hmm what happened last time the allies relaxed their development of weapon systems and scaled back their militarises? Oh right Hilter took advantage of it and started WWII....

It must effect their drag. F/A 18s have used retractable ones for decades now. Don't see why they didn't do this.

meh. I always thought Mass Effect got it. Guess you don't feel the same way. I am sure allot of people do though. They did sell tons of copies of MF/DA after all

and i would much rather have the AMG. Too obvious to have the vette every yokel has one.

should be relatively simple since you just need to design a powerpack to fit a diesel plant. America needs to convert them to diesels just like all the other MBT out there.

Got to be short to be a fighter pilot.

lolwut?

What is kind of scary is i have been rereading Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising. It basically follows a similar economic situation that Russia now faces. Their choice to fix it? Invade Europe. So lets hope that doesn't happen!

check out this video for some evidence

Comparing this car to the Chrysler/GM offerings this is the nicest looking of all 3 cars, has the most appealing interior. Probably the best build quality too. Definitely a winner.

wow that thing sounds evil!

Well yes the L55 is the best. What i was pointing out is that they outsourced a weak point (their 105MM) and went to the Germans who have been known to make the best canons to lengthen their Abrams platform. You see this all the time with military tech

Yeah they took the best gun on the market (l44 rheinmetall from the Leo II) and added some new tech good to go!

Exactly! Can't reinvent the wheel everytime if a design works you let it be.

saw some comments on the Io9 shot by shot analysis article about the vehicles not changing enough in 50+ years . I pointed out that American's still fly B 52's and Russia still uses the Bear. Military tech is meant to be long lasting with some evolutionary tweaks along the way.

Not really.. The US airforce still use these... They are well over 50 years old...

looks more like a TT if anything

meh looks a little bit worst but not wayyyyyy worse. Sad thing is a mediumly powered PC will dummy both consoles badly when the PC version comes out.