The Process of Building a M-1A2 Tank

[budanski]

Who's looking out for you, Operation Ivy?

>>>6 min. video<<< (http://play.rbn.com/?url=rbn/bill/g2demand/misc/armor/building_an_m1_tank.rm&proto=rtsp)

btw, ever wondered how it'll be like to ride in a tank (http://a19k20.tripod.com/tankride.htm)?

[Marmot1]

what format is this?

[Scottie]

looks like Realmedia to me.

[Uninen]

Yeah, Real Media it is... nice vid btw. :)

[Jurgen]

Hooah!

woot

Thanks for the link!!

[Falco]

Good video woot

[Operation Ivy]

woot :hug: woot :hug: woot :hug: woot :hug:

AWsome!!!

Thxs Man

[cavtroop4]

great vid
was it on a tlc? when?

[Durandal]

Interesting video. Op Ivy, I have been at that plant, well, if that plant is the Lima Plant (Lima, OH). We went there back in 1990...a bunch of MS 1s and 2s during my ROTC days.

What they did not show are the submerged plasma cutters that handle the thincker steel. Those were bad ass. All the Chobham inserts are done in a closed off area where only workers with classified clearence are allowed in. It was weird when walked around it, knowing what was going on inside...well some of us at least, but we could not watch it.

We also got to ride on the track and drive it around the obstacle course. There is nothign sweeter than looking out the site as the thing is spining in place and the target never is jitters out of the reticle.

[soma]

Why only still images??!?!?!

[Operation Ivy]

We also got to ride on the track and drive it around the obstacle course. There is nothign sweeter than looking out the site as the thing is spining in place and the target never is jitters out of the reticle

Lucky Bastard :-*$ :D

[usa320]

lol...that tank ride thing is funny...but that person has obviously never gone for a helicopter ride...

[foxtrot023]

lol...that tank ride thing is funny...but that person has obviously never gone for a helicopter ride...

Oh my, on my first helo ride, I was scared ****less the 30 seconds, since we flew with rain and pretty darn close to some mountains (perhaps thinking I was in an airplane) and you get a feeling you MIGHT slip out the door, but after a while, IT was lots of fun, specialy the ability to hover and the landings.

Regards

[Durandal]

We also got to ride on the track and drive it around the obstacle course. There is nothign sweeter than looking out the site as the thing is spining in place and the target never is jitters out of the reticle

Lucky Bastard :-*$ :D

Tell me about it. :D

A funny thing...

The Q&A session following it was a joke. I was an uber military dork at the time, keeping up with all the unclassified data getting out to the public. I was asking question about the M60A4 and whether the Marines were going to get the M1 with the 105mm and all I got was, that's classified, except it was in an issue of Jane's Defense Weekly not three months earlier.

Typical, I know, ROTC was filled with a lot of that. We were supposed to be young and dumb and know little and learn only what they gave us. Frustrated the hell out of me. :)

[Uninen]

lol...that tank ride thing is funny...but that person has obviously never gone for a helicopter ride...

Didnt he say that its closest thing to flying, without actually leaving the ground.... ;)

[mlrs84]

Who's looking out for you, Operation Ivy?

>>>6 min. video<<< (http://play.rbn.com/?url=rbn/bill/g2demand/misc/armor/building_an_m1_tank.rm&proto=rtsp)

btw, ever wondered how it'll be like to ride in a tank (http://a19k20.tripod.com/tankride.htm)?
Does anyone know of a way to save the entire videofile on the computer?
This is just a link to streaming video in Real Player.

[-=Nap=-]

Thanks for the link, impressive video and quite well, educational :)

[Abrams_MBT]

pls... anyway to save the vid on the hard drive???

[platform389]

pls... anyway to save the vid on the hard drive???

OK, try this... Worked for me.

Go back to original link. Right click and "Save Target As". It will download to your "My Documents" folder.

Close window when download completes

Open "My Documents" folder and find the Realplayer icon

Select the "Move this item" option and move it to CD burner and burn the file to CD. Add to your collection of neat things from the internet.

You're welcome :D

[Abrams_MBT]

>>>>OK, try this... Worked for me.

Go back to original link. Right click and "Save Target As". It will download to your "My Documents" folder.

Close window when download completes

Open "My Documents" folder and find the Realplayer icon

Select the "Move this item" option and move it to CD burner and burn the file to CD. Add to your collection of neat things from the internet.

You're welcome

damn, that doenst work for me... my burner sucks... :|
do you have AIm or MSN? you could send me that if you agree and if youre nice with me... :roll:
with AIM, my nick is "Abrams MBT 120"
with MSN... my email is: abramsmbt120@msn.com

Please contact me...
(if im not connected, plz send me an email at chevy_caprice@caramail.com )

Plz help me... :hug: I would really like to own this vid, and that sucks to play it with real player...

[platform389]

Sent the download in an attachment to your caramail addy.

:D

[Ghostwolf]

Thanks very much for the video link, I think I saw the exact same video footage on Discovery
Channel's "Extreme Machines - Tanks" show a couple years ago, and this video from the
link has almost the same narration content.

[Abrams_MBT]

by the way, in which site was the tank vid found?

[Abrams_MBT]

>>Sent the download in an attachment to your caramail addy.

>>you only sent me the ram file...85ko.
its not the vid, but only a link to it which works with real media. :(

no way to open the file with windows media? (by downloading a stuff to let the player plays more extensions for exemple?)
any ideas?