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Video shows Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting American M1 tank
At one point in the video, a transport truck is shown carrying an M1 Abrams tank. The Hezbollah Brigades' flag is flying over the tank and other US-made vehicles. The M1, which is the main battle tank of the US Army, has been sold to and utilized by the Iraqi Army.
The screen shot above marks the first evidence of Iranian-backed militias having M1 tanks at their disposal. It is unclear if the Hezbollah Brigades seized the M1 from an Iraqi Army unit that dissolved in the face of the Islamic State's onslaught, or if the Iraqi military gave the militia the tank. Several Iraqi M1s have been photographed after being destroyed by the Islamic State.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/01/hezbollah_brigades_c.php#ixzz3Q8BzO8il
At one point in the video, a transport truck is shown carrying an M1 Abrams tank. The Hezbollah Brigades' flag is flying over the tank and other US-made vehicles. The M1, which is the main battle tank of the US Army, has been sold to and utilized by the Iraqi Army.
The screen shot above marks the first evidence of Iranian-backed militias having M1 tanks at their disposal. It is unclear if the Hezbollah Brigades seized the M1 from an Iraqi Army unit that dissolved in the face of the Islamic State's onslaught, or if the Iraqi military gave the militia the tank. Several Iraqi M1s have been photographed after being destroyed by the Islamic State.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/01/hezbollah_brigades_c.php#ixzz3Q8BzO8il
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Just like the Soviets/Russians we are going to find ourselves fighting many of our own weapons systems in the years to come
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So this means we need to have a bidding for a contract to build more of these things right? We still use those overseas right?
I don't understand why we sell our "old" equipment when they can likely be broken down for scrap or parts and reused in some capacity back home. We also continue to build unneeded systems that will then lead up to eventually selling them to our future enemies.
We need to learn from history, because we are already repeating it.
I don't understand why we sell our "old" equipment when they can likely be broken down for scrap or parts and reused in some capacity back home. We also continue to build unneeded systems that will then lead up to eventually selling them to our future enemies.
We need to learn from history, because we are already repeating it.
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SGT James Elphick
The last 2 years Congress has forced the Army to buy more M1's. And you are right, why don't we scrap them, or mothball them, or anything but sell them to people who might turn around and use them on us
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PFC Jim Wheeler
It was always my understanding that shipping them back is much more expensive than just leaving them there and buying a new one.
Even more so when you sell it and buy a new one.
Even more so when you sell it and buy a new one.
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