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From: bks@alfa.berkeley.edu (Brad Sherman)
Subject: MTBF for M1 tank
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 90 05:28:00 GMT
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From: bks@alfa.berkeley.edu (Brad Sherman)

In the _San_Francisco_Chronicle of 10/28/90 in a page 1 story headlined
"Analysts question suitablity of U.S. arms in a Gulf War" bylined
Keary Davidson:

	"'the M-1 tends to break down every 30 miles or so...' says
	Kosta Tsipis, director of MIT's Ptogram in Science and
	Technology for International Security. ' ... under
	... dusty and sandy conditions ... [the M1] may suffer more
	frequent breakdowns.'"

(The article goes on to express fears about reliablity of other weapons
systems.)

Can this figure be correct?  This means that at 45mph about half the tanks
would be inoperable after 40 minutes!
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	Brad Sherman(bks@alfa.berkeley.edu)