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  1. ZloyKrolik
    Some goof ball on an M60A3
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    I like the picture of the stick & glove stuffed in the breach end.
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    6 crew? What, it has three loaders?
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    Depressed?
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    I loved that book, especially the part where he beans a VC on the head with a ballpeen hammer. I used to joke that the ballpeen hammer was a tanker's true sidearm.
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    You probably had to buy beer for the wrecker or ARV crew that tipped you back over.
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    In case you run out of repair kits, you can fix tracks faster?
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    с новым годом
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    There are 6, if you count the horses.
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    с новым годом!
  11. ZloyKrolik
    Maybe its this: C&C poop. you beat me to it
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    When GDW went out of business, it wasn't because of money problems but because Frank Chadwick was burnt out.
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    Man, I might have helped get the Chieftain's Hatch locked. Oh well, but LiB's sense of entitlement annoyed me. Hey Walter, I like your police M113 article. I liked the photo of the M577 with the light bar on it. Who do they think they're going to pull over?
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    I bought it too. I remember hearing that GDW made a ton of $ from it. They hit the shelves 1st with a guide and sold alot of them, was on the NYT best seller list. Basically saved the company.
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    Yep, been there done that, pulled the pack on M60A3 many times, had to clean out the hull.
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    I just saw a preview of the WoT December 2015 commercial, and it had the M18 "Rachel" in it.
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    It might be used as a sub-caliber training device.
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    Again, it is an M1A2, so new systems get stuffed into whatever space is available. I was on M60A3 and the M1 was much better laid out, but as new systems are added or changed, things get worse.
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    I'm 6'2" (188 cm) and I never really had a problem fitting in the gunner's position on an M1A1 (your pic is of M1A2). It was tight, but not uncomfortable.
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    The hatch can be fully open, like in this picture, or half open with the hatch popped up a few inches but horizontal over the TC so he can see out the gap. It can be a pain sometimes to open the hatch fully from that position, if you don't lock it correctly it will swing down and bonk you in the noggin, hopefully you're wearing the kevlar shell CVC when that happens. I've come to the conclusion that Iraqis suck at tanking. US tanks, Russian tanks, Chinese, whatever, they just lose them in an embarrassing fashion.
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    They tried that on my buddy Ray when we got to our 1st unit out of basic. My gunner tried to get me with a "front slope adjuster" for the M60A3, my tank had a weak torsion bar on the front & it was a couple of inches lower than the tanks on either side of it. I got a noob to go to the POL point for some "laser juice" for the LRF. I told him he had to wear googles and the asbestos mittens to protect himself from "laser burns".
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    Does anybody know if the M1 Abrams has a safety switch to disable the turret traverse when the drivers hatch is open? I don't remember there being one, but it has been a long time since I was on an M1, and things do change.
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    Considering that a video crew was there filming the shoot, and one of the crew survived until the 1st responders got there and spoke to him, it is a good chance that the cause of the accident will be verified.
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    Yes, a Tank Commander in G Troop 82nd Cav, ORNG. Thanks again. I didn't figure that the breach on Preston's M18 burst, that'd be a really rare occurance, but I didn't know anything about what kinds of ammo was used. Distinctive Unit Insignia or "Unit Crest" of the 70th Armor Regt. I was in C Co, 1/70 AR in Wiesbaden, FRG, 1983-1984. Maybe I saw you on the other side of the border Tied.
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    Thanks for the info Meplat. So would the reloaded rounds have as much chamber pressure as a service round? I remember from my time on tanks we would keep track of the rounds fired and what type on the DA 2408-4 to track barrel wear. Would any restored cannons have that data available?
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