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M1A2 SEP with TUSK II questions
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 - 01:54 AM UTC
Anyone knows if there are deployed any TUSK II equipped tanks with full array of the turret side tiles?
I mean, on the Tankograd book you can see a tank with only one row of tiles but the support rack appears to be able to hold a second row over that.
Are they used on any other vehicle, or the standard layout is that shown in the book?
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 01:39 AM UTC
No one of the "Abrams" guys here can help about this?
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 03:54 AM UTC
Good question...and one that I am looking for an answer to as well.

Images I have seen taken earlier in 2009 of an M1A2 SEP TUSK II in Iraq show the full hull side array of the XM32 tiles and still only the bottom row of the turret mounted XM32 tiles.

The turret racks can hold five XM32 tiles on the top row on each side.
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