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To: archy
My father spent some time designing futuristic anti-tank weapons. He used to say that he thought that in the future, the place not to be was in a tank.

As one Bill Mauldin's characters once said to a gentleman driving a tank, 'no thanks, a moving foxhole attracts the eye.'

It's worth remembering too that we recently lost a 10 million dollar helicopter to a 300 dollar rocket.
30 posted on 11/09/2003 6:40:03 PM PST by Held_to_Ransom
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To: Held_to_Ransom
My father spent some time designing futuristic anti-tank weapons. He used to say that he thought that in the future, the place not to be was in a tank.

He's probably right. But if you do have to take a hit or near hit from such fiendish devices, the vehicle to be in at the time remains the big fella.

-archy-/-

31 posted on 11/09/2003 6:48:37 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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To: Held_to_Ransom
As a medic, I've served with light infantry, mech. infantry, and armor. A good Armor Company CO informed me the shell of an M1A1 "Will go through 15,400 layers of poncho and liner." Until now, this American tank was THE place to be on the battlefield. Besides, armor dudes travel with lawn chairs, hibachis, and steaks in coolers.
60 posted on 11/10/2003 9:32:46 PM PST by dersepp (I Am A Militia Of One)
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