Biden approves sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine

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34. One thing the Ukrainian tankers are really going to love about the Abrams:

The turbine-engine exhaust. Nothing in the world on a freezing day like cranking up the tank, then standing behind the thing, basking in the warm exhaust of the engine. The engine is nice and quiet, and there's almost none of the dirty, lung-irritating smoky exhaust characteristic of a diesel engine.

We'd stand behind the tank until the warmth saturated our clothing, then climb aboard, crank the crew-space heater, and roll out for another winter's day in the field.