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[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yahoo News article means there's a comment section.

The comment section:

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It's like as if these clowns had fantasy goggles on about how cool and awesome the Abrams was. But remember what I said about their Honeywell engines...

[-] RedundantClam@hexbear.net 29 points 5 months ago

Honeywell engines

I like that all my household appliances are made by people whose actual primary industry is death machines.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago

Ya know the brand "Ball" the glass jar maker?

dean-malice

They had an aerospace division that made lubricants and optical systems.

[-] Kieselguhr@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago

The Abrams is a good tank. But like all tanks it was designed during an era when technology was very different. As tanks go: it is far better than Russia's T-90.

A problem with the Abrams is that it was designed for Western Germany during the 80's which had far better road systems than Eastern Europe, and different weather conditions. The Abrams is a very heavy tank, it also requires a sophisticated level for maintenance, and it is designed to be used in a different way than how Russia uses its tanks. Ukraine is coming from the way Russia fights wars.

It's a good tank, though you can only drive around downtown Frankfurt in it, because it breaks down elsewhere, but it's a good tank, very capable. Well, provided you have a very specialized maintenance crew with it when you are driving around in German towns. (No drones please.)

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

As tanks go: it is far better than Russia's T-90.

I can't speak towards whether the T90 is any good at whatever but this really feels like the Tiger tank argument all over where on a stat card it beats the shit out of any other tank except of course in the real world where it boiled to our wondrous wunderwaffe tank vs. 15 T-32s

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