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Subject: Why did Australia choose the M-1 Abrams over the other contenders.
Volkodav    10/15/2008 5:00:24 AM
I am not saying the M-1 is the wrong choice or that the Leopard would have been a better choice but am curious as to why we chose the M-1 when the majority of Western nations chose the Leopard when they didn't have an indiginous project to support. In fact come to think of it we are the only first world nation, outside of the US, to have selected the Abrams. Why is it so?
 
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jammy       11/6/2014 5:27:22 AM
The tank purchase was a terrible decision. Apart from having enormous logistic and operating costs that brought a superpower to it's knees, we also can't deploy our tanks overseas. (No runways overseas to support our C17s) The only way Australians are operating tanks offshore is if the U.S transports them for us. John Howard no doubt was richly rewarded by his U.S friends for crippling us militarily. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5bytSjxUNOBW4FAfSCWLpA
 
Hopefully our submarine tech sharing with Japan will enable us to buy their tank, which only weighs 50 tons and has C4 integration. Along with being superior in every way to the M1. The other possibility is the K2 Black Panther by Korea, which looks like an even better tank and can be license built in Australia.
 
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hairy man       1/23/2017 3:28:29 AM
I would suggest that it would be an intelligent move if Australia was to put some money in with Germany and France, and take part in the designing of the new tank they are working on.   It is said to be a bit smaller than the current battle tanks.
 
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gf0012_aust       1/25/2017 3:36:43 AM



In fact come to think of it we are the only first world nation, outside of the US, to have selected the Abrams.

Why is it so?

part of it had to do with the philosophy of common training, common principle platforms.  eg an Oz army version of the "common combat room"
 
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hairy man       1/27/2017 1:35:16 AM
With The Donald now in the White House, it will be interesting to see if we are as close to America in a few years as we are now.  Who knows, we may be closer, but I doubt it.
But does anyone know why we have'nt obtained those few extra tanks from the Yanks? 
 
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