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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| Plastic tanks |
| 4:54:15 pm mst / 28 January 2001 found by paul / filed in inventions / source The Times 90 hits / 1 comment / 1 e-mail |
| The British army is field testing plastic battle tanks to replace the current steel versions. The special composite material makes the tanks faster, lighter, and more fuel-efficient, plus they are nearly invisible to radar. |
| But will they sound as ominous and intimidating as an old-fashioned steel tank or will they just sound cheap and wimpy? |
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| Comments |
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| How modern tanks sound by MysteriousStranger 12:29:59 am mst / 29 January 2001 / # 1 |
| The M1 tank doesn't sound like any other tank because it has a turbine engine. It sounds more like the Batmobile. -- Steven Den Beste |