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the longest tank-to-tank kill in military history. On the 26th of February 1991, Captain Tim Perrick, was having a quiet nap in his tank, but he was about to make history. As day broke, his crew noticed Iraqi tanks in the distance. One of them, a T-55, was 4,700 m or nearly 3 mi away, four times the battle range of their Challenger 1. When they fired the main gun, the round took nearly three full seconds to reach the target. When it did, a massive fireball erupted in the distance. Perbrick’s crew had just achieved

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  1. There seems to be a lot of debate on hereabout whether it was the crew’s calculations or the tanks computer that made the shot along with how much luck was involved.
    I have no idea what the answer to that is but what I am sure of, is that at least on this occasion, the crew used the equipment available to the best of their ability

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