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Originally Posted by JBG
"Which requires tanks and attack helos, and more than 59 and 22 of them respectively."
I couldn't agree more, A sort of back of the envelope calculation led me to think 120 M1s and about 48 Tigers was "appropriate" for our needs.
I would want Tigers to be regularly deployed on all sort of vessels and all over the place where the ADF operates.
With regard to tanks I am reminded of the debates in Canada about tanks and how useful they have now proved to be in Afganistan.
Jonathan
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The Leopard is better suited for peacekeeping/mid-intensity ops like Afghanistan. The Abrams is better suited for conventional warfare, plus i'm not sure Australia has the logistics or the numbers to effectively use it in manuevar warfare without MAJOR US/UK support.
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