T-72 discussion, split from "Bring back something like the CF-5"

[Journeyman]

Wikipedia ...also tracks editing history, so you can see what changes have been made and see if a tug of war is going on.

So, I've learned something from this thread. I've been so predisposed to dislike Wikipedia as anything other than a starting point when one knows absolutely nothing about a topic, that I never noticed the "history" button; I just assumed it provided a chronology of the event being discussed, not a chronology of the article editings.

Thanks

 

[inferno]

I accused you of no such thing. Go back and re-read the post. I was describing the style that Armymatters seems to prefer. Untwist your panties.

"Quoting something you've read doesn't mean it's true, current or yours[/u]. Post your sources when make statements like the one above."

"Plagerizing other works to claim authorship and experience will soon land you in the dog house around here."

 

[Franko]

Let's get this back on track so to speak....    :

Regards

 

[a_majoor]

That's not to say that T72 etc *don't* ever suffer catastrophic, turret-flinging explosions... but there is room for professional skepticism here. It might make an interesting paper to see how many turret-flingers there were in both Gulf Wars, to determine the frequency of this. And certainly, "ammo in the fighting compartment" is NOT unique to these tanks.

I remember seeing pictures of T-72s with turrets lying upside down some distance away after the first Gulf War, but I can't seem to find any

http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/acstalks/acs-dsrt.htm

Here are two interesting pictures claoming to be of a killed T-72 with the entry and exit holes being pointed too. From the size and shape it would appear to be an APDSFS, but someone with better information can correct:

 

[Franko]

Yep....that APFSDS...probably DU rounds at that.

Regards