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Re: I don't understand all of the "shock" over what Loughner did
« Reply #25 on: January 18, 2011, 07:31:38 AM »
With an M60A1 for an avatar, my age is not a big secret.

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Oh that's an M60?  I thought for sure it was one of the old M48's.

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Re: I don't understand all of the "shock" over what Loughner did
« Reply #26 on: January 18, 2011, 09:37:57 AM »
M60A1...   how 'bout an M48A3? ? ?

Dang, that's even before my time...though I did get to honcho an M48A5 for awhile once.
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Re: I don't understand all of the "shock" over what Loughner did
« Reply #27 on: January 18, 2011, 09:40:01 AM »
Oh that's an M60?  I thought for sure it was one of the old M48's.

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I see armored vehicle ID is not your strong suit, sarge.

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Re: I don't understand all of the "shock" over what Loughner did
« Reply #28 on: January 18, 2011, 09:51:37 AM »
I see armored vehicle ID is not your strong suit, sarge.

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Not the ones that old.  When I came in they were turning M60A3's into artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Re: I don't understand all of the "shock" over what Loughner did
« Reply #29 on: January 18, 2011, 10:01:23 AM »
Great post! Liberals never fail to show their true nature.

What they don't understand is that we are a moral people who do not glorify random violence done against the innocent - like they do. After all, they are the ones who champion things like gangsta rap or glorify communist revolutions or anarchist terrorists, or even rant and rave with the most visceral hatred against any right-winger whenever there is the slightest chance to smear us for any reason.

All liberals are wrong, but some are truly delusional - and disturbed.


Plus they're the ones who always want to make sure imprisoned felons--including the most violent--are registered to vote, or want to change the law in states that prevent felon voting to allow it. It's the Dems and regressives who want the most violent of the violent in our society to have a say in our politics and policy.

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Re: I don't understand all of the "shock" over what Loughner did
« Reply #30 on: January 18, 2011, 10:33:52 AM »
Not the ones that old.  When I came in they were turning M60A3's into artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Still actually a very capable tank, just not as good as an M1A1/A2 or its foreign sisters, but then they cost several times as much.  They'll kick a T55 or T62's ass, and there's plenty of those or their Chinese and Indian clones running around loose still.  The '60A3s did about as well as the M-1s against Iraqi T-72s in Gulf, we lost a few of each but neither type suffered any total kills (Vehicle and all crew).  We did actually sell a fair number of '60A1s (The upgrades to A3 are all relatively minor aftermarket subsystems though significant gunnery enhancements) to clients including Israel, Egypt and I believe even Iran, I seem to remember a hulked one in a pic of an Iran-Iraq war battlefield.  The Israeli ones added lots of reactive armor boxes, mainly on the turrets, in the 80s, and are probably still in reserve there, and sitll a formidable vehicle with modern APFDS ammo.  Ours are the only ones in reefs, the rest of them are still out there. 
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