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   "Dechucka"  wrote in message   
   news:tIOdnUksSI1qJfXMnZ2dnUVZ_rudnZ2d@westnet.com.au...   
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   > "Spartan613"  wrote in message   
   > news:GP0at.606$EY1.361@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com...   
   >> "Dechucka"  wrote in message   
   >> news:S_-dnVGjY52_H_XMnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@westnet.com.au...   
   >>> snip   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Yes, they do get otu of the tank.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>but not in a position where you and your mighty GI-O .22 would be a   
   >>>>>threat   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Really? What is your combat experience? What is your experience with   
   >>>> operating armored vehicles?   
   >>>   
   >>> Even Spartan said that when he was wandering   
   >>   
   >> I said "trundling". I don't "wander" because I always know where I am and   
   >> where I'm going.   
   >>   
   >> Do yourself a favour and don't start indulging in GOBbler and Sergay's   
   >> "Ministry Of Truth" approach to arguing.   
   >>   
   >> You lose any cred you might have had if you do.   
   >>   
   >>> around Germany withe the Army of the Rhine they took full precautions   
   >>> against civilians. Tank crews in tactical situations do not get out of   
   >>> their tank and have picnics   
   >>   
   >> Looked like a picnic to me. People sitting around in small groups brewing   
   >> a cuppa and snacking on rations.   
   >>   
   >> Even AFV crews have to eat, and halting at RVs while waiting for other   
   >> call signs to marry-up is a good time to get some tucker in.   
   >>   
   >> That's what people do at picnics, don't they? (Having a rifle or SMG   
   >> close to hand might be one difference, I guess).   
   >   
   > and personal armour and a defensive perimeter   
      
   And yet, casualties still occur.   
      
   For every measure, there's a counter-measure.   
      
   You'd know that if you were nothing more than a Google-surfing parrot.   
      
   --   
   "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not   
   want merely because you think it would be good for him".   
      
   Robert A. Heinlein.   
      
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