While wars rage overseas, the world is accustomed to looking to America as a stabilizing influence. Here's what the world got instead:
How absolutely humiliating. How does America recover from this? And what world leader can step up and provide stability and credibility at this critical time? America's President is clearly in over his head and impotent.
Donald Trump should apologize to the brave & brilliant men and women of our military for this farce of a birthday party.
You just saw a clip of a pair of USA made tanks (AFVs = Armored Fighting Vehicles) from the World War Two era. Both are M4 - Sherman types and this type went through many variations and improvements during the years of the 1940s to 1950s it was in production.
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The
M4 Sherman, officially
medium tank, M4, was the
medium tank most widely used by the
United States and
Western Allies in
World War II. The M4 Sherman proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and available in great numbers. It was also the basis of several other
armored fighting vehicles including
self-propelled artillery,
tank destroyers, and
armored recovery vehicles. Tens of thousands were distributed through the
Lend-Lease program to the
British Commonwealth,
Soviet Union, and
other Allied Nations. The tank was named by the British after the
American Civil War General
William Tecumseh Sherman.<a href="
M4 Sherman - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a>
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The M4 Sherman retained much of the mechanical design of the M3, but it addressed several shortcomings and incorporated improvements in mobility, firepower, and ergonomics. One of the most significant changes was the relocation of the main armament—initially a 75 mm gun—into a fully traversing turret located at the center of the vehicle. This design allowed for more flexible and accurate fire control, enabling the crew to engage targets with greater precision than was possible on the M3. Additionally, the M4 featured a one-axis
gyrostabilizer, which, while not precise enough to allow for accurate firing while in motion, helped keep the gun roughly aimed in the direction of the target when the tank came to a stop. This feature proved useful in ensuring the tank could quickly take aim after halting to fire, enhancing its effectiveness in combat. However, by modern standards, this system was relatively rudimentary compared to more advanced stabilizers.
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en.wikipedia.org
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It needs to be noted that during World War Two (WWII) Shermans we given to manyh USA allies such as the UK, USSR, Free French, and others. Also with so many produced and in supply globally at war's end, several other nations would have M4-Shermans in there militaries.
One of many main points here is that "squeaky" track noise is common to all types of tanks/AFVs for over a century since first invented and used in World War One. Persons knowledgeable in mechanics, physics, and technology would know and understand such. Those ignorant and/or stupid in such regards, like the OP author here, would be clueless and not know what they are speaking about, nor how stupid and ignorant they have appeared.
Almost all tanks/AFVs have this noise issue, which is clear to see and know if anyone has ever been near a bulldozer clearing land for building development, or road making, etc. Tracked vehicles like bulldozers being the basis for the combat vehicle known as "tanks" ~ AFVs.
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As for;
"the world is accustomed to looking to America as a stabilizing influence" ...
this is amusing on more than one level !!!
First is how often the Leftist Wingnuts, such as this thread OP, whale and bemoan that the USA is an over-bearing manipulating and dominating controller of the world and needs to be reigned in. Now, we see that the ***** and complaint is that the USA isn't being dominating enough. Once again, classic example of the Lefturds hypocrisy and their "damned if you do; damned if you don't" double standards.
The Lefturds/Leftards don't want the USA dictating to the World how to behave, and now they ***** and moan that the USA isn't telling, compelling the world to perform to some arbitrary standard they think that the USA should be imposing. Can the Left be anymore schizophrenic ???
While the USA could "provide stability and credibility", the larger issue is if it should be such defined by the Political Left or Right within our Nation. ????
Clear both will be at opposite ends and applications, hence long-term results; so which is the best, accurate expression of the USA, now and in the near future. ????
So is our current POTUS "clearly in over his head and impotent" or just not meeting the means, standards, and goals of a faction of the USA public which may not have the best results for the USA in their agenda ????
As for;
"Donald Trump should apologize to the brave & brilliant men and women of our military for this farce of a birthday party."
This is a "birthday party" for a select fraction of the USA military, the U.S. Army, and one which has expressed in their favor, so what is there to " apologizes for" ????
Clearly this OP author is, as usual, clueless, dumb, ignorant, stupid, and mentally defective in many ways.
[I may at a future date explain some of the mechanics involved in tracked vehicle propulsion and noise.]