Sandy Eggo Wrote:
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> Tank: 1
> Freeway ramp sign: 0
>
> Tank: 0
> Freeway bridge foot: 1
>
> Tank: 0
> Freeway center divider: 1
>
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> tank3.jpg
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> Hot Water Wrote:
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> > Little brother Wrote:
> >
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> > > Tanks can be equipped with "street treads"
> > (rubber
> > > cleats which contact the road rather than
> steel
> > > ones).
> > >
> > > I saw an M-47 with them at Fort Ord when I
> > visited
> > > my brother during his basic training.
> >
> >
> > All well and good, i.e. the "street treads",
> > however those may have been only for "old
> tanks".
> > The current Abrams M1A series of tanks, that
> weigh
> > in excess of 60 to 70 tons, in "fighting shape"
> > will do all sorts of damage to current streets
> &
> > highways. No matter with "rubber treads" of not.
Ahh the Good ole days in LA!