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[unixronin]

<Brain>  "PINKY!  ...Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

<Pinky>  "Uh, I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a silencer big enough to put on a tank?"

I gotcher tank¹ silencer right here.

[1]  Yes, I know it's not technically a tank, it's an M109 self-propelled 155mm howitzer.  But do you really think Pinky knows the difference?  He's barking² insane.

[2]  And that's not easy when you're a mouse.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Principally, the following:

• A tank is intended to go into battle in front-line combat.  It is fast, heavily armored against enemy fire, usually designed to have as low a profile as is practical, is equipped with a high-velocity gun and direct-fire targeting equipment, and carries mostly anti-armor rounds.  Its role is to destroy enemy armor and hard points, to support infantry, and to take and control territory.


• Self-propelled artillery is intended for fire support from behind the front line, and is never intended to go directly into battle.  If the SP artillery ends up on the battlefield, it uslally means the battle plan went badly wrong.  It is generally armored only against small-arms fire and shell fragments, is usually large and bulky compared to a main battle tank, is equipped with a medium-velocity gun and primarily indirect-fire targeting gear, and carries mostly HE rounds of various kinds (though there are artillery-launched precision-guided munitions such as the laser-homing M172 Copperhead and the GPS-guided XM982 Excalibur).