Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: M1 Abrams problem? Message-ID: <1990Nov25.223658.14948@cbnews.att.com> Date: 25 Nov 90 22:36:58 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 18 Approved: military@att.att.com From: sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Bits_of_Magic On PBS I saw a special on a civilian group that watchdogs military weapons systems. They try to expose systems that they feel don't work and would threaten the life of American soldiers. Anyway, they said that in order to change the oil on an M1 tank, you had to remove the entire engine and transmission! To do this requires 2 huge support vehicles. According to the show, the oil has to changed rather frequently. They speculated that the enemy should target the support vehicles, and render the M1 useless rather quickly. Is any of this true? How could a system that took a billion dollars and 10 years to produce have such a "feature"? Ken Zarifes