Originally posted by dave lukins
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with much mor elimited terrain to fight from the American's allocated the bulk of the Abrams armor to the front so it could fight in reverse gear. But don't take this to mean that the Abrams has weak sides. During GW1 even the American silver bullet failked to penetrate the sides.
The Facing the spectre of a massed attack across ideal tank country and the possibility of mutlipe Soviet breaches pouring troops through the flanks went with a more all around aproach to its armor package.
In guns both can kill just about anythign they can see, although the british system of seperate charges is somewhat slower and more dangeorus (more exposure time) the guns gains an advantage in range.
The M1 can move with a quickness and for its size is the fastest tank in the world (heavy tank weights) but it guzzels fuel. The Chally drives rathe rmore sedately, but likea grand old touring sedan will get there eventually and if the Abrams has to stop for fuel like the proverbial tortoise and the hare may beat the Abrams over a long stretch.
As a fully intergrated combined arms assett he Abrams wins hands down, but then the chally isn't even in this race, yet. But if and when the Brits decide that they might need such a high level of battle feild cordination, the Chally will enter the feild as a partner to the Abrams not an inferior.
The Abrams, Chally, leo and to an extent the leclerc and Areite and Type 90 all call the MBT-70 momma.
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