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Strong Europe Tank Challenge
HermannB
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 05:16 PM UTC
Looks like good old Canadian Army Trophy is back. Kind of...
http://www.eur.army.mil/tankchallenge/
Treadhead12
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 05:43 PM UTC
T'anks for the link. Watched several of the videos. I would like to know how it came out.
HermannB
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 06:50 PM UTC
The compentition is still running, maybe I know more by the weekend. Really would have like to see the Ariete.
HermannB
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 09:13 PM UTC
Photos found on Flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7armyjmtc/
billflorig
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 09:43 PM UTC
I wonder if a Dutch team will win ala 1988-89 by having fun and drinking a lot of beer....that was their secret to success that year in their Leo 2.....
HermannB
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 10:53 PM UTC
No Duich teams this time. Dutch Government foolishly decided to disband their armor some years ago.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 10:57 PM UTC

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No Duich teams this time. Dutch Government foolishly decided to disband their armor some years ago.
Wasn't there recent discussion about leasing German Leopards or something?
IrishGreek
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 07:02 PM UTC
Well, apparently it finished and the USA did not do so well.

USA falls short

Congrats to our German, Dane and Polish friends (1,2,3 respectively!).
Tank1812
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 08:01 PM UTC
Scores would have been different if one of the two US tank platoons was a Marine platoon. Jest saying.
LonCray
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 08:50 PM UTC
As an old Cold Warrior (though not a tanker), I'm still marveling at Poland - POLAND! - competing in this sort of thing. Those folks used to be the enemy - my, how times have changed.
SEDimmick
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 08:53 PM UTC

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Scores would have been different if one of the two US tank platoons was a Marine platoon. Jest saying.


Actually the Sullivan Cup was going on at the same time and some "Nasty Girls" from the North Carolina Guard Showed up the Active Duty Army, USMC and Canadian Army to become the top rated Tank Crew in that competition...

http://www.fayobserver.com/military/sullivan-cup-n-c-regiment-earns-top-tank-crew-honors/article_50341967-f730-5ed9-8e2b-e3792bf2ced4.html
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 09:08 PM UTC

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No Duich teams this time. Dutch Government foolishly decided to disband their armor some years ago.


I guess these are the only sabots that the Dutch Army will be lobbing at the enemy in the near future:

Tank1812
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 10:19 PM UTC

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Scores would have been different if one of the two US tank platoons was a Marine platoon. Jest saying.


Actually the Sullivan Cup was going on at the same time and some "Nasty Girls" from the North Carolina Guard Showed up the Active Duty Army, USMC and Canadian Army to become the top rated Tank Crew in that competition...

http://www.fayobserver.com/military/sullivan-cup-n-c-regiment-earns-top-tank-crew-honors/article_50341967-f730-5ed9-8e2b-e3792bf2ced4.html


Not surprising a Guard/Reserve unit won. In the Marines, Reserve units have won a number of TigerComps.
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