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Abrams Destroyed in Iraq
June 25th, 2006
Missileer
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Venom PL
There were a lot of discussions on this forum about the best tank in the world etc. By posting those pictures I want to show you that there is no such thing as "invincible tank" - especially in urban warfare.
http://www.primeportal.net/m1_damaged_iraq.htm
http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/Modern/Abrams/oops/
http://dostronyk.w.interia.pl/abramsy.html
Most of those tanks were destroyed or damaged by RPG-7 and IED
No one spoke of the most invincible tank in the world, they spoke of the best tank in the world. Show me a tank and I'll show you a bomb that will destroy it. For survivability, I'll take the Abrams.
“War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest
of things; the decayed and degraded state
of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks t
hat nothing is worth war is much worse.”
—John Stuart Mill
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