For all you TREAD-HEADS out there.
Of course the ones I saw still could be fitted with Zippos. Most of them didn't work well, but we still had them.
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Heck ya! That's some major upgrades! Making a great product better!
Thanks for the ping!
“You have to remember, the tank was a Cold War design, aimed at a threat that was always to its front. It’s still the most survivable weapon in the arsenal from the front,”
Every weapon system ever was built for problems and environment presented in the last war. Hope they show a little more imagination next time they build a major system. Looking at the Russian experience in Cheneya or Israel's in the territories might have taught them more about what we might face in urban combat. Admittedly, however, it's very tough to assimilate these lessons until you have your own casualities and your own strategies are affected.
Armed Services committees might pay heed; it's not overengineering when the military asks for these capabilities and they get blown off by staffers and Representatives who just can't understand why they are needed---until the body bags show up.
Bump!