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2016-10-21 Europe

Italian Parliament Weighs New Tanks, Helicopters

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Posted by Steve White 2016-10-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Is it really a tank if it doesn't make clanking noises?

Posted by Classer 2016-10-21 00:53|| 2016-10-21 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 This is journalism, don't expect competency to know what a tank destroyer is.

Posted by Crolunter Wittlesbach4284 2016-10-21 04:35|| 2016-10-21 04:35|| Front Page Top

#3 A tank, by definition, should be able to withstand a (some) first-round hit. If it isn't too big a round.
A tank destroyer is a tank which can't withstand a hit by anything larger than, say, a fitty-cal. You save on some armor, the cheapest part, and get some additional mobility plus an incremental increase in what will transport the thing--maybe.
Then, when the local commander is scratching around for armor, he can have five TDs, 'cuz that's what they have instead of four MBT. That's okay if you're in the defense and have lots of terrain to hide in and wait for the enemy armor to come into view. Lousy arrangement for the assault. But a TD means one less tank. The best TD is a good tank.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2016-10-21 06:26|| 2016-10-21 06:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Is it really a tank if it doesn't make clanking noises?

It'll have five reverse speeds, though.

/old joke

Posted by Pappy 2016-10-21 10:31|| 2016-10-21 10:31|| Front Page Top

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