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yesterday we had a vivid discussion if the US army can airdrop battle tanks on kaiserslautern, using the aircraft that fly over kaiserslautern during landing approach to Ramstein.<\/p>\n

My argument was that a usual battle tank (like the Leopard II<\/a> used in many european armies, weights about 62 tons) could not be dropped. A kindergarden mathematical approach based on a 80kg person with a 24 sqm paraglider brought us to a 160x160m parachute for a 70 ton tank.<\/p>\n

\nbut surely, tanks can fly:
\n\"flying
\nhttp:\/\/www.waffenhq.de\/panzer\/m551sheridan.html<\/a><\/p>\n

the M511 sheridan can be airdropped, but it is a very light battle tank with 16 tons weight. It is not armored and above article says that this was a problem.<\/p>\n

so yes, humans can do it and if somebody airdrops a tank, it would be a frightening thing, even if its not a leopard 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

yesterday we had a vivid discussion if the US army can airdrop battle tanks on kaiserslautern, using the aircraft that fly over kaiserslautern during landing approach to Ramstein. My argument was that a usual battle tank (like the Leopard II used in many european armies, weights about 62 tons) could not be dropped. A kindergarden … <\/p>\n

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