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Title: U.S. Army: Foreign Tanks Are Now "Competitive" to the M1 Abrams
Post by: rangerrebew on April 05, 2017, 09:06:45 am

U.S. Army: Foreign Tanks Are Now "Competitive" to the M1 Abrams

Foreign designs, both friendly and not so friendly, have caught up to the venerable M1.
 
By Kyle Mizokami
Mar 30, 2017

A number of foreign tanks are equal or nearly equal to the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The U.S. Army admits the Abrams, which reigned supreme on battlefields for decades, no longer has "overmatch" against potential adversaries—particularly Russia.

In testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lt. Gen. John M. Murray, deputy chief of staff for financial management, listed a number of tanks he thought were as good as the M1 Abrams. The list included the Israeli Merkava IV, British Challenger 2, and Russia's T-90A and T-14 Armata main battle tanks.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a25867/us-army-foreign-tanks-competitive-m1-abrams/

Title: Re: U.S. Army: Foreign Tanks Are Now "Competitive" to the M1 Abrams
Post by: geronl on April 05, 2017, 01:09:58 pm

The rest of the world caught up to 80's tech?