
Military News Highlights: November 19, 2010
US Armed Forces News
U.S. Deploying heavily armored battle tanks for first time in Afghan war
Let's be frank about why a company of M1 Abrams tanks are being added to the fight in Helmand province - because of their survivability and the firepower they bring to the fight against the current threat in Helmand (I.e. IED's that disrupt lines [...]
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That like reminds me of the movie 'The Beast' where they sent in this Russian tank against the Afghans and the Russians had to give up. Those M1 Abrams tanks have like some serious artillery so that will like weed out anything.
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