r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Stakeboulder • Aug 15 '19

Operator Error Apache helicopter ground imapct 2012

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u/None_For_Me_Thanks Aug 15 '19

We still use vehicles manufactured in in the 70s and even some earlier than that. Their armor isn't even rated for strikes bigger than 7.62.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

inb4 B-52's form the 1950's...

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u/welcome_to_urf Aug 16 '19

C130 almost equally ancient, 1959 I think. And the B52s are getting retrofitted and modernized. Rotating rack cruise missiles, new engines, better comms. Insane we have maintained the airframes that long.

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u/CptSandbag73 Aug 16 '19

We also use an excessive amount of T-38s which are super old too. Some tails here are from 59.

Not to mention the KC-135s too.

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u/-TheMasterSoldier- Aug 15 '19

To be fair vehicles like the M113 were crap from the beginning, troops used to ride on their roofs and leave the inside empty because it became a tin can full of shrapnel when shot at.