Demise of British tank industry foretold admitted

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

The UK is the last country over there with any decent know how on weapon technology.

What? You are aware that our own M1A2 uses a Rheinmetall 120mm smoothbore, right. Our primary infantry small arms are manufactured by Fabrique Nationale, and our most advanced military radios are built around components designed by Siemens. And that's to say nothing of the latest generation of Leopard tanks, which might be the only tank in the World that could give the Abrams a run for its' money.

Besides, it isn't as if the U.K. has a history of superior tank design. Besides making the first tanks, their only other real success was the fitting of the 17-pdr gun to the Sherman, which was a crappy tank in its' own right. The Chieftain, Challenger and Conqueror tanks certainly weren't paragons of good tank design, either.

What is this "decent" know how that only the British have, and what does it have to do with their tanks?