Re: Re: [FT] Scale in Full Thrust

Some days back, Ryan Gill wrote:

>>I'm a bit curious as to how Ryan got 70 metric tons to be 180,000 lbs 
>>though. As I recall, 1 metric ton is 1000 kg and 1 kg is 2.2 lbs, so
the 
>>70-ton Abrams only masses about 155,000 lbs (must be the M1A2 SEP
version 
>>though - the M1A1 is only 65 tons/145,000 lbs IIRC?).
>
>M1A2 is 80 tons, 160,000lbs.

Have checked the figures now. According to TACOM the M1A2 is 69.5 short 
tons, ie. 139,000 lbs or equivalently 63 metric tons.

Now I'm no longer curious how you got 180,000 lbs, but I *am* curious
about 
the "80 tons" figure <g>

Regards,

Oerjan
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