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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Dimensions of Tanks
Message-ID: <1990Oct29.034327.11628@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 29 Oct 90 03:43:27 GMT
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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)

In article <1990Oct24.151639.16463@cbnews.att.com>, Joseph F Baugher writes: 
*The American tanks are significantly higher than their Soviet counterparts. 
*There are advantages and disadvantages in having a tank with a low profile.
.. good list omitted ...

reportedly, american tanks are more effective at working from
`hull down' positions as a result of their height; moreover,
the crews are much less cramped than in their soviet counterparts.
in an extended combat situation, we can presume that the more
cramped crews will decline in effectiveness more rapidly than
those with better working space.

richard
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