https://photos.app.goo.gl/7XVwr2ohdR6S3CTSA
Hola Gents, is anyone able to shed light on this, to me, oddity, please? Found while looking for something else, no further info, sorry. Maybe an Opfor vehicle?
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Could be indeed. These belong to the Hawg Company (H Co), 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif. :
H.P.
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That’s nicely different.
Cant tell from my screen, but is that a dark brown banding with a black lining?
Yes, those are 11 ACR OPFOR M1A1s. The colors are straight brown and sand, no black outlines.
Done about 15 years ago when I was stationed at the NTC.
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Thanks Gino -so its just a sharp outline to the brown. I might try that .
That’s interesting. I just got back from an NTC rotation last month and all I saw (albeit from a distance) were VISMOD M-113’s. None of the pre-deployment orientation materials mentioned or depicted M-1’s.
@Apache26 im pretty sure in our vehicle guide book we had the M1s as playing T-90s. That was also last March before covid hit.
Here’s a Abrams “T-90” at the US Army Armor School at Ft Knox, KY in 1999
More NTC Abrams without side skirts :
M1 KVT ((Krasnovian Variant Tank) :
H.P.
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It’s amazing how different the Abrams looks without her skirts (or with those rubber ones).
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Thanks, all; some great images there of a great MBT. More modelling inspiration for sure.