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Reply #20 on: December 01, 2004, 03:23:45 pm
They had better have screens on the intakes, because even a small stone hitting a blade turning a 30,000 rpm, is a big ouch...
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Reply #21 on: December 01, 2004, 04:40:07 pm
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imagine if the IDF and the ADF (Australian Defence force) pooled their resources....

phear :nervous:

*imagines a Tank turret mounted on a holden ute*:p


google search for holden ute



you want a tank turret on this car? :wtf:
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Reply #22 on: December 01, 2004, 07:25:57 pm
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google search for holden ute

*snip*
you want a tank turret on this car? :wtf:


it was a joke! :p

but given that the ADF's armored core consists of leopard tanks..
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Reply #23 on: December 02, 2004, 03:09:19 pm
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it was a joke! :p

but given that the ADF's armored core consists of leopard tanks..


:wtf: Okay, does anyone else find this ironic? Australia has tanks? Sort of like Switzerland's navy, innit?
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Reply #24 on: December 02, 2004, 03:14:30 pm
They are self-defense tanks, specially adapted to run on kangaroo droppings, so they can't be used overseas.
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Reply #25 on: December 02, 2004, 03:16:05 pm
You know....I've just got a funny idea. :D

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Reply #26 on: December 02, 2004, 04:02:17 pm
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:wtf: Okay, does anyone else find this ironic? Australia has tanks? Sort of like Switzerland's navy, innit?


Well, they are a sparsely populated country lying a stretch of sea across from some of the worlds most densely populated countries..........
 

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Reply #27 on: December 03, 2004, 05:49:07 pm
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:wtf: Okay, does anyone else find this ironic? Australia has tanks? Sort of like Switzerland's navy, innit?


:lol:  we too, have a navy.. :p
but given the mobility of today's armed forces, don't be too surprised



http://www.defence.gov.au/army/
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Reply #28 on: December 03, 2004, 10:26:23 pm
Damn straight!

Plus we got our SAS which will kick the crap outa almost anything else.

And if we didn't have an Army who else would America have to lose wargames too? :D
 

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Reply #29 on: December 05, 2004, 03:48:03 pm
Ok, but would Australia's military budget not be better off being spent on Navy, not Army?
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Reply #30 on: December 05, 2004, 04:34:42 pm
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Ok, but would Australia's military budget not be better off being spent on Navy, not Army?


They probably have more land than ocean to cover, knowing Australia.
 

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Reply #31 on: December 05, 2004, 08:16:57 pm
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They probably have more land than ocean to cover, knowing Australia.


there's a LOT of open space to cover in australia

note: australia has roughly the same area as the United States, with the population roughly the same as california...

we do have a reasonably sized navy
http://www.navy.gov.au/
nothing on the scale of other superpowers, we certainly don't have any carriers.. we used to, but not anymore..
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Reply #32 on: December 05, 2004, 09:04:04 pm

Russia's answer to your pitiful little tank.
For those that don't know, it's the Shagohod, MGS3's equivalent of a metal gear.
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Reply #33 on: December 05, 2004, 09:14:06 pm
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Russia's answer to your pitiful little tank.
For those that don't know, it's the Shagohod, MGS3's equivalent of a metal gear.


actually, according to the chronology of MGS3, that is the first metal gear.
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Reply #34 on: December 05, 2004, 09:38:17 pm
it has no legs so it's not a true metal gear. it's more of a forerunner to the walking version. You do meet the guy who designs metal gear in MGS3 though. He even gives you the blueprints since the Russians don't want them.
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Reply #35 on: December 05, 2004, 09:47:55 pm
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it has no legs so it's not a true metal gear. it's more of a forerunner to the walking version. You do meet the guy who designs metal gear in MGS3 though. He even gives you the blueprints since the Russians don't want them.


well, the definition for metal gear was a nuclear equipped tank... it had no saying in whether it had to have legs or not

if i remember correctly, arsenal gear was just a bigass ship :nod:
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Reply #36 on: December 05, 2004, 10:02:11 pm
awww, you're right. Still, a walking tank is way cooler than a regular one and Arsenal Gear just reminds me of everything bad in MGS2. *grumbles something about seeing Raiden naked and glowing floors*
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Reply #37 on: December 05, 2004, 10:23:54 pm
Quick question for those "in the know"

What kicks more ass, the Abrams or the Merkava IV?
 

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Reply #38 on: December 05, 2004, 10:38:39 pm
http://www.army.mil/fact_files_site/abrams/

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/merkava.htm
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i'd say comparable abilities, but the merkava's got that limited personnel carrying ability, as well.
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Reply #39 on: December 06, 2004, 12:01:32 am
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awww, you're right. Still, a walking tank is way cooler than a regular one and Arsenal Gear just reminds me of everything bad in MGS2. *grumbles something about seeing Raiden naked and glowing floors*


IIRC, that front part can detach, and not walk, but run!  Fast!
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