Confusing an apple for an orange.

[Weasel]

So I was watching TANK OVERHAUL on the History Channel last night. The guys at Aberdeen were doing a cosmetic make over to one of only two elephants left in the world.

So what the hell do the producers of the show do for time fill?, compare the elephant to the M109! Just because the 109 resembles the elephant it isn't! They were going on saying how the elephant only had an 88mm whereas the 109 has a 155, the elephant weighs 70tons and only goes 30km/hr while the 109 only weighs 27 tonnes (less then half they proudly pointed out) and goes 50km/hr (once again with pride). The cherry was that the elephant could only shoot about 3kms, while the 109 can shoot "into a different country".

So I figure the following for the HC:

1. their researchers are idiots
2. they wouldn't know a tank destroyer from a bicycle
3. they need to spend more time on the history of the weapon and less time trying to puff up the US Army's chest.