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| Subject: | Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? |  |
| Date: | Apr 16, 2003 |
| From: | Captain Swoop | |
in article 3e9d6145@news.track-link.net, Andreas Elesky at
onelimey@adelphia.net wrote on 4/16/03 10:57 PM:
> Hello Dennis,
> Yes, that is part of why the Army is eliminating some of it's M1 variants.
> The main reason is the expense of maintaining different versions and the lines
> required to maintain them. The M1A2 was primarily designed with the Russian
> hordes in mind. It is an awesome defensive vehicle, but for a mobile battle
> the other variants are better. Less heads in the senors and more out of the
> hatch fighting.
So that the commanders can get picked off by snipers?
In the Western Desert the British commanders always attacked 'heads out'
after cupolas got a bad name in France and weren't fitted anymore (although
evidence shows that the stories were more 'apocryphal than fact). This was
OK when the distances were reasonable and close in infantry was scarce but
an awful lot of commanders still got killed.
When fighting switched to the closer quarters of Italy and France fighting
with head and shoulders showing became suicidal and Cupolas were back in
favour. Shermans had 'direct vision' armour glass and the British went for
all round view periscopes 3 of which were closely placed ahead and the one
at the rear could swing up to give an overhead view. In addition the split
hatch could be raised while it was still closed to give a direct 'peep'.
When it was open the split hatch gave protection to the sides. It fitted
directly to the hatches of Churchills and Cromwells but needed a reduction
ring to fit onto a Sherman. It wasn't used on Shermans that already had the
American version.
Captain Swoop |
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 | Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - José Herculano - Apr 12, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Roderick Bell - Apr 13, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Christopher Monck - Apr 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - - Apr 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Drewe Manton - Apr 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Christophe Jacquemont - Apr 14, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Drewe Manton - Apr 15, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Christopher Monck - Apr 15, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Andreas Elesky - Apr 15, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Andreas Elesky - Apr 15, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Dennis - Apr 16, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Andreas Elesky - Apr 16, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Captain Swoop - Apr 16, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Andreas Elesky - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Captain Swoop - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Dennis - Apr 19, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Are there M1A2 in Iraqi Freedom? - Christopher Monck - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . Yes and no - David Nickels - Apr 14, 2003 |
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