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FFDP-Guy In reply to ??? [2018-08-03 10:10:06 +0000 UTC]
Probably positioned like that for people to look at it.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-05 01:27:47 +0000 UTC]
I wonder how many of these are still around?
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-05 10:01:07 +0000 UTC]
I've seen some others.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-06 03:28:57 +0000 UTC]
I haven't.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-07 03:03:29 +0000 UTC]
I've seen a few Panzerfausts.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-07 22:38:40 +0000 UTC]
The Germans made millions of those things.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-07 22:47:22 +0000 UTC]
It's a really good weapon.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-09 03:40:34 +0000 UTC]
A direct copy of the US bazooka.
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-09 09:59:16 +0000 UTC]
Reverse Engineered too?
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 17:23:47 +0000 UTC]
Anything else?
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-12 17:34:54 +0000 UTC]
I can't think of nothing.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 17:36:04 +0000 UTC]
How about the M1A3 Abrams?
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-12 17:40:17 +0000 UTC]
Is that a newer model?
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 17:41:51 +0000 UTC]
Yeah. The newest. Only just being issued.
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-12 18:27:58 +0000 UTC]
I didn't know a new one was released.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 18:30:24 +0000 UTC]
Yeah. Lighter, more mobile, with improvements all-around.
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-12 18:38:32 +0000 UTC]
That's good.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 18:41:52 +0000 UTC]
Yeah. Weighing 56 tons instead of 70 is a grand thing.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 19:01:17 +0000 UTC]
Plus, a diesel engine instead of the gas turbine.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 21:35:34 +0000 UTC]
Not only that, but an eletric drive as well.
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-12 21:43:05 +0000 UTC]
That's quite impressive.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 22:00:11 +0000 UTC]
And, replacing the torsion bar suspension with a hydropneumatic one.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 22:30:17 +0000 UTC]
I think so.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-12 22:43:55 +0000 UTC]
Plus, a new fire control system which will allow the Abrams to kill tanks at 12,000 meters!
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-13 22:19:43 +0000 UTC]
I know, right?
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-13 22:33:03 +0000 UTC]
Of course.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-13 22:44:32 +0000 UTC]
As if that's not cool enough, it will have an auto-loader cspable of a rate of fire in excess of 20 rounds per minute!!
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-14 06:51:12 +0000 UTC]
Neat, I see they went all out on development.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-14 21:10:49 +0000 UTC]
Can you blame them? The design's nearly 40 years old, and pretty much unchanged for that entire time.
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-14 21:25:34 +0000 UTC]
That's right.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-14 21:29:13 +0000 UTC]
Something had to be done.
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-14 21:35:20 +0000 UTC]
Well that's true.
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-14 21:38:49 +0000 UTC]
It's fire control system dated back to the 1975.
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FFDP-Guy In reply to ODSThero [2018-08-14 21:40:07 +0000 UTC]
I guess it will be replaced?
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ODSThero In reply to FFDP-Guy [2018-08-14 21:41:45 +0000 UTC]
It was designed for the 105mm M68 gun the original M1 used.
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