Army opts to stick with Leopard tanks

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Originally posted by Garry Shipton
You got it Pontiac.Apparently the new MGS or the MMEV vehicles won't stop an RPG.So,go back to square one.I personally think that now we're getting the C-17 Globemaster heavy lift aircraft,they've finally have a platform to get the Leopards into Afghanistan.What say you??

My thoughts exactly! The C17 is exactly what we need to get ass and trash to Astan. We're going to see a lot of our CC 130's there also, now that the Polaris is set up for air to air refueling. Here's a question for any 8 Wing types out there. What happened to our plan to lengthen the fuselages of our Hercs to increase carge volume? I know that at least one was lengthened...did it prove too much of a strain on the airframes? Most of our Hercs are older than the pilots flying them, in fact Lockheed pays close attention to our planes as Canada keeps flying some of the highest time airframes on the planet!