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| How An Autoloader Can Hurt M-1 Tanks |
| 2010-09-09 |
| Posted by:miscellaneous |
| #3 The Navy is finding that there are crewing considerations w/r the LCS. The crews are getting 4-6 hours of sleep. The "other duties as assigned" such as guard duty, fueling, ect. are filling the off-duty time of the crew. Sound familiar? |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-09-09 19:49 |
| #2 Isn't automation one reason the navy stepped away from frigates? The maintenance expense was too high for the automation, not to mention how combat damage would affect performance. |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-09-09 18:57 |
| #1 Um....I wouldn't want one. See, the Russian one was notorious for trying to shove the gunner's arm into the breech with the tank round. The last line of one article I read about it was this. "Supposedly, this has been fixed." |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2010-09-09 18:45 |