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Originally Posted by nikimcbee
...and that's why I'm not a tanker.
On a side note, has the M1 truely been tested in combat? The M1 absolutly kicked a$$ in gulf War 1. I think (my memory is rusty) only 14 or so M1s were lost in GW1, and most of those had their tracks blown off from a mine. There was that one M1 tank that took a direct hit from a T-72 (funny story, the M1 parked infront of th T-72 to take a break  ) at point blank range the tank commander had a ringing in his ears, but the tank didn't catch fire.- the crew survived.
What I'm asking is: would the M1 fair as well against a real opponent that knows how to fight tanks.:hmm: |
The M1 was designed to take a direct hit in the frontal area, though in the war, no M1's were really lost. They were only disabled - hit with the best stuff that could be thrown at them. And then some tank tow truck shows up, tows it off, and the damn tank is back running the next day!
Its like indestructable.
One M1 was hammered mutiple times when disabled, but they simply returned fire waiting for a rescue!
-S