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Old 02-23-2011, 02:21 PM
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Remember the design requirements for a tank:

1) It must be capable of taking out an enemy tank with one shot.

2) It must be able to withstand enemy antitank fire.

3) It must be able to be transported by a C-130.

Pick two.
Hey that list is unfair... Because you can't have option one or two along with option 3...lol So you are stuck with options 1 and 2...lol
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Old 02-23-2011, 06:57 PM
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Of course you can although you have to pull back a bit on #2. It's called an armoured humvee with a TOW.

Oh, you want tracks on it...? I'm sure we can come up with a kit to replace the wheels. Should only cost about a billion dollars to develop and then half a million for each unit to produce...
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Old 02-23-2011, 08:39 PM
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Oh, you want tracks on it...? I'm sure we can come up with a kit to replace the wheels. Should only cost about a billion dollars to develop and then half a million for each unit to produce...
They've done that already as an experiment. I have a picture somewhere...
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They've done that already as an experiment. I have a picture somewhere...
Hmm, ok, scratch that. A billion dollars to refine the prototype (aka paint it a different shade of green) and prepare it for production....
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Hmm, ok, scratch that. A billion dollars to refine the prototype (aka paint it a different shade of green) and prepare it for production....
Geez, I can tell you never had any experience with the defense contractors...

You stamp out a tin-plate addition that is bolted somewhere to break up the outline, then scrap the last four digits of the serial number off and replace with higher numbers...and then charge a 75% cost overrun due to the "speed" with which you developed the "new" prototype.

These are the experts that convinced the Navy to buy adjustable wrenches, "silenced for submarine service", they simply dipped the handle in vinyl....cost the company all of $5.00 each for the coating and another 20.00 for "off-the shelf" wrenches and charged the Navy $500.00.....
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Geez, I can tell you never had any experience with the defense contractors...

You stamp out a tin-plate addition that is bolted somewhere to break up the outline, then scrap the last four digits of the serial number off and replace with higher numbers...and then charge a 75% cost overrun due to the "speed" with which you developed the "new" prototype.

These are the experts that convinced the Navy to buy adjustable wrenches, "silenced for submarine service", they simply dipped the handle in vinyl....cost the company all of $5.00 each for the coating and another 20.00 for "off-the shelf" wrenches and charged the Navy $500.00.....
What supplier contractors aren't suppose to make a profit either. Remember they have labor cost too..lol
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What supplier contractors aren't suppose to make a profit either. Remember they have labor cost too..lol
What labor costs? They farmed the contract to a company based in China...

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They've done that already as an experiment. I have a picture somewhere...
Paul,

Stick a TOW II on this and we're done:



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Better give it a coat of nice shiny tin foil first as protection against the lasers the enemy are fielding...
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Of course you can although you have to pull back a bit on #2. It's called an armoured humvee with a TOW.

Oh, you want tracks on it...? I'm sure we can come up with a kit to replace the wheels. Should only cost about a billion dollars to develop and then half a million for each unit to produce...
Well first they have to make an Armored Humvee that really Armored...
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Well first they have to make an Armored Humvee that really Armored...
It stops a 9mmP doesn't it? That's armoured...
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It stops a 9mmP doesn't it? That's armoured...
Oh that the protection I want to ride in and feel safe in. Even the unarmored Humvee would stand a decent chance of stopping this round...lol
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