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I suppose US cable channels have got to fill the air time with something....
These so called "best of" surveys are fairly pointless as well as under researched. The Abrams is a fine tank for open country work against other armour, provided the logisitic train can keep the thing running, but it's too big and vulnerable for urban warfare. It was designed with a Red Army invasion of Europe in mind - it really isn't a good tank for modern asymmetric warfare. Whenever the Abrams has been exercised against the Israeli Merkavas the Abrams doesn't do well.
Where is the Sherman in this list? Or have the self-induced problems with US Shermans in Europe in 1944 overwhelmed an objective analysis of this tank. Where's the Centurion? - it had a longer service life than just about any other tank and proved to be more than a match for the best tanks of the same period.
Regards,
Charlie
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