Word: 48s
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been so swift and generous that some American military units at home and in Europe have been severely squeezed. Production of the M-60 tank is limited to 40 a month, and since most of the tanks shipped to Israel have been M-60s (along with some older M-48s), American tank units are hard-pressed for vehicles. At Fort Knox, the chief tank training center in the U.S., the few tanks available are rotated from one school to another. The drain on American reserves has caused some grumbling in the Pentagon, where generals complain that the Israelis come...
...wooden shacks and prosperous brick houses ten miles south of the DMZ on the banks of the Cua Viet River, one vital North Vietnamese objective was spiked by the tanks of the tough 20th Armored Squadron. As the Communist spearhead rolled south on Highway 1, the 34-ton M-48s of the 20th sped north. They met-and stopped-the Communist armor a scant 300 yards north of the Cua Viet bridge. The tankers and two companies of South Vietnamese marines held the bridge long enough for it to be blown up by an American adviser. "Those outfits are heroes...
...that are almost prerequisites for the job: > Nearly all of them, for example, reached physical maturity early and recognized the market value of their assets. Said one girl: "Sure, after I bloomed I always dressed so people could see how big my breasts were. After all, a pair of 48s can make a girl feel like a real person. Everybody pays attention...