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2020-03-24 Government

Marines getting rid of all tanks and completely restructuring to orient towards China

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-24 08:31|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 who disperse to small islands in the South and East China Seas using sleek landing craft

Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-24 08:50|| 2020-03-24 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 And then there is typhoon season. I'm sure small craft will have no problem.

An island is a pretty good target for either a ballistic or hypersonic missile barrage. You don't have 24 hours before it shows up.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-03-24 09:23|| 2020-03-24 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Did it the Post-Korea, Post-Vietnam and now Post-Iraq. The tanks will go into the Marine Corps Reserves as they return to being amphibious...

Posted by magpie 2020-03-24 10:08|| 2020-03-24 10:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Read about the last "heavy tank" in the US arsenal, the M103 (heavy tank), that also served in the Marines from 1956 to 1973 though never actually being used in combat.

Posted by magpie 2020-03-24 11:51|| 2020-03-24 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 According to one of those WWII TV documentaries, the most important weapons on islands like Iwo Jima and Okinawa were the flame thrower and the M1.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-24 12:48|| 2020-03-24 12:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Sounds like too much effort. Just send them a virus instead.

Posted by bbrewer126 2020-03-24 20:01|| 2020-03-24 20:01|| Front Page Top

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