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From: gwh%typhoon.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: M1_specs-ammo / computer loss
Summary: No WP round for M1
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Date: 4 Oct 90 01:20:43 GMT
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From: gwh%typhoon.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)

In article <1990Sep29.155401.8005@cbnews.att.com> edremy@portia.Stanford.EDU (eric remy) writes:
>rare.  White phosphorous smoke rounds can also be carried by the 105.

	This is incorrect.  There is a ammo degradation safety problem that
makes it impossible for the M1 to use WP rounds.  The main gun ammo in the 
M1 is stored horizontally, whereas in older tanks it was stored vertically.
The WP ammo degrades if stored on its side.  WP is not issued to any M1 units
as a result.


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