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Fifth Reich
05-29-2012, 01:53 PM
#1 Stealth bomber cost 2 BILLION EACH (not a typo)
#2 Raptor costs 150 million
#3 Aircraft carrier (Nimitz class) costs 5 billion each
#4 M1 Abrams tank cost 8 million
#5 The Tirpitz (event ship) is the German WWII battleship Bismark's (limited edition) sister ship
#6 the ballistic missile sub is usually the same as a Nuclear sub because they are usually nuclear powered.#7 there are 160,000 Humvees in the US army.
#8 there are 7,000 M1 Abrams in the US army and 7,000 tanks are in the army.
#9 There are 4,000 Bradley Fighting Vehicles in the US army.
#10 The US owned 62 aircraft carriers and 11 carriers are still in service
#11 Leopard tank is German, Challenger is British, and M1 is American
#12 M270 is a rocket launcher.
#13 The picture of the mine ship in the store is actually a WWI (or WWII) mine ship
#14 The M1 Abram's frontal armor is 550mm thick, that's half a meter thick!
#15 Bradley Fighting Vehicle is not a tank but is a mix of APC and tank killer.
#16 APC= Armed (or Armored) Personnel Carrier.
#17 The US navy has 289 ships
#18 Russia and China combined have 30,000 tanks
#19 Super Hornet is usually a carrier aircraft and a US carrier can carry around 90 of them but, only 64 in battle because the carrier hanger does not want an accident.
#20 the last fact: A full powered rail gun shell can have a range of 150 MILES (again not typo) and has the power of 50 cars falling from the sky together and hitting the same place at the same time. (still there are still about 8 years before Rail guns come in service.

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Fifth Reich
05-29-2012, 02:05 PM
If you don't believe me, search these facts up and you will fell guilty.

el_gringo
05-29-2012, 02:13 PM
Some interesting stuff, although I don't get 8 - are you saying that every one of the 7000 US Army tanks is an M1 Abrams?

Ramshutu
05-29-2012, 02:23 PM
Another interesting one. The A10 warthog is designed to fly with one engine, one tail, one elevator, and half of one wing missing.

Fifth Reich
05-29-2012, 04:08 PM
The us army has one kind of tank: M1 abrams

Fifth Reich
05-29-2012, 04:10 PM
Another interesting one. The A10 warthog is designed to fly with one engine, one tail, one elevator, and half of one wing missing. it's nicknamed the flying tank.

Fifth Reich
05-29-2012, 04:13 PM
Soviet T-70 tanks cost only 2 million but, they can win a fight even against the M1 Abrams which costs 3 times more.