The Department of Defense’s chief weapons tester is concerned the Army's M1A2 Abrams tank is getting too heavy. Here's how big it is.
000 M1s to the Persian Gulf, and all but 18 returned in working condition. The tanks sped over the rough desert terrain, through heavy smoke from oil fires, destroying almost all of the Iraqis' Soviet tank fleet. In the entire operation, the United States didn't lose a single M1 crew....
How heavy is a javelin missile? Weight (Block 1 Missile and CLU combined): 48.8 pounds (Missile:33.3 pounds; CLU: 15.5 pounds). How many attempts are allowed in javelin? Competition rules are similar to other throwing events: a round consists ofone attempt by each competitor in turn, and...
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The Army calls it Future Combat Systems (FCS), and the non-line-of-sight cannon is one essential part of that future. The Future Combat Systems will employ unmanned vehicles like airborne reconnaissance drones, unmanned heavy vehicles like the Crusher, and remotely fired missile arsenals. Manned...
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“Army is huge,” he said. “We need a big Army. They win our wars. The Marine Corps doesn’t win the wars. We win the battles.” But the heavy emphasis specialization has some retired Marines and others in defense circles questioning th...
The Soviets had an interesting mix of wheeled and tracked once they went down that route with the BMP/BTR mix. In the Tank divisions the Motor Rifle troops were BMP heavy, while in Motor Rifle Divisions, they were BTR heavy. At least in the majority of their first line units. F is ...
The counter to point to that argument is if the Germans had not produced the two ridiculous heavy tanks. Tiger 1&2, the huge maintenance tail these vehicles required could be broken up; a tiger company had the same number of mechanics and maintenance...