Armor/AFV: What If?
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American Sniper
joepanzer
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Posted: Friday, January 23, 2015 - 05:11 PM UTC
Anyone gonna build the M60/M1 from American Sniper?
HeavyArty
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Posted: Friday, January 23, 2015 - 05:24 PM UTC
The M60 2000.
It was an actual tank offered as an upgrade to the M60 series. I don't think any nation actually bought it though.
It was an actual tank offered as an upgrade to the M60 series. I don't think any nation actually bought it though.
sauceman
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Posted: Friday, January 23, 2015 - 06:40 PM UTC
Or what about the "M1" from Jericho?
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tanknick22
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Posted: Friday, January 23, 2015 - 07:32 PM UTC
Quoted Text
The M60 2000.
It was an actual tank offered as an upgrade to the M60 series. I don't think any nation actually bought it though.
It was a one of prototype it was never picked up by anyone
Kenaicop
#384
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Posted: Saturday, January 24, 2015 - 10:54 AM UTC
Looked more like a British chieftain under all that sheet metal
http://imcdb.opencommunity.be/forum_topic-6939--Misidentified_tanks.html
Check out this link, not American Sniper but I think these are the same vismod tanks, that big oval loop on the front slope and the drivers hatch are the giveaways, along with many other things
http://imcdb.opencommunity.be/forum_topic-6939--Misidentified_tanks.html
Check out this link, not American Sniper but I think these are the same vismod tanks, that big oval loop on the front slope and the drivers hatch are the giveaways, along with many other things
WARDUKWNZ
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Posted: Saturday, January 24, 2015 - 11:36 AM UTC
Just found this site ..
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/American_Sniper
Down the list of weapons there is the good ol ma deuce and i took a look at the tank in the fore ground ... its the chieftain for sure as the barrel is exactly the same as the pics in the link which James put up and you can see where the bins where mounted on the front guards .
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/American_Sniper
Down the list of weapons there is the good ol ma deuce and i took a look at the tank in the fore ground ... its the chieftain for sure as the barrel is exactly the same as the pics in the link which James put up and you can see where the bins where mounted on the front guards .
HeavyArty
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Posted: Saturday, January 24, 2015 - 10:42 PM UTC
The hull is definitely an M60 hull. It had the distinctive bulge down the side behind the road wheels as it went by.
rfbaer
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 10:39 PM UTC
Agree w/ Gino here. When I first saw the driver's hatch and front glacis, I thought "Chieftain", but the hull is definitely M60.
Something made up for this movie only?
Something made up for this movie only?
Kenaicop
#384
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 11:19 PM UTC
I don't know guys, if we are still talking about American Sniper I still think it's a Chieftain. Look at the main gun, more specifically the MRS, the road wheels and track, all Chieftain. That, along with the drivers hatch, fenders and front slope, too many Chieftain features. I'm no expert but too much evidence pointing towards British 
jwest21
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 02:25 AM UTC
There is a closeup pic here- looks like an M60 lowerhull
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_778425-Made-for-Movie-M1--Abrams-.html
http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/americansniper162.jpg
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_778425-Made-for-Movie-M1--Abrams-.html
http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/americansniper162.jpg
Kenaicop
#384
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 03:21 AM UTC
Holy crap, that is an M60 type hull, but look at the front slope, hatch and main gun??? So confusing, do you think they put a British turret on an American hull or modeled an M1 Vismod using a British Vismod as reference?
joepanzer
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 04:48 AM UTC
Definitely M60. The road wheels, support rollers, shocks and stowage box all give it away.
Grindcore
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 05:22 AM UTC
Lol, first thing I noticed was the Coaxial machine gun being low on the mantlet, then the hull shape. Sucks sometimes to not be able to not see those things.
Tankrider
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 05:41 AM UTC
Not only did the hull look like a M60, it sounded like a M60... I was thinking that it was a M60-2K until I saw the pintle mounted M2 MG vice a CWS with the M2 and no skirts on the side view close up shot.
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WARDUKWNZ
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 03:26 PM UTC
Ok after seeing those pics i am in agreement now ..its a M60 but that gun looks almost exactly like the one used one the chieftain,,mainly i say this cause of the fume extractor and the barrel warp sensor at the tip of the barrel which looks the same as the link that James put up .
But its most defiantly a M60 ,,those tracks and returns rollers are a dead give away and John mentioned the sound ..the chieftain screams ,,i'd know its sound anywhere .
Phill
But its most defiantly a M60 ,,those tracks and returns rollers are a dead give away and John mentioned the sound ..the chieftain screams ,,i'd know its sound anywhere .
Phill
jvazquez
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 09:30 PM UTC
It kind of irked me that the movie still showed un armored Humvees going out into Sadr city streets in the latter half of the movie and Marines dropping out the back of old M113s when I don't think Marines used that (am I wrong?)nor did anyone venture out into Iraqi streets in those Humvees without some type of armor package installed.
Toward the end they finally got it right with then use of up armored Humvees and an MRAP.
Toward the end they finally got it right with then use of up armored Humvees and an MRAP.
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Kenaicop
#384
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 10:53 PM UTC
Quoted Text
It kind of irked me that the movie still showed un armored Humvees going out into Sadr city streets in the latter half of the movie and Marines dropping out the back of old M113s when I don't think Marines used that (am I wrong?)nor did anyone venture out into Iraqi streets in those Humvees without some type of armor package installed.
Toward the end they finally got it right with then use of up armored Humvees and an MRAP.
113's with 1st CAV bumper numbers
I'm tapping out on the M1 debate!
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