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#Whatwerethedesignersthinking when they put the radars for Trophy APS on the front, on top of the main armor. Now, I love #Leopard2, IMO it is the best tank in service today. #Germans did nothing wrong, except these radars. #εpsilon Image
The frontal 60 degree arc is said to be most suceptible for enemy hits and the #Germans placed the critical radars on the front armor. Makes no sense at all. Look at #Americans on their #M1Abrams. The radar is off to the sides. It is still exposed though. Image
The #Israeli #Merkava has its #Trophy pointed more outwards but again away from the primary frontal protection. Its the #Germans who have a pretty bad design for what is a safety critical system in combat and will only gain importance. Image
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27 FEBRUARY 1991 – BATTLE OF HIGHWAY 8 (U.S. ARMY’S “HIGHWAY OF DEATH”) – OPERATION DESERT STORM

One of the most iconic episodes of DESERT STORM is the destruction unleashed by against enemy forces along the so-called “Highway of Death.”

#Armyhistory
The most famous portion of the Highway of Death is Highway 80, the main artery connecting Iraq and Kuwait; an important spur of the road inside Iraq was Highway 8, which was used by Iraqi military elements as they fled in the face of the U.S. advance and attempted to regroup.
In the Army’s “turkey shoot,” the 24th ID engaged the enemy on Highway 8 during the afternoon/evening of the 27th, employing artillery, armor, and AH-64 Apache helicopters to decimate Iraqi forces, destroying 185 armored vehicles and 400 trucks.
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27 FEBRUARY 1991 – BATTLE OF NORFOLK (“FRIGHT NIGHT”) – OPERATION DESERT STORM

DESERT STORM’s second major armor engagement and one of the largest tank battles in American history closely followed the Battle of 73 Easting in the early morning hours of 27 FEB.

#Armyhistory
Hours after the U.S.-led coalition smashed the enemy at 73 Easting, the 3rd BDE, 2nd AD (“Hell on Wheels”) and the 1st ID (“The Big Red One”), along with elements of other assorted British and American units, engaged the enemy just a few miles from 73 Easting.
#USArmy #TRADOC
The battle took its name from Objective Norfolk, a road junction and enemy supply depot near the point of engagement. The leading edge of VII Corps – Task Force 1-41 Infantry (Task Force Iron) – met the enemy at 0030 on the morning of the 27th amid darkness and driving rain.
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26 FEBRUARY 1991 - BATTLE OF 73 EASTING - #DesertStorm

In what some have called it the “Last great tank battle of the 20th century” the new U.S. M1A1 Abrams main battle tank received its baptism by fire at the Battle of 73 Easting.

#Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC
Commanded by then-CPT H.R. McMaster, Eagle Troop was the lead element of the U.S. VII Corps' advance into Iraq. Eagle Troop ran into the Iraqi Republican Guard’s Tawakalna Division at 73 Easting (a north-south coordinate line) on the afternoon of 26 FEB.
#GulfWar #M1Abrams
Armed with just nine Abrams tanks and about a dozen Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFV) against an entire enemy division, the impetuous Eagle Troop advanced while delivering a devastating barrage. In 23 minutes, McMaster’s force had obliterated over half of an Iraqi battalion.
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1. A few notes on the #M1Abrams' engine, taken from the comments section of thedreizinreport.com:
2. The Abrams tank’s Honeywell AGT1500 engine is also used in Bell AH-1W SuperCobra, Boeing AH-64 Apache, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, AgustaWestland EH101/AW101 helicopters. This tank however presents some problems, due to the solution adopted for propulsion, namely the turbojet.
3. This type of engine does not start with a starter like any diesel engine, but with a small jet engine (APU). Only after the APU reaches idle speed does the air it compresses begin to spin the tank’s engine compressor to get it started.
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1/n Prezydent Biden zgodził się na wysłanie Abramsów Ukrainie wbrew opinii Pentagonu. Wg NYT była to decyzja bardziej polityczna niż wojskowa.
#WojnaWUkrainie #RussianUkrainianWar
2/n Z jednej strony ugiął się pod żądaniami Scholza by ratować sojusz, z drugiej kolejny raz okazało się, że to USA jest spoiwem NATO i Europy. Wydaje się, że Niemcy boją się zrobić pierwszy ruch militarny i chowają się za USA (tłumacząc to traumą po WW2).
3/n Brytyjskie czołgi #Challenger2 prawdopodobnie przybędą jako pierwsze już pod koniec marca. Tuż za nimi #Leopard2, natomiast #M1Abrams za kilka miesięcy.
newsweek.com/abrams-leopard…
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Ho cerchiato la data di oggi sul mio inseparabile taccuino.
Penso che questo 24 gennaio abbia posto le basi per segnare una svolta nella guerra in #Ucraina.
Gli ultimi dettagli relativi alle forniture di #Leopard e #Abrams che #Germania e #USA sono pronti ad inviare a #Kyiv
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sono clamorosi.
Sì, avete letto bene: dopo settimane di pressioni internazionali, secondo "Der Spiegel", Berlino si sarebbe decisa non solo a rimuovere il veto di esportazione sui propri carri armati, ma anche a concedere all'esercito ucraino quelli in dotazione alla
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Bundeswehr.
La tempistica di questa scelta non è un dettaglio, attenzione. Il fatto che la Germania abbia esitato - eufemismo - a concedere il suo via libera dice molto del perché gli Stati Uniti siano storicamente diffidenti nei confronti dei tedeschi, perché temano di
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Negli ultimi giorni si è discusso e ancora si discute molto sulla questione #Leopard2 e #M1Abrams per via della richiesta da parte del Cancelliere 🇩🇪 Scholz dell'invio di M1 🇺🇲 all'🇺🇦 prima che il Governo 🇩🇪 dia il via libera al trasferimento dei Leo-2 🇩🇪.
Questo è l'ultimo 1/10
Di una lunga serie di tentennamenti da parte della classe politica 🇩🇪 e l'unica problematica con l'invio di carri armati Leopard-2 è proprio questa: la politica.
Il Leopard 2 🇩🇪 insieme all'M1 🇺🇲 sono i due design occidentali che hanno avuto il maggior successo dal punto di 2/10
Vista degli export verso altri Paesi, e il probabile problema da parte della classe politica 🇩🇪 è proprio questo. I Leopard 2 hanno già subito una brutta mazzata alla propria reputazione quando la 🇹🇷 ne ha persi una decina in azioni urbane nei pressi di Al-Bab nel 2016/17, 3/10
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@TrixxSolier @MRudolph0912 @gepardtatze Es ist keine "Hypothese", daß es #NATO-weite Übereinkünfte gibt: tagesschau.de/inland/nato-sc…
In #Afghanistán 1979-89 hat die USA auch offiziell die Strategie des "Slow Grind" verfolgt.
Damit ist es nicht "so einfach unterstellt", daß diese Motivation hinter den Abkommen besteht. 1/
@TrixxSolier @MRudolph0912 @gepardtatze Die #Ukraine hat erklärt, je ca. 300-500 KPz&SPz zu brauchen, um besetzte Gebiete zu befreien. Auch das ist durch Taktik&Operative Kunst leicht nachprüfbar.
Es werden aber zu wenige Systeme geliefert; dagegen Länder wie #Polen, die sehr wohl nennenswerte Mengen 2/
@TrixxSolier @MRudolph0912 @gepardtatze an T72 & #OT91Twardy geliefert haben (die 88 #Leopard1 aus DE könnten bei Genehmigung bei Bestellung jetzt auch ausgeliefert worden sein).
Jetzt haben USA,DE,FR SPz geliefert & UK liefert KPz; das hat nicht den Effekt, den es gehabt hätte, wären sie vor der (den USA bekannten) 3/
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