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The Abrams runs on anything that burns haha. Diesel, petrol, kerosene etc

...Russian aircraft carriers, Russian fuel depots, Russian tanks...
The Russians have seen so many of their tanks burn that now they just believe that all tanks will self immolate upon entering Ukraine. >

It's gotten to the stage where as an uneducated bystander I think tanks explode if you throw a damp cigarette at them. >

“During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Challenger 2 tanks suffered no tank losses to Iraqi fire. In one encounter within an urban area, a Challenger 2 came under attack from irregular forces with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. The driver's sight was damaged and while attempting to back away under the commander's directions, the other sights were damaged and the tank threw its tracks entering a ditch. It was hit by 14 rocket propelled grenades from close range and a MILAN anti-tank missile. The crew survived, safe within the tank until it was recovered for repairs, the worst damage being to the sighting system. It was back in operation six hours later. According to British army, one Challenger 2 operating near Basra survived being hit by 70 RPGs in another incident.” 
Not all tanks mate. >

Man, talk about tanking a hit... >

Wait, something more modern than 60's Soviet equipment works pretty well? Since when...? >

To be fair its not like the M1 is a spring chicken. It first came into service in 1980. Its just actually been kept up-to-date unlike Russian improvements that mostly go into someone's pockets. >

We will never see another decade like the 80s where America absolutely jacked their military 10x over lol 
That’s why the M1 is amazing. >

When the next leap like computers comes out, we might. >

By the time that rolls around I figure I’ll be near death lol >

That might be why you're near death.
If the US is spending significantly more on its military than it currently is, something has gone very wrong. >

Took a while but Abrams are about to receive their birth right. >

Them and the Leopards were literally made for this. Storming across the Dnieper to take on the T-72's. Be nice to have several battalions going but if the Battle of 73 Easting is any example, they should run through the 72's. >

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's what the A-10 was designed for as well isn't it? >

Accurate, but the A-10 hasn’t aged very well. It was already not the most effective when introduced, and by now it’s almost more of a liability against any well-equipt enemy >

"well-equipt enemy"
So, it's perfect against the Russians in Ukraine >

Excellent point 
Send em all to Ukraine and let them have at it >

Congress will still requisition more
A-10 "Please, let me die"
Congress "Haha, Abrams and Warthog go brrrt" >

Doesn’t matter if Congress requisitions more. Manufacturer ceased production in 1984, jigs and fixtures used to make them have been disposed of. Manufacturer is defunct as of 2003, successor company was bought out by an Israeli company in 2010. >

The tooling and jigs were not disposed of. Boeing pulled some of them out of type 1000 storage at AMARG to produce the hundreds of new wing sets they built for the A-10C's the past 5 years or so. >

/r/NonCredibleDefense gonna be like
So you're saying... there's a chance? >

Reposting again.
Russian playbook for new weapons introduced to the Ukrainian theater by Western powers:
•   ⁠Russian media warns addition of this weapons system to Ukraine would be a gross escalation of this conflict
•   ⁠Hosts discuss nuclear strikes on western countries supplying weapons systems
•   ⁠Medvedev says Russia will strike these targets as priorities as soon as they’re supplied
•   ⁠Media starts saying that the weapons system is actually garbage. Wont change a thing and will degrade the capabilities of the Ukrainians  <— You are here
•   ⁠Russian military states definitively that they’ve actually destroyed all weapons systems sent to Ukraine, even if they aren’t yet delivered
(Credit to Perun) >

From Dominions 5 videos (great little game) to becoming Youtube's authority on this war's development. That man has gone far. >

Wait this is the same guy I watch for his incredible Terra Invicta (another great niche game) guides! He added so much to the game community the dev even put his name in the game. >

They added his name as he supported the game on Kickstarter. There are several orgs and I think counselors named after backers. >

Burn through russian lines >

How do you say “Sherman’s march, round two” in Ukrainian? >

March to Mariupol. >

The Iraqi information minister came out with some corkers in the Iraq War, things like this:

The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them. Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. One can describe them as a boa: when it feels threatened, it runs to somewhere else.

or

We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein’s soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.

Can't think why that paragon of truthfulness suddenly came to mind... >

Good ol’ Baghdad Bob >

We used to laugh, but dude was just ahead of his time. Today he'd be presidential material >

Wait a minute…remove the mustache and beret, bleach his hair, and orange foundation/spray tan?  Sunnofa… >

I love when playground shit talking gets reported as serious news. >

Reuters "Kremlin Said" Special >

Kremlin taddles on US for not sharing tanks equally >

I thought they gave up the equal sharing thing in ‘91? >

Holy shit. That’s incredible. >

Me when I know nothing about tonks >

I’m going to take a guess and say Russia will announce in the next few days that they destroyed twice as many tanks as have been said are being sent even before they arrive. >

"11,000 of the 31 Abrams have been destroyed. Glory to Russia!" >


Kremlin says U.S.-supplied tanks will 'burn' in Ukraine

Oh rubbish. You have no power here. Be gone before somebody drops a house on you too! >

Putin looks up at the sky in fear. “Okay I will bide my time.” >

Biden’s voice bellows back at him from the skies, “you’ll Biden your time, boy!” >

Burn fuel to reach your positions >

And lots of it lol. Less than half a mile a gallon and it uses jet fuel haha. >

It runs on diesel.
Edit: I understand it runs on a bunch of stuff. I'm pointing out that the "it requires jet fuel" comments are misinformed or misleading. It's making the average redditor think the tank requires some super special fuel, when that's the opposite of the truth. >

The Abrams runs on anything that burns haha. Diesel, petrol, kerosene etc