HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoAn M1 Abrams Tank can see children in front better than many current trucks.thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1420arrow-down17
arrow-up1413arrow-down1imageAn M1 Abrams Tank can see children in front better than many current trucks.thelemmy.clubHobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoThat probably has something to do with the fact that the M1 Abrams was not intended as an overpriced status object designed purely to make spoilt and privileged suburbanites make themselves feel superior to anyone walking in the street.
minus-squareredthings@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoTo be fair, giant trucks are also designed to be exempted from emissions standards
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAn M1 probably has better range and usability, storage etc.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoNo, they get hilariously bad mileage, like a couple hundred at Max. Depending on what fuel it’s burning economy is somewhere between .6 -3.0 mpg.
That probably has something to do with the fact that the M1 Abrams was not intended as an overpriced status object designed purely to make spoilt and privileged suburbanites make themselves feel superior to anyone walking in the street.
To be fair, giant trucks are also designed to be exempted from emissions standards
That is a crazy sentence.
An M1 probably has better range and usability, storage etc.
No, they get hilariously bad mileage, like a couple hundred at Max.
Depending on what fuel it’s burning economy is somewhere between .6 -3.0 mpg.