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Originally Posted by Skybird
You seem to be determined to rewrite a bit what is known about modern Western tanks. Well, I stick to what I said. I could refer you to the forums of eSim and have your theories discussed with the guys there. The audience is brimming with former or still active tankers and military members, and several tankers are engaged in the creation of their sim (which is bought by over a dozen Western nations).  I trust their discussions over the past years slightly more than you, sorry. No personal offence meant. I am juzst not that active over there anymore. Time changed over the years, so did the man. |
Why not Tank Net?
In the end discussions between tankers (even the active service or ex service tankers) boil down to the manhood measuring contest between the groups present. In the western forums it tends to be between M1 and Leo2 series fans/users in tanks, in the eastern ones between T72/64/80 series fans/users.
However my point stands - French have a valid tank designing engineering school (as they have a valid aircraft designing school), thus saying that they couldn't contribute to a joint project is just plainly wrong. What happens is that often in the end they protect their own industries, thus joint projects collapse due to the insufficient total work loads.