“Your honor, I got the M1 because it was safer than an F150 in my neighborhood with lots of small children.”
Comment on xkcd #3167: Car Size
PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just gonna keep on posting this
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
stelelor@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
“And here is the data to prove it.”
audience gasps
dwemthy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A 0.2m tall 3 year old??
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I’ve driven a Volvo L120H. It had. A pretty great visibility forward, better than my own car (Peugeot 108) lol. But that’s due to sitting so high up and only when I took the front loader off. Backwards it had a camera, which I was so jelly of when backing
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I should get an M1 Abrams and write off as a business expense
greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It would probably be quieter than any of the diesel pickup trucks on the road too!
whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I remember hearing years ago how the M1 Abrams was a battlefield domination machine that could only be killed by another M1. That was clearly propaganda. Those overweight, overpriced pieces of shit got lit the fuck up after being shipped to Ukraine.
general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Russian invasion of ukraine has been the only war in quite a long time where a major power has been fighting against a major power. most other conflicts in many decades have been asymmetrical warfare/symmetrical warfare between outdated militaries. Ukraine has shown that drones are the new thing in warfare, they provide excellent intel, cheap short range pinpoint accurate light artillery. unmatched spotting for heavier artillery and with a bit more expense long range strategic strikes are also possible. With drone warfare MBTs seem to be mostly just the juiciest of targets.
Where previously M1 could be resistant to most attacks, now with drone spotting a direct hit with guided shells can score a direct hit of 155mm shell on top armour of tanks.