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Calista241

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8. The design flaw stems from potential adversary tanks back in the 60's and 70's.

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 03:55 PM

Apr 2022

The M60 and early M1 tanks had a 105mm rifled gun that didn’t have the penetrating or destructive power of todays 120mm NATO guns, or the more recently developed Javelin, NLAW and other NATO antitank weapons.

Russian tank armor installed at the time was believed to be enough to defeat the ammunition used by legacy NATO adversaries.

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Interesting piece on CNN about Russian tanks. [View all] grumpyduck Apr 2022 OP

Hey, Putin's not going to be in one, so it's no biggie to them ck4829 Apr 2022 #1

I've seen some cool videos showing turrets flying through the air. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #2

Being a suspicious OF doens't disqualify you from being right on the money. JHB Apr 2022 #3

M1A1 American tanks store ammo behind a fire wall underpants Apr 2022 #4

"Sometimes I can be a suspicious old fart."....join the club... I question everything.. mitch96 Apr 2022 #5

Those crews were dead regardless of where the ammo was stored DetroitLegalBeagle Apr 2022 #6

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The design flaw stems from potential adversary tanks back in the 60's and 70's. Calista241 Apr 2022 #8