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Six
NATO countries squared off last week in the Strong Europe Tank
Challenge, a two-day competition that pitted some of the alliance’s
best tank crews against each another in a series of events centered on
armored warfare. The challeng was the first of its kind there since
1991.
The challenge featured seven tank platoons in total. Denmark, Germany,
Italy, Slovenia and Poland all competed with one platoon, while the
United States sent two. Each platoon included four tanks manned by four
men. Germany took the gold in its Leopard 2A6 tanks, followed by
Denmark and Poland in second place and third place respectively, while the U.S. Army in the M1A2 Abrams
didn’t place.
I
am mildly surprised that the Abrams tank, the preeminent tank in the
world just 8 years ago, had lost some edge; but JFC! The U.S.
Army in
the M1A2 Abrams didn’t place? And that's against NATO
tanks.
Like all of you, the Obama occupation has been a nightmare event for
me; but I, we here, have done just about all we could do without .. you
know—being responsible for a slew of Obama Highs, and Obama
airports.
However, and I'm not making this up, while I am grateful for a
long
life of living in the greatest country the world has known, a
current blessing is that I am 95 years old, and waiting for my ship to
sail into the sunset. Oh, one other thing, knowing my kids will
eventually say, "Mom and Dad were right." |
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