To: sukhoi-30mki
2 posted on
11/13/2016 9:32:41 PM PST by
Tailback
To: Tailback
Just a M-48 with the Centurion’s Royal Ordnance L7 105mm gun :)
4 posted on
11/13/2016 9:45:50 PM PST by
Oztrich Boy
("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
To: Tailback
Funny how that one wasn’t mentioned.
10 posted on
11/14/2016 4:33:15 AM PST by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: Tailback
Sorry, the M60s were the final dead end for the Patton series. The 1973 Yom Kippur War showed serious crew survivability problems with those tanks.
When I was at Fort Riley back in the mid 80s, the tankers on post were dying for the M1s to show up. They couldn’t wait to get rid of the M60s
11 posted on
11/14/2016 6:10:04 AM PST by
drop 50 and fire for effect
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