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From: teener@apple.com (Michael Teener)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Tank IR Stealth (was Re: MANPADS ...)
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Date: 23 Dec 89 06:05:13 GMT
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From: teener@apple.com (Michael Teener)

In article <12506@cbnews.ATT.COM> frank0@ibmpcug.co.uk (Frank Dunn) writes:
>  It could be argued of course that the move
> to gas turbines in MBTs makes tanks highly susceptible to IR and thermal 
> guidance and thus MANPADS guidance systems?

Actually, I believe the opposite is the case.  The old diesel tanks had no 
IR shielding, so the exhausts were amazingly hot ... they showed up rather 
well on old IR cameras.  The M1 was supposed to be better, but I have no 
personal experience.  Does anyone else know the effectiveness of the M1 IR 
"stealth" features?

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