Thanks for posting some pics! That’s hilariously insane, I feel for the folks who had to make that happen after the orders came from the top.

The Allanté is also notable for having what was once described as the “world’s longest assembly line” as the Pininfarina-built bodies were flown 4,600 miles from Turin to Detroit for final assembly, 56 at a time in a specially outfitted 747.

Hey, the Army tried to recruit me and a bunch of other students at UCSB around then by having us come out to there and mess around in the Brad. I ended up not having the time for that day and instead learned how to do Aussie rappel instead. But my roommate went and brought back an expended Bushmaster casing and…

You forgot the follow-on about clips vs. magazines. But, I suppose, that’s a whole other story....

I’d say the driver was a tank destroyer.

“...it shares the same issue as with all automatic actions—”

The S-Tank cannon -is- locked in position. It is aimed by turning the tank and raising/lowering the suspension.

Yes I know. I lived in one for three years. The Shillelagh missile would hit its target if the gunner could track the target. But that’s assuming the electronics hasn’t been knocked out by the recoil from firing conventional ammo.

Hey, Ballaban, if you really want to ignite a shitshow firestorm, talk about exactly what a machine gun is. Because too many people have no idea of what the hell a machine gun really is. Follow on with what exactly a clip is because there’s some additional fun to be had there!

I had several of the illustrated Jane’s guides as a kid. Most of them were so worn they were separating from the binding.  

Favourite childhood book. I read this cover to cover more than any other book in my life so far.

I have a suspicious that you just laid a trap for the opportunity to use that pun...and speedturtle walked right into the crosshairs

Right, the definition of “tank” is very much a moving target. As I say in another comment, if you could drop any of these non-tanks onto a Spanish Civil War battlefield, military onlookers would call them tanks.

For the average bear, any tan or olive drab box on tracks or big wheels is a tank.

Light tanks are pretty rare on the modern battlefield. With the exception of the 2s25 Sprut and some cold war left overs like the PT-76 and derivatives or the FV101 Scorpion. the Light Tank role has been usurped by IFV, ATGM vehicles and 8x8 LAV like the Italian B1 Centauro or Stryker MGS.

As a career Marine and soldier, this has been a lifetime frustration to me.

Light Tank or Airborne Tank

Okay............tanks a lot!

I hate to do this, but that’s actually an M10 tank destroyer, not a tank... :(

I always thought this was common knowledge. Big movable gun + lots of armor + tracks = tank. Tiny gun? Not a tank. Not much armor? Not a tank. No tracks? Not a tank.