Originally Posted by
M60A3Driver
I drove the M60A3 Patton tank in the U.S. Army, thus the name "TANK GUY". Originally it was going to be "KNGTYGR", or "PZKWVIB" Because my favorite WWII tank is the King Tiger (Panzerkampfwagen VI B).
But I thought tank guy would be easier for everyone to understand. How wrong I was! People think I remove oil tanks for a living! LOL
Here's a picture of my M60A3 Patton MBT - TTS (Main Battle Tank - Tank Thermal Sight) on the Czech border in 1984.
Thank you and now your online moniker makes MUCH MORE SENSE. And if I had half a clue I would have picked that up. A3 Version of the tank had upgraded solid state ballistic computer and the new thermal sights. Much like sub movies, tank movies are awesome and mostly inaccurate. Being a tank driver or tank crew is about one more dangerous jobs in a active war. Tank warfare is more about get them first before they get you. The war in Ukraine is rewriting the books on any mobile infantry.
@M60A3Driver Thank you for your service.
In my reading I ran across two unusual stories about the M60 Tank.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Mannheim_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_S...o_tank_rampage
I have mostly lived in the South East most of my life but in my travels in the North East corridor and seeing the number of oil tanks on the eastern shore, I am not surprised they think you have something do with giant round cylinders.