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U.S. tank crews fail to place in NATO tank competition
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:15 pm
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recent competition hosted in part by the U.S. Army and designed to test core tank crew skills saw European crews take the top honors, while crews from the U.S. Army failed to place. The results raise the question of whether the Army—after more than a decade of focusing on guerrilla warfare—has devoted adequate training to address "big war" skills.
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A German tank crew from Mountain Panzer Battalion 7, Panzer Brigade 12 took top honors, followed by a Danish crew from their country's 1st Tank Battalion in second. Third place went to a Polish crew from the 34th Armored Cavalry brigade. It's unknown where the American crews placed, only that they weren't in the top three.
Winning tank crew
Germans
I know a certain poster is gonna be upset about this.
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:17 pm to upgrayedd
Put darth on suicide watch...
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:17 pm to upgrayedd
It's tough to compete with those Eastern Europeans once you get to the swimsuit competition. 
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:18 pm to t1gerst1gerst1gers
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Put darth on suicide watch...
or send him over there to mud check their slacking asses
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:19 pm to 777Tiger
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or send him over there to mud check their slacking asses
Probably the best solution.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:20 pm to upgrayedd
One of the very few times on the OT where the "Thanks Obama" meme actually applies.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:20 pm to upgrayedd
Our top notch tank guys were probably doing active tank duties and not goofy participation trophy drills.
Or we are dumb as frick.
Or we are dumb as frick.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:21 pm to upgrayedd
Yeah, tanks are useless against the likes of ISIS and Al Qaeda, at least as long as you can't go scorched earth. I'm not surprised by this.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:21 pm to upgrayedd
I'm retired now but I was a 19K tanker for over 20 years. We used to do a lot 9f competitions at Graf back in the day. The Germans were the only real competition but we were always better. Oh how times have changed.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:22 pm to PepaSpray
Yeah, something tells me in real life, we won't be quite so helpless. 
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:24 pm to Festus
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One of the very few times on the OT where the "Thanks Obama" meme actually applies.
I'm tempted to throw this gas can on the PT board fire
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:26 pm to upgrayedd
Our Army is too busy integrating girls to worry about dumb shite like being good at driving and shooting tanks.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:27 pm to upgrayedd
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I'm tempted to throw this gas can on the PT board fire
Ughhh
I've melted enough over this subject
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:28 pm to upgrayedd
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet,but our crew had to train on the German tank (not the M1) for this competition.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:29 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Our Army is too busy integrating girls to worry about dumb shite like being good at driving and shooting tanks
Good point. What's the bathroom situation inside an Abrams?
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:29 pm to upgrayedd
surprising considering the Germans can't even field enough machine guns with their troops right now
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:32 pm to Delirium
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Not sure if this has been mentioned yet,but our crew had to train on the German tank (not the M1) for this competition
That seems like an important detail.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:35 pm to northshorebamaman
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quote: Not sure if this has been mentioned yet,but our crew had to train on the German tank (not the M1) for this competition That seems like an important detail.
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Both Denmark and Poland brought Leopard 2A5 tanks, slightly older models but ones with largely with the same capabilities as the -A6. Italy brought a platoon of home-grown Ariete tanks. Slovenia brought M84 tanks, a copy of the Russian T-72 manufactured by Yugoslavia before the country's civil war. The United States brought its M1A2 Abrams tanks.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:36 pm to upgrayedd
Yeah, just read the article. Maybe the poster above has some inside info he'd like to share.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:51 pm to upgrayedd
They make tanks in my hometown 
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