Gunner13
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During the Viet Nam conflict, The US deployed Navy light patrol vessels to clear and secure the numerous rivers and waterways of South Viet Nam. The US Army in a rare case of looking back on historical precedent decided that future low intensity conflicts and/or peacekeeping operations might require waterborne patrolling capabilities.
In today’s era of cutbacks and drawdowns, all branches are eager to find additional missions to assist in justification for future funding from an increasingly frugal Congress. With this in mind, here we see the Army’s Armor Branch with their attempt at waterborne operations.
Lessons learned include:
(1) Tanks don’t float.
(2) Tanks don’t float.
(3) Tanks don’t float.
With their “Hell on Wheels” attitude, Armor officers throughout the Army are researching the following issues prior to their next attempt at waterborne ops.
(1) Why does a 71 ton piece of steel sink when it enters the water?
(2) If said 71 tons of tank sinks in water is the the Tank Commander required to go down with his tank?
(3) How can this entire operation be classified to such a level that it will forever be hidden from those “damned infantrymen” who will harass and demand free beer from all armor officers and soldiers because they aren’t smart enough to know that TANKS DON’T FLOAT!
In today’s era of cutbacks and drawdowns, all branches are eager to find additional missions to assist in justification for future funding from an increasingly frugal Congress. With this in mind, here we see the Army’s Armor Branch with their attempt at waterborne operations.
Lessons learned include:
(1) Tanks don’t float.
(2) Tanks don’t float.
(3) Tanks don’t float.
With their “Hell on Wheels” attitude, Armor officers throughout the Army are researching the following issues prior to their next attempt at waterborne ops.
(1) Why does a 71 ton piece of steel sink when it enters the water?
(2) If said 71 tons of tank sinks in water is the the Tank Commander required to go down with his tank?
(3) How can this entire operation be classified to such a level that it will forever be hidden from those “damned infantrymen” who will harass and demand free beer from all armor officers and soldiers because they aren’t smart enough to know that TANKS DON’T FLOAT!