Soak off attacks, love or hate them and what to do?

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So, no, it doesn't bother me. At least not in a WW2 battle. MBT battle, well, I may feel a little different about that because the tactics on the modern field are so different.

This is a solid point. A WWII tank would have a horsepower ratio between 12 (Tiger I) and 22 (Cromwell V) with a turret traverse rate between 6 (Tiger I) and 25 (Sherman) degrees per second. An Abrams' equivalent values are 25 and 40, and its turbine has *far* better low-end performance than the short-stroke powerplants of 1945.

Eluding a Tiger I up close might actually be kind of fun, in a we-haven't-invented-the-X-Games-yet-and-I'm-18-and-immortal kind of way. Eluding an Abrams would be an exercise in futility.

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