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From: phil@brahms.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Why aren't tanks air-conditioned?
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Date: 2 Oct 90 23:50:01 GMT
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From: phil@brahms.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
|From: ut-emx!osmigo@emx.utexas.edu (rn)
|I have a feeling I'm asking a naive question here, but I keep hearing about
|how temperatures can reach 130 degrees or more inside of U.S. tanks. Given
|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.

The San Jose, Ca, based Food Machinery Company, maker of fine armored
fighting vehicles, is selling a large number (200?) of Bradleys
to the Saudia Arabians which will be equipped with air conditioning.
Cost to be over $1,000,000 each.

The SA originally wanted $21 billion of equipment (not limited to
Bradleys) but Congress would only allow $7 billion.  They will be
back asking for the sale of another $14 billion of equipment.

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