO are better today.

Sweet O ... drink drink drink ..HUGS.

Show's on! Incredible.

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Anniston Army Depot

http://www.anad.army.mil/restoration/factsheet.shtml

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BTTT

[Txsleuth]

I wondered why onyx hadn't been posting...I knew her daughter was home for a while.

Hey onyx.....I am so sorry you and Dr. O are sick again...prayers up for you my friend.

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WOW .. those robots are neat.

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The spinner hangar concept is amazing ... what ingenuity went into this whole plant.

[Txsleuth]

I finally found it....I couldn't find the channel...but I did see the spinner hangar.

[Bahbah]

Thanks for the ping.

That is some tank.

[Vision]

It's amazing how good that sandblasting works.

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Sure is .. it's all just wow.

[Txsleuth]

It is amazing though...that we can watch this on TV..while being told by Murtha that our troops don't have equipment and stuff to win the war...

Also...it just makes me really mad when I hear a politician complaining about not having enough of the uparmored humvees...when some of the troops in Iraq don't WANT them, because they are so heavy, they get bogged down in the sand.