Re: [ds] Modern Tanks

	Howdy!

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, John M. Atkinson wrote:

> >	Tom Clancy and several writers with experience on M1 tanks
usually
> > quote 95% accuracy. In the Gulf war battle of 73 Easting, quoted by
> 
> Tom Clancy says a lot of things.  It's easy to hit the enemy when you
> see them as far out as you can in the Desert.  In Central Europe,
where
> you turn a corner, and there's a T-80, things might be different.

	Ah, *yes*. :)

	And we all remember Old Tom's predictions and interviews as an
"expert" after Red Storm Rising.  He IS a good fiction writer, though.

	Ken