^yeah thats what im getting at, its designed to go fast, sure it can get to battle quickly, but once its there engaging targets, ie going slow, its vulnarable to small arms fire... Thus it needs armour, which will slow it down...
Chris. b On Jan 1, 8:16 am, Gregory Kampjes <sockles...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah. In the modern battlefield (urban), speed doesn't mean anything. That's > why they just upgraded the Abrams to have slat and reactive armor added and > stuck a CROWS on top. It doesn't matter if you can go 60 mph, you are > restricted to going 5. > > -Gregory > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Clark Ward Jr <ki4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > As for speed reducing the need for armour... if that were the case in > > full scale, would people be replacing Leopards with Leo II's vice > > going with something armoured like a Leo I that does 70mph? > > > -- > > Clark in Georgia > > > -- > > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > > To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
