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RE: Tanks

From: Mike Wikan <MWikan@m...>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 14:19:20 -0800
Subject: RE: Tanks



	[Mike Wikan]  Umm there is a SERIOUS difference between Soviet
Armor
and Western Chobham-Delta type armor. The Current Rev of Frontal Slope
armor
on an M1 is damned near impervious to everything short of a Nuke (I've
seen
120 mm Sabot rounds test fired at it at a range of 500m go bouncing off) 

> <chuckle> I doubt that :-/ It helps them build their tanks very low
> compared to Western ones though, and about 20 tons lighter as well,
and
> still have similar armour protection and speed. 
> 
> Later,
> 
> Oerjan Ohlson
> oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
> 
> "Life is like a sewer.
>   What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
> - Hen3ry


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