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I hope they had women and gays in the tank crews. Skill is irrelevant. Have to focus on what’s important.
Is there a “Top Gun” school for tankers?
The American Army is still first in combating global warming and in embracing diversity. We probably have the #1 non-cis-gender tank crew in the world.
Not to worry...we’ll have robot tanks soon.
US armor has traditionally been second rate when compared to German armor. The top three teams were all driving Leopards.
I guess they don’t need us anymore. I suppose we should pull out of Germany. Heck, Korea too.
Do smart phones even work in a tank? /s
This would never happen if a Patton commanded our tank corps. So much for the boutique brigades.
Precisely
And nicely played
As I’ve pointed out on similar posts, from 1963 to 1991 NATO had a tank competition the winner of which was awarded the Canadian Army Trophy. In the 17 times the competition was held the U.S. Army won it once. That’s half as many times that the Canadians, the Dutch, and the Brits won it. One third the number of times the Belgians won it. And one fifth the number of times the Germans won it. Maybe tank gunnery just isn’t your thing?
But they were oh, so tolerant and sensitive, don't you know...
I read an article by somebody involved with a military “think-tank” (no pun intended) many years ago, and I do mean many years ago espousing tank warfare as antiquated, and that tanks were going the way of the dinosaur.
We still have tanks therefore we should be the best we can possibly be until we don’t.
Well, to be fair to the US Army, it’s a little difficult loading a cannon while you’re wearing a dress and high heels.
In 1939, the Polish Cavalry was the finest cavalry in the world. But the Germans had developed tank warfare as the hammer for their blitzkrieg.
Perhaps drones and helicopters have now turned tank brigades into “Polish Cavalry”?
There is a limited amount of time, money, facilities and equipment for training.
You can use those resources training people to win a “game” in Germany, or you can use them to train Soldiers for war.
Depends on your priorities, I guess.
First, congratulations to the winners and every tank crew in this competition was a winner to just to get to it. It’s like an Olympics.
Second, back in the day when I was in the Army in Germany, we thought we were hot sh*t. But, were we surprised that our comrades in the National Guard, and the long haired, pot-smoking tank crews from the Netherlands, and conscripts from Germany could compete with us.
Third, wars aren’t won or lost based on individual tank crews, or individual aircraft crews, or whatever, although each man, each crew, and each combination of crew and weapon system makes his contribution. The proficiency of tank crews, number of tanks, their strategic and tactical mobility, combined arms, maintenance and supply, and the battle plan all are very important.
Regarding the Abrams, the M1A2 Abrams is on the big side as “main battle tanks” go, but the Leopard 2 is about the same size, and is similar in many other characteristics. The Abrams has only limited foreign buyers and among the few, one is now looking to order Leopard 2s. As I have seen cost estimate of $5 to 6 million apiece for each, I wonder what’s going on.
Meaningless. We actually very rarely win these intra-army competitions. At least the ones that only involve simulated combat with allies. But we’re pretty solid when it comes time to actually kill bad guys.