From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Nov 09 2003 - 13:47:06 PST
Page 2-146 of TM 9-2320-211-10.
One caution, they appear to have neglected to invert
the pintle hook, I would think the cable should be
pulling on the larger part of the hook/hitch, not on
the "latch".
Joe
--- David Cole <DavidCole@tk7.net> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the TM that would have info on the
> A Frame crane setup
> that I have heard about for the 5 ton M54 series?
> Or does anyone have
> picts of this rig in action?
>
> Has anyone on the list used this setup before? I'd
> like to put one
> together.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:34:43 -0500, David Cole
> <DavidCole@tk7.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > How do we know that these pictures were
> classified? Or is this opinion
> > that they "should" have been classified.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 00:55:36 -0600, Doc Bryant
> <rbhonk1@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> What hit the Abrams has not been verified and
> came as a surprise to our
> >> forces. I'm therefore puzzled why you are so
> sure you know what it was.
> >> Plus, that doesn't change anything... the pics
> were classified and they
> >> were leaked. Classified is classified even if it
> doesn't make sense to
> >> the individual for such a designation.
> >>
> >> < I saw where the report is sensitive. Not
> classified. I also did not
> >> notice any great uproar anywhere else over these
> pictures being bandied
> >> about.
> >>
> >> The Abrahms has been sold to foreign countries.
> One can easily assume
> >> other
> >> nations intelligence outfits have looked at the
> tank very carefully.
> >> And
> >> that is an assumption that I could take to any
> bank and cash.
> >>
> >> In testing weapons, if you have a good idea the
> composition of the armor
> >> you
> >> are trying to breech, its a standard practice to
> be able to establish a
> >> test
> >> material and then extrapolate that data to give
> you an idea how it would
> >> perform if that weapon hit the real McCoy.
> Obviously, you can not plan
> >> in
> >> that test for Clausewitz's fog of war, but you
> can understand what the
> >> projectile will do to a roughly equivelent armor
> shield. Then, if you
> >> are
> >> worried about any fudge factors, just dial up the
> performance a notch or
> >> two. Overkill is never a bad idea.
> >>
> >>
> >> The weapon wasn't thought to be effective but the
> gunner got a lucky
> >> hit and found something that wasn't planned on.
> >>
> >>
> >> The Golden BB theory? No. Although its done,
> and we all know it, one
> >> should never field a weapons system based on the
> hope for lucky shot.
> >>
> >> Never assume that the enemy knows what they are
> doing
> >> and give them intel they didn't have on a silver
> platter.
> >>
> >>
> >> True. We should have not then allowed FMS of
> these tanks to other
> >> nations.
> >>
> >>
> >> Doc Bryant
> >>
> >>
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> Dave
>
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