> Another example is the Argentine Medium Tank (Tanque Argentino Mediano or TAM) The TAM was designed to mount what was then the  standard tank gun for the NATO alliance, and every effort was made to reduce the overall mass of the vehicle to allow it to use the existing civil transportation infrastructure.  While the TAM would have been effective against any possible South American opponent it was also helpless against any contemporary NATO standard tank such as the M60A1, Leopard I, and the Chieftain.

A tank you cannot transport to the battlefield because it’s too large/heavy to use your infrastructure is a lump of useless metal. Expensive useless metal that will likely cause your troops to get killed because you couldn’t afford the tanks that could be transported.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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