Originally Posted by
tartare
But M1 Abrams - really - to protect expeditionary infantry embarked overseas?
Abrams are being purchased for use in australia. Australia is perfect for armored / mechanised warfare. It was something we knew even back in the WW2, when Japan entered the war, Australia started to concentrate on armored/mechanised forces for the defence of australia. So much so that they never had any suitable forces to send to PNG so had to a send militia reinforced by units from africa.