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  • Tank plant speeds armor to Iraq

    04/16/2003 2:57:21 PM PDT · by Willie Green · 51 replies · 968+ views
    The Cincinnati Enquirer ^ | The Associated Press
    For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.Tristate reacts to war Faced with a vulnerable spot on U.S. tanks, Army engineers sketched an idea on a napkin. Seven days later, 20 custom pieces of armor were to be shipped to Iraq on Saturday to protect Abrams M1A2 tanks. Engineers, cutters and welders at the Lima Army Tank Plant worked around the clock to fix the weak spot - exhaust and air intake vents - that led to the loss of several tanks in the first weeks of the war, said Lt. Col. Damon Walsh, plant commander. "It's incredible," he...
  • The best tank in the world?

    12/11/2002 11:33:26 AM PST · by sonofatpatcher2 · 157 replies · 2,346+ views
    World's Armed Forces Site ^ | 13 November 2002 | Maverick
    What do you all think is the best tank in the world, now and before of cause. I´m from Germany so for me it´s clear. The Leopard 2A5 ist the best tank the world has ever known. We also produced some great tanks like the Tiger or Panther, for Expert´s the Henschel Sturmtiger and the Köngistiger are the ancestors of all modern tanks and the Us and Russia have stolen our ideas.