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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    The mission of a tank crew is to support the infantry. They have a purpose in a MOUT environment.
    Yeah I know.....the Turks used them without infantry support in an urban setting. Lost 10 A4 Leopard tanks to Daesh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    The tank is dead. Long live the tank.

    There has been talk lately of phasing tanks out along side talks of the future tank.
    Sitting ducks. They can use them in cities across America, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by US Conservative View Post
    Back in Desert Storm we got to use our cold war era military, with our allies cold war militaries, against not Soviets but Iraqi's using Soviet gear.


    The main hostilities were over within what, 4 days?
    Because we never planned to overthrow Saddam.

    We're still getting our asses kicked everywhere we have boots on the ground. Where exactly are we going to start a ground war? Ukraine?

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Galt View Post
    Sitting ducks. They can use them in cities across America, though.
    Of course....leftists fireworks are ineffective against them. But maybe they can mouth off at them.
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    The U.S. Army's 'New' M-1A2C Abrams Tanks Will Enter Service Soon.

    https://thepoliticalforums.com/threa...r-Service-Soon


    Your Old thread Pete.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Galt View Post
    Sitting ducks. They can use them in cities across America, though.
    Not with impunity they can't. Tracks can easily be disabled with easily homemade sticky bombs. Iran showed us how to make an explosively formed penetrators- and a few M1s have been destroyed by those.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Galt View Post
    Because we never planned to overthrow Saddam.

    We're still getting our asses kicked everywhere we have boots on the ground. Where exactly are we going to start a ground war? Ukraine?
    We didn't get our asses kicked during Desert Storm. My unit, like the rest of the coalition dominated our enemy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    We didn't get our asses kicked during Desert Storm. My unit, like the rest of the coalition dominated our enemy.
    You didnt think he knew much of anything about the Military, did ya Pete?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I don’t know about that, but it’s a fine main battle tank.
    Im going to suggest that no matter the engineering of a tank, if the host nations won't fund the crews, training, etc it does not matter.

    Germany in the last several decades is hoping it can be an economic powerhouse without a military.

    Lets leave them to the wolves.

    East Germany won there, btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Galt View Post
    Because we never planned to overthrow Saddam.

    We're still getting our asses kicked everywhere we have boots on the ground. Where exactly are we going to start a ground war? Ukraine?
    Saddam was an arab socialist dictator.

    There (middle east) armies are not to fight foreign wars, but rather to suppress internal dissent, and maintain the leader in power. Superimposed on that is arab culture-and you would need to read for years to learn about that.

    Trump supports no war, and neither do I.

    We don't need to fight.

    Peace and prosperity are the answer.

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