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AUSTRALIA'S newly acquired $560 million fleet of second hand scrap
metal /Abrams tanks can be easily disabled by the latest generation
shoulder-fired rocket launcher, a government-funded think tank has
warned.
second hand scrap metal repainted for the cameras
But the 59 refurbished M1A1 Abrams, bought from the US by the Howard
government, still offer better protection than their ageing German
Leopard-1 predecessors, says a paper from theAustralian Strategic
Policy Institute.
Unlike the latest US M1A2 model, the Australian variant is protected
by ceramic plate instead of superior depleted uranium armour, the ASPI
says in its latest report on army capability.
thats why the yanks scrapped them , and howard signed up silly aussie
taxpaers who are too drunk on football to care
"Although it provides good protection against early-model shoulder-
fired anti-armour weapons now prevalent in the region, it is
vulnerable to advanced Russian systems proliferating elsewhere,
including the Middle East," it says.
The paper singling out the 70-tonne behemoths emerged yesterday as
Kevin Rudd lashed the former government for wasting taxpayers' dollars
on questionable defence purchases.
"There has been billions of dollars in defence waste - in one major
project after another. This has got to stop," he told the NSW Labor
conference.
The Abrams was always a controversial purchase, with critics claiming
the new-generation Leopard-2 tank was Australia's best option.
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