U.S. will send tanks to Afghanistan Combat
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M1 Abram tank company was originally to be held in Helmand province where the Marines involved pertempuruan cried with cells of Taliban insurgents who have heavy weapons, the newspaper said, citing defense officials. "The tanks mengangumkan, and has great firepower," said an officer close to the plan of sending it to the newspaper.
Sending the tanks were too late in the war can also be regarded as a sign of lost hope for many Afghans and the United States, said the officer. But the tanks are equipped with 120mm cannon that size could destroy a house from a distance of more than one kilometer, will enable ground forces targeting insurgents from a greater distance and greater accuracy than from any other military vehicles, the report said.
The newspaper said the tank fire was more accurate than artillery and can be fired in less time than waiting jet fighter dropped a bomb.
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