November 26th, 2005  
Doppleganger
Tribuni Angusticlavii
 
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Whispering Death
autoloader has always been seen as a compromise... one that very very few countries have been brave enough to risk their soldiers for. Americans, Germans, Italians, English, South Africans, and Israelis view it as a compromise that puts soldiers at an extremely unneccesay risk of death.
Plus an Autoloader is generally slower than a trained loader. In saying that though, when the technology improves further I think we'll see Autoloaders in all tanks. It makes sense if you can shrink the turret and reduce the number of trained crew per tank.
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