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re: U.S. tank crews fail to place in NATO tank competition

Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:52 pm to
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:52 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/18/16 at 7:55 pm
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:54 pm to
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They make tanks in my hometown



Can you write home and tell them to make better ones?
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:55 pm to
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:56 pm to
Isn't tank warfare obsolete anyways?


We got baws roaming the deserts in Polaris Rzr's now
Posted by BuckeyeFan87
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:56 pm to
Was it the tank or the operators?
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:56 pm to
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 7:58 pm to
I'm just glad my old platoon sgt didn't live to see this. Still, I'm one 100% sure Sgt 1st Class Johnson is in heaven lighting up a fresh Winston off the one he just burned to the filter and he's raising hell at how the army has gone to shite since Vietnam.
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:03 pm to
quote:

Was it the tank or the operators?

Pretty sure it was the latter....
Posted by northshorebamaman
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:06 pm to
Maybe we're waiting until the end of the season to show our whole playbook?
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:07 pm to
quote:

Isn't tank warfare obsolete anyways?




quote:

We got baws roaming the deserts in Polaris Rzr's now



Wouldn't even bother wasting a HEAT round one of these. Just flip it over to coax and waste their asses.
Posted by GeauxxxTigers23
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:08 pm to
Don't worry Darth, we'll win the air war.
Posted by MadtownTiger
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:08 pm to
Well when we are the only country of the last decade or two fighting wars, I'm sure the US has realized that wars aren't won on broad open plains or in the woods. They take place in cities, urban warfare centers. Tank crew evaluation should also include urban scenarios.
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:11 pm to
For those who have never served, imagine LSU just lost to ULM in Tiger Stadium at night. That's what this is like.

Damnit, I'm going to get into my bourbon now.
This post was edited on 5/18/16 at 8:14 pm
Posted by tiderider
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:17 pm to
we lost to ulm ... maybe trump is the next nick saban? ...
Posted by baldona
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:20 pm to
Thats like saying we lost the battle of the best wide receivers, you don't need all-americans at every position to win the game. Doesnt mean they arent still good.
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:21 pm to
Poland, man.
Posted by Mizzoufan26
Vacaville CA
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:24 pm to
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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.


This sounds like a Bruce Willis movie plot.

We need you and your crew to come back, for one final competition, to save the planet!
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
23965 posts
Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:29 pm to
quote:

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.


This, there were tank crews going house to house in Iraq same as engineers, MPs etc.

quote:

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


No shame here, Germans and tanks is kinda a thing.
This post was edited on 5/18/16 at 8:45 pm
Posted by Strannix
District 11
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:42 pm to
On a brighter note the new Secretary of the Army is a gay.
Posted by Wolfhound45
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Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:45 pm to
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Darth_Vader
On a positive note, you will soon have women on the crews. So you got that going for you, which is nice.
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