Re: [ds] Ogres

	Howdy!

On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Colfox wrote:

> > Reality check.  The target size of an Abrams is smaller then a M60,
so
> > shouldn't the class size be at most the same???
>  
> Is the M1 really smaller than the M60?   I'm willing to grant you that
the
> M1 is shorter, but "smaller"?  I guess what I'm saying is that having
seen
> both, I never thought of the M1 as being smaller than the M60.

	Having crawled all over the two, the M1 seems more massive, but
it
is only slightly "larger".  It is definately shorter!

> Granted, I was a grunt, so I'm not the expert.  I just know that I
stayed
> the heck away from them when the treadheads were driving.  They don't
call
> us "crunchies" for nothing.  :-)

	I had the chance to play around dozens of modern tanks about 8
years ago, but I spent almost all of my time with the WWII-era ones. 
Now
that I am into modern warfare, I keep kicking myself...

	Ken