Comments by "David Houseman" (@davidhouseman4328) on "Leopard 2: The German Battle Tank Turns 40 | Forces TV" video.

  1. It's a Main Battle Tank, heavy and medium aren't used anymore but in weight it's heavy.
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  2. Do you think we should fight fair?
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  3.  @alexanderrose1556  Yeah, Poland would be the battleground, and allies take time to get there.
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  4.  @theabstract100  even without Belrus, there's Kaliningrad.
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  5.  @Horizon344  they seem more inefficient than actually bad, but I willing to be corrected?
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  6.  @theabstract100  it's highly militarised, they tend to send there newer systems there but it is still small. It would be easy for NATO to overrun but a threat to Poland.
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  7.  @ChrisMCP2  life moves on. It very definitely Russian. There is the embryo of an independence movement though, better to encourage that than hark back to Prussian roots.
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  8.  @JamesVDBosch  sure there is, it's actual combat performance.
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  9.  @Luflandebrigade31  We didn't lose the tank to the RPG-29.
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  10.  @BritishFreedom  the longest kill is actually Challenger 1.
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  11.  @Luflandebrigade31  the tank wasn't recovered it was driven away.
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  12. Just one tank, with a helicopter, shuttle, jeep and truck. To form Bruticus
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  13. Manned aircraft can already destroy tanks, where's the change with drones?
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  14.  @jyotirmayamohanty5723  you do know ERA is the opposite of what you need against a Swarm of RPGs? It explodes and then it useless.
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  15.  @jyotirmayamohanty5723  quite possible the T90 will have dozens ERA bricks. But the point of ERA is it's reaction, making it better against the first hit but worse later.
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  16.  @brightguy1969  what war are they testing for? The equipment story of Afganistan is you needed specific kit for that type of war so testing for another type is pointless.
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  17.  @brightguy1969  what are you basing that on? You don't prove any capability against a soft target like a village. Or are you just saying that weapons buyers are so sadistic they just want to see death?
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  18. Tank comps aren't war fighting, no ones shooting back at you.
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  19.  @JamesVDBosch  of course not, thats why it's not part of a friendly competition. But it is a very important part of assessing the quality of a tank.
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  20.  @JamesVDBosch  may be one depending on specifics, but also no reports of them surviving multiple weapons strikes. You didn't say there was no proof, you said there was no indication. There's clearly an indication.
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  21.  @JamesVDBosch  There have been multiple instances of challengers being hit by multiple RPGs so I don't know how you can talk about "the" challenger hit. It has also survived ATGM. And its noticeable you had to move from Leopards for more combat experience. The T72 in particluar isn't anywhere close to be worth comparing.
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  22.  @JamesVDBosch  again you've tried spread the debate away from its Challenger/Leopard beginning.
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  23. Not obsolete, but no longer the centre piece of a force.
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