M1系列主战坦克自装备使用至今已有18年了。美军部队官兵在使用和维修中,一直在犯同样的简单错误,轻者出现故障,重者更造成人员伤亡事故。尽管在设计上有所改进,训练上也有所加强,故障和事故仍继续发生。美国《ARMOR》杂志曾载文介绍了在使用和维修中出现的诸多问题以及解决这些问题的方法,现摘译如下,供参考。 ——译者 The M1 series main battle tank has been in use for 18 years. The officers and soldiers of the U.S. military have been making the same simple mistakes in their use and maintenance, with the light ones failing. The heavier people have even caused casualties. Despite improvements in design and training, failures and accidents continue to occur. The United States “ARMOR” magazine has written an article on the use of and maintenance of many problems and methods to solve these problems, are now extracted as follows, for reference. - translator