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From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood)
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Subject: Re: Why aren't tanks air-conditioned?
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Date: 4 Oct 90 01:26:49 GMT
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From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood)

In article <1990Oct2.235023.23220@cbnews.att.com> convex!cash@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Cash) writes:
>short-sighted, if true. I sure hope that our tanks are equipped to filter 
>air for chemical weapons,though...

they aren't... or at least AMTRACs and APCs weren't when i was in...

it's hard to decide if quick death from chemical weapons could
be any worse than the slow death by asphyxiation caused
by the leakage of exhaust fumes into the troop compartments
of these rolling coffins.

i'd rather walk, thank-you...

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