Actually... the M1A1 entered service waaaaay back in 1985. 1,848 A1's were deployed for Desert Storm. Although I don't need a reference to know what kind of tank I was on - not to nitpick;) Congrats on the TT-VIII - I remember our first Distinguished rating, felt pretty kickass.
I remember being called a liar by an instructor during gunnery training at Ft. Knox back in '91. He simply couldn't believe that I was not a re-enlistee and had not gunned an M1 before. "M1 Tank Platoon!" I kept telling him. It actually taught me quite a bit and trained me on the basic skills before I ever got to basic training. That game as well as the old Star Wars arcade game (the M1's controls are of similiar design) gave me a leg up on the other recruits and carried over to my development of real life skills gunning the M1A1 in Kuwait.
Here's a sample of the software license. "This License allows you to use the Software on a single personal computer for non-commercial entertainment purposes only..."
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Actually... the M1A1 entered service waaaaay back in 1985. 1,848 A1's were deployed for Desert Storm. Although I don't need a reference to know what kind of tank I was on - not to nitpick ;) Congrats on the TT-VIII - I remember our first Distinguished rating, felt pretty kickass.
I remember being called a liar by an instructor during gunnery training at Ft. Knox back in '91. He simply couldn't believe that I was not a re-enlistee and had not gunned an M1 before. "M1 Tank Platoon!" I kept telling him. It actually taught me quite a bit and trained me on the basic skills before I ever got to basic training. That game as well as the old Star Wars arcade game (the M1's controls are of similiar design) gave me a leg up on the other recruits and carried over to my development of real life skills gunning the M1A1 in Kuwait.
Here's a sample of the software license. "This License allows you to use the Software on a single personal computer for non-commercial entertainment purposes only..."