For the first time in 25 years this is gonna happen.
Discuss.
http://www.eur.army.mil/tankchallenge/
>>29277815
Only 7 nations? I would like to see the Challenger 2 and Le Clerc involved too.
>>29277998
>le clerc
Are you trying to incur the wrath of the frenchfag?
>>29278002
el cleric
>captcha select all the tricycles
>select tank and get away with it
>>29277815
Eh.
It'll be interesting to see if the old NORTHAG units keep the title away from CENTAG like they always did before with CAT outside of like 3 instances.
Eitherway, the amount of shitposting that's going to go on after this is going to be fucking absurd.
>Czech Republic: T72-M4CZ / T72M1
>Denmark: Leopard 2A5
>Germany: Leopard 2A6/2A6M/2A7
>Italy: Ariete
>Poland: Leopard 2A4/2A5 (Or maybe T72 variant)
>Slovenia: M84
>United States: M1A2
Wish there were more different tanks in the competition, should be fun still though.
>>29277815
NATO wacky races, huh
What happened to the Tankathlon the Russians were doing
>>29278044
I'm happy to see the Ariete perform, though. Hope we will get some pics of it.
>>29277815
Even if some of the major players like France and the UK are missing, I am cautiously hype.
Maybe, someday both this and the Slav races will merge and professional tankery will become a thing!
Not as interesting as tank biathlon
>>29278037
You mean Germany can build another trophy rack beside the other one they already have?
Oh yesss
Hopefully they'll do something exciting like battling each other with giant paintballs or some shit
>>29280844
That would be fun and not safe, so no.
>>29278406
>breaks down on train en route to competition. Italian quality lauded for next two weeks.
>>29280844
There's occassional tank vs tank exercises done by NATO forces
They slap some laser detectors and a laser boresight thing on the tanks and simulate firing.
>>29281381
>plastic balls filled with paint
>shot against tanks
>not safe
Explain
>>29281418
But do they have a realistic drop?
I don't know much about this stuff, so dont kill me plz
>>29281427
No but the drop is already accounted for by the computer for real ammo anyways.
>>29281443
Ahh, that makes sense
>>29281427
What happens if you hit a person.
>>29278555
Not as interesting because the challenge resembles actual fighting tasks?
>>29281507
What does a person do on a tank battlefield
Maybe just put the 7 of them in a giant beyblade arena with a glass dome overhead?
And then a wwe moderater goes "Are you ready tooo ruuuuumbleeeeee" as they start to wreak havoc in there
