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Triple C · 03-25-2008, 08:57 AM

Firral,

The Iraqi failure probably had more to do with tactics then their equipment, or the USMC M60A1s wouldn't have blasted through their T-72 ranks. Only seven or eight (!) 125mm hits on the M1 were recorded. That's pretty bad shooting.

I have no idea what are the actual penetrative power of the 105mm rifled gun is; nor am I quite convinced that 80s Russian tanks would be invulnerable to 105mm fire. Resistant, perhaps, but immune? The tankers I talked to seem to know what they are talking about, had served on three to four major types of US tanks (from M60A1 RISE to M1A1) and, as far as I can gather, knew the specs of Russian tanks pretty well.

That said, NATO would have had an easy going against the Red Army by no means.

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Triple C Contributor Join Date: 04-10-06 Posts: 683	Firral, The Iraqi failure probably had more to do with tactics then their equipment, or the USMC M60A1s wouldn't have blasted through their T-72 ranks. Only seven or eight (!) 125mm hits on the M1 were recorded. That's pretty bad shooting. I have no idea what are the actual penetrative power of the 105mm rifled gun is; nor am I quite convinced that 80s Russian tanks would be invulnerable to 105mm fire. Resistant, perhaps, but immune? The tankers I talked to seem to know what they are talking about, had served on three to four major types of US tanks (from M60A1 RISE to M1A1) and, as far as I can gather, knew the specs of Russian tanks pretty well. That said, NATO would have had an easy going against the Red Army by no means. __________________ What benefits the body is called medicine; what benefits the soul, discipline. -Augustine of Hippo Last edited by Triple C : 03-25-2008 at 09:13 AM.