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By The Armorer on April 14, 2004 | | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (1)

Plus, I haven't picked on my favorite target, tankers, in a while.

So. Now that we are going to go withStryker MGS's and stuff instead of M1's, I see that the tankers are experimenting with how to use those soon-to-be-redundant tanks.

The M1 Abrams Bunker.

M1 Bunker.jpg

Kinda like the Germans did with this Czech Pzkw 35(t) turret in Norway.

tankbunker.jpg

(Cool site, too).

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By Calliope on April 14, 2004 2:37 PM
Is that first pic photo-shopped? Surely you can't mount that cannon on an APC. If it is photo-shopped someone did a very good job on it.
   
By Eric on April 15, 2004 4:06 AM
I first saw the prototype striker back in '79 or '80. the basic intent was to replace the M551A1 general Sheraden AARAV. (checked the data plate... don't say 'tank' nowhere on it) Was gona have a 105MM soft recoil M68 cannon and a auto loader. As for the second photo, been there, done that... and alot worse. Finaly trained my driver with this moto: if you dont want to walk in it, don't drive in it!
 
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