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How about a diesel hybrid drivetrain? Do away with the gearbox for a start.
Amen brother,Mike1158 said:How about a diesel hybrid drivetrain? Do away with the gearbox for a start.
F-14D said:Interestingly, Poland has actually built a prototype of such a tank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5tzKYwpT1o
http://www.armyrecognition.com/poland_polish_tanks_heavy_armoured_vehicles_uk/pl-01_concept_direct_fire_support_vehicle_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html
Mike1158 said:How about a diesel hybrid drivetrain? Do away with the gearbox for a start.
Foo Fighter said:Fuel prices cannot be guaranteed over the long term and I am sure they could use the saved weight by ditching the gearbox for a start, factor in the increased operational range and they would be daft NOT to stick a diesel engine in the back. However, immense rank does not make intelligence a 100% factor.
Looking at the military management of these projects, a certain lack of inteligence is about all that can be guaranteed.
Foo Fighter said:Fuel prices cannot be guaranteed over the long term and I am sure they could use the saved weight by ditching the gearbox for a start, factor in the increased operational range and they would be daft NOT to stick a diesel engine in the back. However, immense rank does not make intelligence a 100% factor.
Looking at the military management of these projects, a certain lack of inteligence is about all that can be guaranteed.
Foo Fighter said:Not sure what is intended by the comment about a keyboard warrior but I got my information and experience from 10 years in a tank regiment from driver to vehicle commander. I have seen the results of senior staff messing with requirements until nothing but spending money is the result. Do not forget that these senior staff are those who say what the Army will need to fulfill role for the next ten years, and then change those requirements. As a non Army project, consider the epic fail of the Nimrod AEW & Constrol aircraft and the scrapping of ALL our support Harriers and the new Nimrod ELINT aircraft rather than stockpiling them somewhere until funds could be released. The higher up the food chain the more responsibility must be borne when the needs of the task are second handed to the government. People have died due to failings of those senior OFFICERS.
Imagine having a heavy tank without the ammunition to be deployed. Really efficient management is it NOT?
Foo Fighter said:We all go by our own experience and that is the way of the world and it does not make me an idiot, speaking plainly here, what military experience do the two of you (Kai Tsun & sferrin) have?
dan_inbox said:Interesting statistics. What is the source for them?Kat Tsun said:The average US Army officer IQ is >120. The average American Congressperson is similar, and probably higher. The average US Army general probably has an IQ of like 130. Exceptionally skilled or notable generals (or any staff officer), like Schwarzkopf, Petraeus, and Starry all have/had IQs well above 140, making them literal geniuses.
While I have no problem with the military part, I have a harder time believing the Congress side. I cannot imagine how it could be anything else than out-of-someone's-*ss BS.
(Small details like making the measurement, securing authorization to publish the below-average results,...)
Foo Fighter said:As for IQ deciding how smart people are, not necessarily so. These people have made a career out of telling government suits what they want to hear rather than the truth and btw, my IQ is 199.
Foo Fighter said:Another FACT, the MOD decided to allow the production of Heavy armour AND the associated main gun ammunition to cease in the UK, now we have to hope we can continue to source this from other nations. What sort of senior officer allows this to even get discussed?
And the history of "The Smartest People in the Room" being part of or latching onto the most ridiculous and destruction political ideologies can fill a library. No high IQ in and of itself does not impress me. Don't sociopaths and psychopaths generally have high IQ's? Look at the political dysfunction around the world these are the smartest people? The problem is the 'smart' people tend to want to rule the rest of us and think they know better than we do to run our own lives.dan_inbox said:Thanks for those references. They go quite a way towards contradicting the "out of someone's *ss" suspicion.
Still. These articles have two interesting points:
- they judge admission into a top school as "proof of intelligence", with no mention whatsoever of the wealth of the parents of that student.
In the US system? Hrmm.
- they consider journalists as part of top intelligent people.
On my side, no need for further comment.
Now in my book there is one simple denial of any supposed intellectual superiority of congresspeople: just see how many of them are corrupt, how many get caught, and how stoopid was their scheme. 'nuf said.
Not even mentioning the egotistical and counter-public-interest side of the legislations they enact. 'nother whole can of worms, which really reflect on the whole lot of them.
Psy-PHD writing articles can make interesting smoke and mirrors, but the proof is very much in the pudding itself: how they behave, what they produce.
Yuck, unfortunately.
bobbymike said:And the history of "The Smartest People in the Room" being part of or latching onto the most ridiculous and destruction political ideologies can fill a library. No high IQ in and of itself does not impress me. Don't sociopaths and psychopaths generally have high IQ's? Look at the political dysfunction around the world these are the smartest people? The problem is the 'smart' people tend to want to rule the rest of us and think they know better than we do to run our own lives.dan_inbox said:Thanks for those references. They go quite a way towards contradicting the "out of someone's *ss" suspicion.
Still. These articles have two interesting points:
- they judge admission into a top school as "proof of intelligence", with no mention whatsoever of the wealth of the parents of that student.
In the US system? Hrmm.
- they consider journalists as part of top intelligent people.
On my side, no need for further comment.
Now in my book there is one simple denial of any supposed intellectual superiority of congresspeople: just see how many of them are corrupt, how many get caught, and how stoopid was their scheme. 'nuf said.
Not even mentioning the egotistical and counter-public-interest side of the legislations they enact. 'nother whole can of worms, which really reflect on the whole lot of them.
Psy-PHD writing articles can make interesting smoke and mirrors, but the proof is very much in the pudding itself: how they behave, what they produce.
Yuck, unfortunately.
moonbeamsts said:I thought this part of the forum was M-1 tank replacement,not congress/ generals IQ or best education!