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  1. 07-13-2012 #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by doll4rs View Post
    So where is the BEAUTIFUL MAN you promised us? Or was it the other guy?
    Why you want to meet him? I can introduce you lol
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    Stupidass...
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    how do you employ tanks in an insurgent war ?

    its nullified b/c u have to root out the individual itself

    tanks didn't get OBL and drones got most of the wanted list deck of cards
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    Quote Originally Posted by C.Puffs View Post
    Yeah, doesn't everybody know Abrams will be cutting edge for at least a century. And if we need more we can just build a new plant, find people who know how to build tanks. . .oh.
    A century ? Don't exaggerate. Abrams will be cutting edge for the foreseeable future. No doubt, its successor is already on the drawing board.

    The U.S. doesn't really need to build any more tanks now does it ? Especially as Leo2 has cornered the international market
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arfah View Post
    A century ? Don't exaggerate. Abrams will be cutting edge for the foreseeable future. No doubt, its successor is already on the drawing board.

    The U.S. doesn't really need to build any more tanks now does it ? Especially as Leo2 has cornered the international market
    lol. puffy dropped a shyt load of sarcasm and you didn't notice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Universal_Soldier View Post
    lol. puffy dropped a shyt load of sarcasm and you didn't notice.
    Usually, I don't take any notice of anything he posts. I blame solar flares (and a lack of an emoticon)
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    Quote Originally Posted by soldierkid View Post
    Wouldn't a shutdown of the Abrams production line would dramatically alter the tank industrial base and make it all but impossible to restart production quickly to meet an emergency?
    If they managed to transform whole industries into military ones in WW2, then they wouldnt have problems with just restarting production of already existing ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nyusu View Post
    If they managed to transform whole industries into military ones in WW2, then they wouldnt have problems with just restarting production of already existing ones.
    Back then tanks were pretty simple, engine, gun, stick armour on. You could train a guy (or gal) who built cars to do it pretty quickly...now not so much, from the fact the armour is no longer just steel, to the FCS, gas turbine engine etc....
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    Meh, there is *plenty* of them in storage. There is simply no need for insane cold war numbers anymore.
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    I'm pretty sure we will go nuclear long before we lose 5,000 MBT's on the field of battle.

    I hope everyone can sleep soundly now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by metberkut View Post
    Meh, there is *plenty* of them in storage. There is simply no need for insane cold war numbers anymore.
    Yeah, this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by muttbutt View Post
    Back then tanks were pretty simple, engine, gun, stick armour on. You could train a guy (or gal) who built cars to do it pretty quickly...now not so much, from the fact the armour is no longer just steel, to the FCS, gas turbine engine etc....
    Well but you dont need to train them from zero. You only need to train them to use already existing machines that produce the parts and how to put them together. No need to start from scratch.
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    After the whole Maneuveer School of Exellence thing one would think otherwise. Unless administration change comes into it.
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    Will the money go to Obamacare instead or what
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