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- From: Ryan Montieth Gill <labrg@emory.edu>
- Subject: Re: Helos vs. tanks (Was Re: info wanted : tank tactics used in
- Message-ID: <Bzo8Cx.BDo@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- References: <BzB9w9.1E8@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:24:33 GMT
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- From Ryan Montieth Gill <labrg@emory.edu>
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- viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes:
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- : From Dan Sorenson <viking@iastate.edu>
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- : John Stoffel <john@sekrit.wpi.edu> writes:
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- : >How about adding some stingers on the outside of the tank for
- : >automatic threat suppression. Cheap, simple, and probably prone to
- : >taking out your own choppers too.
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- : Why not add a Phalanx? Program it to kill at closure rates of
- : 30 knots or better, keep it on standby, and when your own aircraft aren't
- : in the area flip it from standby to on. Simple, existing, and nothing
- : but ammunition and electricity required.
- :
- : In addition to the anti-air capabilities, it would also work on
- : incoming artillery shells and missiles. I suspect this is a much
- : greater worry than the helicopter itself, which is all the Stinger
- : will be able to remove.
- :
- : [mod note -- I though the Army already had an AD weapon -- it's a 20mm
- : Vulcan mounted on an M113 chassis. Might not be quite able to keep up with
- : an M1A1 running flat out, but it's better that the Sgt. York
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- Well I suppose you could start to design a MBT like the old Pre
- WWII russian tanks with multiple turrets on them....Hmmm
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- Lets see... Main 120 mm Smoothbore...2 .50 Hvy MG's....
- a Phalanx on top in a low profile turret with a brace of TOW's
- added to the turret...hummm...this makes for a larger
- chassis... well then we make the engine bigger...but now we
- have a larger tank... so then we can add a MLRS system to the
- back... and put a 30mm chain gun in place of one of the .50 Hvy
- MG's.... well we now have the modern equivalent of the
- ancient Elephant Mounted Shock Troops (fanfare ensues...)
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- Any Comments from the Tankers of the Net???
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- Ryan
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