#1 Greatest Tank of All Time, Ever: the M113 Gavin

World Tank Experts conclude that the greatest armored vehicle of all time, EVER is the M113 Gavin:

http://www.combatreform.org/m113combat.htm

Why is this public honor of what's obvious such a revolutionary act? When surrounded by liars, telling the truth is a startling act. America's Army has degenerated into two EGO CLUBS;

http://www.combatreform.org/ARMORHISTORY/index.htm

...one that wants to fight on foot and draw attention to their bodies (dismounts) who get killed constantly in wheeled trucks on roads that cannot go cross-country but doesn't rob them of any dismounted "glory" like stepping on land mines:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekUSOVAMah0

These are the TRUCKTARDS, a wee people who don't know much about WINNING (you not in body bag or VA amputee ward is a start) wars but at least they want to gunfight; problem is there is no enemy around to shoot because they pressed a button to command detonate a land mine and don't want to come out and play gunfighter. The next ego club is the WHOPPERTANKtards; the "mech pussies" the trucktards scorn for unwillingness to EVER dismount on foot and fight (they pompously proclaim: "Death before Dismount"). The WHOPPERTANKtards know correctly that armies must be in TRACKS--not wheels--in order to go cross-country to avoid land mines and hit the enemy from unpredictable directions; THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN ANYTHING LESS THAN A MEDIUM-TO-HEAVY TANK!!! Nevermind that if you don't squander armor potential with dead air like turrets a light tank can have medium-level protection, WHOPPERTANKtards want a heavy security blanket. Being in an invincible heavy, tracked tank only works in firm soil, OPEN TERRAINS--everywhere else on planet earth heavy tanks bust bridges, crumble roads and get selves stuck. So what do the WHOPPERTANKtards do then?

Why, THE SAME THING THE TRUCKTARDS DO!!

THE STICK TO ROADS SO THEY DON'T GET STUCK!

This way trucktarded-infantry and whoppertanktarded-armor crewmen get ambushed by the enemy together and lose wars with both sides having ready-made, self-righteous, victimology excuses handy. Neither ego club wants to do what's EXTERNALLY PRUDENT in objective reality because they are INWARDLY FOCUSED ON WHAT THEIR WEAK EGOS WANT TO DO--not what needs to be done for America's defense. These ego clubs have spent years concocting caveats and excuses to try to reverse-engineer reality so THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, battlefield results and body bags be damned. Following monstrously weak egos is a FUNDAMENTAL IGNORANCE OF THE TERRAIN OF PLANET EARTH and a failure to win "The Battle Against the Earth" (TBATE) even before considering the human enemy; "The Battle Against Man" (TBAM).

http://www.combatreform.org/TRANSFORMATIONUNDERFIRE/index.htm

LTG James Gavin saw through this non-sense in 1954 in "Cavalry and I Don't Mean Horses"

http://www.combatreform.org/cavalryandidontmeanhorses.htm

...and proposed the solution he later created as Army Chief of R&D: the M113 Gavin light tank/APC that could go ANYWHERE over the earth to include CLOSED TERRAINS where light infantry walks (that would otherwise get slaughtered) and being FLOWN by aircraft as well as swim across lakes/rivers. A light tank/APC that could be supplied to the ENTIRE U.S. ARMY to enable EVERYONE to fight and work as Heinlein advocates in Starship Troopers.

The M113 Gavin is not just the greatest tank of all time, ever--its THE FUTURE of an egoless, competent, get-the-job-done U.S. Army that has EVERYONE capable of bold, air-delivered and cross-country movement under armor protection with superior firepower and supplies to include light infantry that dominates CLOSED TERRAINS and when it has to dismount fights with "BIG BROTHER" M113 Gavins with superior male tank STUG assault guns and female machine gun tank weaponry on-the-scene to help. An Army whose medium-to-heavy tanks are LEAD by an ENGINEER CAVALRY in M113 Gavin variants capable of proofing the routes and busting a way through obstacles and mines so the main body doesn't blindly slam into situations and get decisively engaged (ie: caught in a feces sandwhich)

http://www.combatreform.org/sappertanks.htm

The M113 Gavin is a threat to the rackets of the two Army egoclubs as well as the entire full-of-excuses-to-not-mechanize worship-thy-self USMC false religion, brainwashed, egocult which has no hope of reform and should be disbanded completely. The Army still has some ADULTS who can comprehend facts who don't filter data through weak ego filters. Its time for them to stand up and get America's Army on the right TRACK.

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[sniper77shot]

So that means the hmmvee variant with tracks is a tank?

[dynmicpara]

@sniper77shot Its not ARMORED, so no.

[RodinaZovet]

I find all these TOP 10 lists ridiculous - you simply cannot compare a modern APC with a World War Two halftrack! On top of that, it always seems that the top 3 on these discovery lists are always US designs.

[dynmicpara]

@RodinaZovet Sure you can. Some of these WW2 APCs are still in use. Look at things for what they are; a WW2 half-track is made of the same 1/2" thin steel as a Stryker truck. Both are flawed.

[lknkprkninflamesbest]

The stryker shouldn't even be on that list! Why hasn't the strategy you talk about being used by the army right now? It's genious!

[revolrz22]

@RodinaZovet

Not really. Top 10 tanks ended up concluding that the T-34 was a superior machine to the M1 Abrams. Now, if you want to talk about going full retard...

[killdizzle]

@Michael7477 Are you jealous or something? I'll agree that list is fucked up but, why do you feel the need to insult Americans? If it was a production made in the U.K. i'm sure it would've pegged the Warrior or Challenger near the top. It's entertainment and nothing more. I can assure you it wasn't a definitive study on the subject of tanks and armor. Why do you insist on proving just how ingnorant people can be?

[Michael7477]

Most are american vehicles of course. Thats because americans are the biggest wan%$rs on the planet.

[OlderG0ds]

ur a tank

[gredegu]

what do the Vietnamese says?

[dynmicpara]

REALITY: WW1 when tanks were created. Most did not have turrets. Some were even light (under 20 tons). Swinton/Churchill et al created the "tank" and its their definition that is true.