Re: Missile Silos

Posted by oldtanker on August 30, 2014 at 22:17:46 from (64.118.3.75):

In Reply to: Missile Silos posted by Scott in SF on August 29, 2014 at 20:58:14:

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Yep, 19E3HB8 at the time. Armor crewman, SSG, Instructor and M60A3 qualifications that the time. The A3 was a vast improvement over the M60A1 and A1RISE.

You should have stuck around for the M1's! Man what a tank! Remember start out at the bottom of a hill and being stuck in 1st till you got to the crest? The M1's would accelerate up a steep hill and at least get into 2nd. Plus the laser rangefinder, thermal sights, computer and fire control system were part of the basic design. On the A3 that was all add on. While the A3 was much improved for accuracy over the A1 the A3 isn't in the same league as the M1. FWIW on the A1 you were supposed to fire 2 rounds at each target to insure a hit and we didn't get turret stab until the RISE edition came out in about 77. We got new tanks that year. The RISE. Didn't even know how to operate the turret stab system, they didn't have a NET team come out and train us. I was on my first tour of Germany and in Aco, 4/73 Armor, Stuttgart area. We rail loaded our old tanks and the following week unloaded new, not rebuilds, tanks. The gun tube was in blocks on the fenders down one side and the BII in a crate tied down to the rear deck. Everything prior to that for offense was fired at a short halt. Inspectors came from Anderson ARMY and did TI's and the manufacturer (Chrysler at the time) had reps there to repair any faults before we took full control. They even had the MP's clock em with radar to ensure they would go at least 30 MPH on a test track. The tank I was gunner on at the time got a new engine before my tank commander ever signed for the tank. The reps could only get something 28 MPH out of it.

When the unit I was in at the time was issued M1's we got "inspect and repair as needed" M1IP's (IP=improved). How that worked was a unit getting new tanks were told to turn in the old ones. Inspectors from Anderson came in and did a TI on one tank from each company. The unit was given a budget to repair these tanks outside of normal repair funds. When they past the inspection they accepted the tank and then sent it directly to another unit. Most often they didn't allow enough money because they didn't inspect the worst tanks but picked them at random. They were not the best tanks I'd ever seen. Then a year later we got reman M1A1's directly from Anderson Army. Best tank I was ever issued. The Anderson Army tanks had fewer faults than new ones from the factory.

Rick

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