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Re: [OT]Wither Canada? And Australias Abrahms

From: David Brewer <davidbrewer@b...>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 18:47:23 +0000
Subject: Re: [OT]Wither Canada? And Australias Abrahms

J L Hilal wrote:

> The 120mm ammunition is NATO standard.  Any NATO 120mm system can use
> any NATO 120mm ammution, so it doesn't matter whether you get
> ammunition made for the Abrams, Leopard 2, Challenger 2, or LeClerc;
it
> is all interchangeable.

Chally 2 has a different and rifled 120mm gun. The ammunition is
not compatible.

-- 
David Brewer

"The mentally disturbed do not employ the Theory of Scientific 
Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of 
facts." - P.K.Dick (from VALIS)

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