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  1. S slip exposes tank 'deal'

    By John Kerin

    January 27, 2004

    A SENIOR US military commander says Australia has agreed to buy more

    than 100 US tanks for $780 million ($US600 million) in comments that

    pre-empt a deal.

    Defence Minister Robert Hill insisted last night that no decision had

    been made on a replacement for Australia's 30-year-old Leopard tanks

    despite negotiations entering a sensitive final phase.

    US Army Abrams M1 tanks at work in Iraq / AFP Photo

    But the commander of the Coalition Military Assistance Training team

    in Iraq, Major-General Paul Eaton, said Australia had bought up to

    two battalions of Abrams tanks - 108 - during a media briefing on the

    types of armour the coalition could use to rebuild Iraqi tanks.

    "If you're talking about the (Abrams) M1, I think Australia just made

    a purchase of a couple of battalions," Major-General Eaton told a

    media briefing in Baghdad on January 21. "You can check the price ...

    (but) I think they paid something in the order of $US600 million."

    The Howard Government is considering three tanks to replace the

    ageing Leopard 1s: assorted versions of the Leopard 2, either ex-

    German Army A4s and A5s or newer ex-Dutch Army A6s, the M1 Abrams

    from the US and the Challenger 2 from Britain.

    The US has slashed the price of the Abrams to try to be competitive

    with the cheaper Leopard 2 bids, which also have the advantage of

    being a later generation of the tank the army currently has in

    service. The Challenger is understood not to be a serious contender.

    The Abrams, believed to be strongly favoured by Defence Force Chief

    General Peter Cosgrove, has been criticised by some defence sources

    as being more tank than Australia needs because it weighs up to 68

    tonnes, has high fuel consumption and would require extra logistical

    support.

    But it is a favourite given the extent to which Australian and US

    forces have been working together in the war on terror in conflicts

    in Afghanistan and Iraq.

    A spokeswoman for Senator Hill said final submissions were still

    being put together and a decision on which tank to buy had not been

    made.

    The Australian

  2. thank mates

    Parabellum that is way cool

    snakebite1967 how did you meet your wife

    Gordo_Viper she will be here for 3mth ,watch it mate you are

    showing careing shareing side again :thumbsup:

    see when my dad died i shut my feeling down for about 10yr

    i feel not a thing it was ok when i was in army but now

    i have hard know if what iam feel is right and i have hard

    time reading woman i liked. most ppl i can size up well

  3. help iam not good at this stuff

    do you believe you can meet some one and that the one

    and what if they live on the side of world and what if you have

    not seen them in 16mth .what if they will be vist in a march

    what if what i feel is not what they feel .what if i have put every

    on the line for one change at love.

    :(

  4. :D Personally Neighbours and Home And Away we will trade

    you shortland st

    Helen Clark our lesbo comy might leader

    Our imported wildlife wallaby , poussim

    and bloody rabit who idea was it for rabit

    Our wildlife- Aussie stuff is lethal- Kiwi's - god knows

    we havea posins 8 leg freak that noone has seen for

    a 10 yrs live on the coast

  5. yea hamming bob the nailer was fun :whistle:

    we are very close to the same ppl but diff

    we both like rubgy

    beer

    babe

    holden

    our histroy [aussie war movie z-froce odd anger shot ]

    we share so much pavloafer, russ crowe foxtel and gr

    we hate

    warm beer

    the english

    and [ plus feel free to add to the list]

  6. ;) Auckland is not part of new zealand

    it like tazzy with money

    what hell is a expresso and the teeboppy drive like japer car

    down in the real world south of the bombay hills

    we drive holden and falcon drink real new zealand beer

    not import crap. we wear swainy and gumboot

    and a bushhat we play rugby hard we are the real new zealand

    rant rant rant :)

  7. the use of the Barret M82 as an anti-infantry sniper rifle is banned by the Geneva Convention (why didn't they ban GR then? In GR you can use the Barret M82 as an anti-infantry sniper rifle). The use of the Barret M82 as an anti-material sniper rifle ain't banned though which is fair enough.

    the Barret M82 is class as anti mantreal rifle not anti-infantry sniper rifle

  8. :P Ryan243 when i was in the usa and ppl was complain

    about the price of fuel i just laugh

    The_Slink yes see you are lean how i write

    read what mean not what i spell

    Afrikaans me think German cross with Dutch

    you ok slink you like the rest of us a bit a

    a bit of this and bit of that

  9. The_Slink what are you africians not english sa

    Ryan243 they saw 11 of the brid now there are

    look for the breed island so cool

    you know aucklanders we do not count as new zealanders

    we think you should have a passport to cross the

    bombay hills. we call them jafa [ just a f### aucklanders }

    you know the type they suv that never get drity everyone has cell

    phone and suv .

    the nz goverment is go to change a extra 5 cent a lt to built new road

    in auckland we will have to pay $1.11 a lt for fuel

    toll the road in auckland and get auckland to pay for there own road

    my rant for the day

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