Replying to a message of Jeff Shultz to Bob.Ackley:

 JS> From: Jeff Shultz 

 JS> Bob.Ackley{at}harborwebs.com wrote:

 >> Replying to a message of Adam Flinton to Monte Davis:
 >> 
 AF>>> From: "Adam Flinton" 
 >> 
 AF>>> "Monte Davis" 
wrote in message
 AF>>> news:653u7v44qs1kl5r5v8bb3fq1lklttk99jr{at}4ax.com...
 >>>> "Adam Flinton"  wrote:
 >>>> 
 >>>>> How come no airmobility?... how come no sudden jumps?
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> At the mo it's a fairly std armoured/mechanized thrust.
 >>>> 
 >>>> Yesterday the 101st Airborne/Air Assault got its forward
 >>>> fuel/ordnance base set up -- sounded like roughly halfway from the
 >>>> border to Baghdad. So I would now expect a lot more Apache action
 >>>> and sudden company-sized "appearances" in awkward places.
 >> 
 AF>>> Yup. OK. However a fair chunk of the last few years (e.g. the whole
 AF>>> design of the C17 & the procurement of LAV/Stryker
vehicles) was to
 AF>>> get real solid forces into places where the enemy never though
 >>  they'd AF> appear. i.e it's one thing to suddenly have a flight of 
 >> apache or AF> some airborne troops arrive at your door. It's another
 >> to  suddenly AF> find a reasonable number of Main battle tanks (e.g.
 >> M1'es
 AF>>> Challengers) & infantry fighting vehicles (e.g. Bradleys or
 >>  Warriors) AF> knocking.
 >> 
 AF>>> We have captured C17 capable strips.
 >> 
 >> A C17 may be able to handle a Bradley, but it takes a C-5 to tote an
 >> Abrams.

 JS> Are you positive of that?
 JS> With Photo:
 JS> http://www.af.mil/photos/Jun1999/19990610-f-6217s-032.html
 JS> http://www.periscope1.com/demo/weapons/gcv/tanks/w0003593.html
 JS> "The M1's high weight (57-63 metric tons) limits the number of bridges
 JS> it may cross and restricts its airportability to the Lockheed C-5
 JS> Galaxy  or C-17 Globemaster III  (which can carry only one tank
 JS> each)." -- Jeff Shultz 

I will defer to your source.  I've been out of the Air Force for just under
20 years, now.

Incidentally, there was a Jeff Shultz that lived around the corner from me
when I was in high school, circa 1960, in Oakland, California.  He joined
the Marines shortly after I joined the Air Force.

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