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To: Gen.Blather

As long as there is infantry there will be tanks.


4 posted on 12/29/2013 5:32:50 AM PST by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: snoringbear

“As long as there is infantry there will be tanks.”

That’s probably true, but they are unlikely to be the massive fuel hungry logistics laden behemoths of today. Most likely they’ll be small remotely controlled or small with a minimum logistics footprint. The army was incredibly frustrated with General Dyanmics’ failure to design lighter vehicles that they went to Oshkosh and two other suppliers. The M1A1 and Stryker were unsuited for Afghanistan. The army has attempted several times to shut the production facility in Lima, Ohio, but so far GD’s pocket congressmen have stopped them from doing so. (I don’t know what’s in this budget, but in the last one Congress earmarked Army funds that could only be spent there.)


5 posted on 12/29/2013 5:49:45 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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