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To: Cannoneer No. 4
"Over how much of the earth's surface can you really go 50 mph in a Main Battle Tank with out beating the crew to death like dried peas in a gourd?

You'd be surprised.

42 posted on 11/23/2003 7:54:49 AM PST by sauropod ("Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt")
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To: sauropod
"Over how much of the earth's surface can you really go 50 mph in a Main Battle Tank"

Back in 1993, when I did my transition into the Abrams tank, I went through the TCPC (Tank Crew Proficiency Course) wherein all of us rotated through the positions which must be occupied in the vehicle: Gunner, driver, loader, and commander. When it came time for me to drive this sports car of armored vehicles, I was able to scream through the driving portion and was told by the instructors that at one time the tank went "airborne" with daylight visible under the treads all around. Inside, my fellow officer trainees, didn't notice the acrobatics, so smooth was the ride. The same thing happened on the gunnery course, except that time (I was loading as I recall) the main gun fired at the top of the arc and hit it's target over a thousand meters away. One shot, one kill.

168 posted on 01/01/2004 9:02:43 AM PST by ExSoldier (When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic.)
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