As a nation, we build r/c robots in our garages and throw them into Thunderdomes to destroy each other - and we do this for fun! We should be able to wire up a some tanks.
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Part of the problem with the arms race was that when you made something the “enemy” couldn’t stop, you figures that if you could do it, so could they. So you made something to stop it, once that was done, then the cycle started again because you had to find a way to defend against it, and the cycle went on and on and on.
The M-1 is the best designed American tank to date, but I would venture there are weapons out there that can stop it(but they are not talked about much). At least in the design of the M-1. survival on the crew was number one on the list.
another m1
Nope, read through the previous posts for info on that scenario.
What about a fatty hydrogen bomb?[:D]
Noooo… [:D]
how about a bunch of C4 packs?
woudn’t the underside or an open hatch be the week point of a m1?
any good motivated infantry can be a threat for any tank
When I was in the Army stationed with 4-7 Cav they told us the only rounds that could effectively take out the M-1 was a Sabot round (which ,at the time , could only be fired from the M-1 and the british challenger II). But as we all know , there are weak points on any tank in which a properly placed RPG could take out any tank .
Do not call a hydrogen bomb “fatty.” This makes the hydrogen bomb upset. And you don’t want to get a hydrogen bomb upset.
I believe the correct term is “circumferentially challenged”. [:p]
I was reading about he Canadian ERYX anti-armor missle, and it can penetrate all known armor including reactive armor. It will penetrate 900 mm of rolled homogeneous armor, over 2.5 M of reinforced concrete, and 5 M of earth!
I don’t know about you, but I think that would take out pretty much anything.
Chris
Well, technically, reactive armor isn’t armor at all – it’s an explosive attached to armor.
How much advanced composite armour will it penetrate? That’s the relevant question.
I know one thing for sure that can knoc out an M1 – this thread can! [(-D]
Lets not get the Canadians fired up again.( just kidding, read the M-1 equivalent thread if you don’t get my meaning)
from what i’ve heard Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morissette can take a M1 out with there singing. Canadas secret weapons [:D]
Man-that’s just mean, Captain-although Alanis looks really good naked. Kinda built like an M1.
I believe that some heavy duty IEDs have been able to take care of an M1… I remember seeing a report that the insurgents have been burying three of four 105 rounds in the ground and setting them off under a tank. I saw a picture of an M1 belly up thanks to one of those.
The big problem here is, 1st the M1 is about 15 tons heavier than the Leo. = More armor. 2nd even though they share the same gun They dont share the same ammo or fire control system. The Leo has a better fire control system and better sighting system. But being the Bundeswer refuses to use DU rounds They dont stand a chance of penetrating a M1. They will hit M1’s more, But not kill them. And now with the new Leo 2A6 they have made the gun longer(Like the Challenger and LeClerc) Wich gives grater ranges.
Hey Buddy-the Japanese army did the same in WWII. Although they gave their soldiers a hammer and a projectile-may be myth but I know Japan was under a lot of pressure at the end of the war,
They also indroduced new ammo (higher pressure, and a longer penetrator made from an improved tungsten alloy).
Overall, they’ve got better penetration now than the M1…