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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
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Subject: Re: Why aren't tanks air-conditioned?
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Date: 2 Oct 90 23:50:47 GMT
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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)

In article <1990Sep24.001654.23763@cbnews.att.com>, ut-emx!osmigo@emx.utexas.edu (rn) writes:
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> From: ut-emx!osmigo@emx.utexas.edu (rn)
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> 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.
 
  You almost answer you're own question...."200-pounds".... What with all
  the on-board equipment; electronics, radios, main gun ammo, coax ammo, 
  OVM, spares  +  all the personal equipment; tanker's roll, rations, tentage,
  NBC gear, personal weapons, load-bearing harness, etc etc etc - there 
  simply is no room.  (At least they get a heater - that works 50% of the 
  time).  Usually a crew can rig up a fan - put blocks of ice (in baggies)
  on their radios to cool them off -  

  mts