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General Dynamics Unveils Promising New Pint-Sized “Franken-Tank”
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| OCTOBER 5, 2016
Posted on 10/06/2016 6:55:20 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: Delta 21
Some NGs at an event that I was at were around the a glorified armored car (to me and I forget the designation) and I asked about the Bradley.
The ranking one said that they were being dumped into the sea for artificial reefs when dead. The others run until dead then dumped.
Sad if true.
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posted on
10/06/2016 7:44:47 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The compact design makes it well-suited for urban use when the SHTF.
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posted on
10/06/2016 7:47:04 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
To: Iron Munro
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posted on
10/06/2016 7:52:29 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: PLMerite
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posted on
10/06/2016 7:53:11 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: C19fan
How big a round this light tank is resilient too? The problem with light tanks, for example, the Sheridan is they only provide protection against small arms fire. Good question. I'm thinking they figure it's not going to be standing up against a main battle tank. It's primary threat is probably expected to be RPGs or something similar. It certainly wouldn't be able to stand up to weapons designed to disable an Abrams. The smaller size will make it more mobile, in that it can cross bridges an Abrams would be too heavy for. That increases its effective mobility. If these smaller tanks use the same shells as their larger cousins, that would be a logistical plus. I didn't see anywhere in the press release if it was diesel or gasoline powered. Would be funny if it was a "flex fuel" vehicle.
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posted on
10/06/2016 7:56:06 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Welcome to the "interesting times" you were warned about.)
To: All
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posted on
10/06/2016 7:56:33 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(My Maserati does 185.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Is it run from a franken-mobile-uplink?
![](https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/archive/images/article/magazine/1702/st_tvbigmoments8_f.jpg)
-PJ
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posted on
10/06/2016 8:02:27 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Nah. Another slab-sided “vendor special” to try to make something to sell from other failed projects.
Would it go head-to-head against the newest state of the art tanks? Nope.
How would it fare against ATGMs? One shot, one dead tank and crew.
We need the best possible weapons for our limited funds, not leftovers.
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posted on
10/06/2016 8:03:01 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: Delta 21
Its scaled down M-1 turret, scaled down from 22 tons to 8, BUT ON THE INSIDE the turret is identical the M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams ... Nicknamed The Tardis.
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posted on
10/06/2016 8:10:55 AM PDT
by
kitchen
(If you are a luthier please ping me.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
One question crosses my mind. What does the best and most advanced armament do for a nation when the leadership is piss poor, putting it mildly and the nation itself is rotten to its core, spiritually and otherwise. When you lose your foundation, before long you will have lost it all.
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posted on
10/06/2016 8:11:39 AM PDT
by
saintgermaine
(The Time Traveler)
To: Delta 21
They took all the armor off.
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posted on
10/06/2016 8:40:47 AM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: lurk
“Transportable by C-130. Thats a plus”
Nice idea anyway. The Striker was suppose to be. Isn’t really.
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posted on
10/06/2016 8:41:34 AM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: C19fan
The Sheridan used aluminum armor. Powdered aluminum is used as fuel in solid rocket boosters like the Minuteman and space shuttle SRBs.
With a hit from a kinetic energy round, or shaped charge, the aluminum "participated" in the explosion. The smaller aluminum fragments burned and it also spalled causing significant fragment injuries and damage too equipment.
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posted on
10/06/2016 8:53:17 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: lurk
Transportable by C-130. Thats a plus.It would be, but weight, width, height rule that out
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posted on
10/07/2016 8:39:58 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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