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Old 09-01-11, 03:41 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by danasan View Post
These tanks have only their blank armour. No active, reactive or even passive secondary armour. That might be good enough against infantry troops, or maybe in the streets of a town. Their AA might have been good enough in the 1940s or 1950s. But today there is no chance of surviving long enough to write down your last will, regarding the NATO air coverage there.

They are only hard targets for some exercises today, nothing else.
Agreed....interesting to note the southern route out of Sirte has been left open whilst the rebels advance from the east and the west.

Anything fleeing south will be an easy target from the air.
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