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Old March 6th, 2006, 12:03 AM
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Default Re: MBT-70

I really don't know, but if you give me time, I could go down to aberdeen, and try to measure the MBT-70 itself, and look at my books.

This is from Hunnicutts' Abrams:

MBT-70 US Pilot
3 man crew
114,000 lbs weight combat

152mm Gun with 6 RPM Loader
48 rounds of 152mm
750 rounds of 20mm
6000 rounds of 7.62mm
40 MPH sustained speed on level road

ARMOR
Turret: Cast homogeneous armor steel inner shell overlaid with spaced high
hardness homogeneous rolled armor steel, welded assembly

Hull: Welded assembly of rolled homogeneous armor steel plate with some armor steel
castings and aluminum armor
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