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'Aussie' Abrams tanks roll off line
Herald Sun ^
| 18 February 2006
Posted on 02/17/2006 7:10:26 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
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Nice doing business with you, folks!
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:14:33 PM PST
by
sgtyork
(If Osamma calls someone in the US, should the NSA hang up?)
To: Aussie Dasher
Very nice, enjoy them. :)
To: Aussie Dasher
Good on you, mates & good hunting too.
To: Aussie Dasher
Good on the Aussie`s but why do they need Abrams and where would they use them? Curious
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:15:52 PM PST
by
bybybill
(If the Rats win, we are doomed)
To: Aussie Dasher
Question..does Australia have an airlift capability to deploy the tanks with troops, or do they have to travel via ship?
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:17:26 PM PST
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool...any volunteers???)
To: ken5050
I don't believe any aircraft can carry an abrams - they go by ship.
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:18:47 PM PST
by
oceanview
To: Aussie Dasher
The M2/M3 Bradley makes a nice addition to your Abrams collection...8-)
To: bybybill
Wherever they are needed.
Seriously, part of the reason for choosing Abrams is so that our tank crews are able to deploy into US equipment overseas. Hypothetically a situation could develop where the US would move Abrams tanks from the United States to a war zone during a joint operation, and Australia would merely send crews to operate those tanks.
For local purposes, the Abrams are probably overkill - but few people complain about having too much firepower in a small war - but this gives Australia a much greater capability to support allied operations overseas.
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:24:13 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: ken5050
My reply at #9 might interest you in terms of Australia's strategic thinking on deployment.
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:25:11 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:28:20 PM PST
by
DCBryan1
( MI: "Always Out Front!")
To: oceanview
C-5 can carry 2 and the C-17 can carry 1.
To: Lancer_N3502A
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:31:07 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: bybybill
Out of control Aborigines.
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:33:09 PM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: Aussie Dasher
So that's about a battalion's worth. I wonder who will field them for the Aussie army. Any ideas?
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:33:51 PM PST
by
91B
(God made man, Sam Colt made men equal.)
To: 91B
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:40:32 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: 91B
Along with the Brits and Polls, I think the Aussies are America's best friends
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:41:51 PM PST
by
nzando
To: Aussie Dasher; Dundee
'Onyah, Aussies!
BUMPping
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posted on
02/17/2006 7:43:32 PM PST
by
Brian Allen
(How arrogant are we to believe our career political-power-lusting lumpen somehow superior to theirs?)
To: Aussie Dasher
120mm smoothbore (((PING)))
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