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A lighter, high-tech Abrams tank is taking shape

submitted by Spaceman84 to Military 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 19:55:52 ago (+5/-0)     (www.defensenews.com)

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/05/31/a-lighter-high-tech-abrams-tank-is-taking-shape/



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[ - ] ilikeskittles 1 point 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 20:13:56 ago (+1/-0)

Are they going to scrap that ridiculous turbine engine?

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 1 point 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 23:02:18 ago (+1/-0)

I hope they replace it with a worse one. Something so high-tech, with so many finely-tuned parts wizzing around at such speeds that the damned things never work outside of the training grounds.

[ - ] xmasskull 1 point 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 20:14:07 ago (+1/-0)

New(battery) design allows for tank to catch fire without being hit.

[ - ] ProudRebel 0 points 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 20:15:42 ago (+0/-0)

The ukraine niggers are saying the abrams tank is a piece of shit.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 1 point 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 22:25:57 ago (+1/-0)

When you can knock one out with a $200 drone, yeah it's outlived it's usefulness.

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 0 points 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 23:28:59 ago (+0/-0)

look at the maintenance requirements for this shit. that's the problem - it's of limited use in actual war.

[ - ] 4thTurning 3 points 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 20:20:12 ago (+3/-0)

"Our precious tank lost in Ukraine... so we are trying again. "

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 0 points 11 monthsJun 1, 2024 23:28:17 ago (+0/-0)

lmao

[ - ] glooper 0 points 11 monthsJun 2, 2024 00:41:26 ago (+0/-0)

wasn't the whole point of the abrams that is could go toe to toe with up to six t-72s? Designed back in the cold war for this EXACT battlefield????

Of course all the A3's that are left, (only like 1000-1,500 now after the debacle of afgan and the closing of the last tank factory???) are still back on the nato line and not anywhere near the front line.


Fun fact: We'll never have A3's again. We used up all the uranium.

[ - ] JustALover 0 points 11 monthsJun 2, 2024 01:17:50 ago (+0/-0)

Is it going to perhaps be even more expensive than the existing version? That would be another great opportunity to spend more taxpayer money on kickbacks.

[ - ] inaminit 0 points 11 monthsJun 2, 2024 02:46:09 ago (+0/-0)

The tank is obsolete, make way for the robodog.

[ - ] jigganiggaboo 0 points 11 monthsJun 2, 2024 03:34:41 ago (+0/-0)

I have no idea why we even bother to use these things still. You can wipe one out with an RPG and the reactive armor costs more than the RPG fired at it. Artillery can do its job better and further away. IF ground forces become desperate they never call tanks in they call in air strikes.

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 0 points 11 monthsJun 2, 2024 04:22:33 ago (+0/-0)

so in us military terms they will have a replacement for it that is nothing like the current abrams, wont be a tank, will be designed for 5 different tasks and subsequently fail at all of them, be rolled out in 35 years, only to be replaced by an updated abrams, because someone finally asked the question (after 5 billion dollars spent) "Why dont we just update what weve got?"

Sorry... watched some semi comedy docudrama about the bradley a few weeks back. Kelsey Grammar made a great angry bumblefuck dc military pencil pusher.