Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: amoss%BATATA.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Amos Shapira) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Why aren't tanks air-conditioned? Message-ID: <1990Sep27.031901.8178@cbnews.att.com> Date: 27 Sep 90 03:19:01 GMT References: <1990Sep24.001654.23763@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military-request@att.att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 22 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Amos Shapira ut-emx!osmigo@emx.utexas.edu (rn) writes: >the effects of such heat on battlefield performance, what on earth is the >problem with putting a 200-pound cooler into a 60-ton tank? It defies >reason, as far as I can see. >Ron Morgan Don't know how it is with other tanks, but the Merkava III is air conditioned. Maybe it was more worthy to add air condition on it than on other tanks since it's also supposed to be fully protected from chemical and biological warfare (allowing the crew to continue operation without having to wear the protective gear). I'm not sure what about protection from atomic warfare (I mean the radiation in "infected" areas). Amos Shapira amoss@batata.huji.ac.il --Amos.