Note: SLC armor means Steel/Laminate/Composite. Forgot to mention that. OOAK= One of a Kind, but that should be obvious! And I'll add another odd fact for tanks in the modern era- German tank commanders are taught NOT to stick their heads out of the tank during combat to call the shots visually as in WW2. They have to rely on their rangefinder, optics, and gunner! The German commanders complain that the Israelis do it all the time with the Merkava MBTs. The French do it too in Africa with many armed AFVs. The Leclerc is in the top 5 tanks in the world after the Leo IIA-7++, the M-1A-2++ Abrams, the Japanese Type 90, and Challenger II. Leclerc became operational in 1992, 13 years after the Leo II, Abrams, and Challenger. Japanese Type 90 is basically a Japanese Leo II tank version with indigenous hydro-pneumatic suspension and an autoloader. FYI

From what I've read, the female voice is used in these command situations because a tank or aircrewman is more likely to hear and respond to it, rather that to a robotic male voice.

Hell of a parody, Robert. Give yourself another handful of 5s.

30 hits, 9 votes, 2 negative 1-bombs, and 7 positive. WTF???

Other submissions on the same day received no more than 3 straight 5s and 5 votes. You now have 10 votes with 8 straight 5s. This is a consistent phenomenon. A 1-bomb is quickly countered by enough straight 5s to keep your average above 4. WTF, indeed, especially for inferior parodies. And for God's sake, don't write a chest-thumping, unspaced, lengthy essay in response. NFR.

Give it a rest SH(-T Talker), you obviously haven't been on AiR very long to make such stupid accusations. Any political parody or cultural parody (racism, Islam, etc...) can get 20+ 5s and 1-bomb combos for those that like the topic or are offended by it. Nothing new at all. I now have 42 hits, so 12 more and only 1 more 555 after a day. I can't control when or who votes nor why, but many 555 votes are counter votes to 111s based on ideology wars, silent support for friends or topics... duh... you ever thought of that or see it in action? I have given 555s on others' parodies to counter 111s. I have done it for Max Power when he was cyber-bullied here and I have done it for CML and others over Rightwing politics and foreign policy, for gun advocacy, etc... so others do it too. I also have my own crew that is loyal to me and will back me up. Anyone can vote here, even non-parodists. The only thing I do on my parodies is defend my threads from blatant personal attacks which are verboten by the comment rules. No censorship, just valid complaints of profanity, vulgarity, and libel/labeling. You would think the high vets would follow the rules of AiR, but they don't. The preach and are hypocrites, 5'ing their own pals who may or may not in many cases deserve that rating. Not everything they write is gold, that's just common sense and is empirically evident in most cases. Even JAB has drawn low numbers and 1-bomb hits and the 1-bombers were here long before I came here in 2011. You can see it on many high vet author sheets. I know that when I get here with 10-15 votes that I am already 1-bombed and then others join in throughout the day. The number of hits depends on the comments page battles and are personal. And who cares what day it is? Not a factor at all b/c it depends on numeric order, topic, and who is and is not onsite for that day. The number one parody at the top of the list typically gets more views than those at the bottom, esp. on a long list day. When it's 1-2 parodies then it is a battle between me (who posts everyday) and possibly a high vet who doesn't like me. We both seem to get instant 5s and then the bombs start coming in on both sides. I certainly have those that like my parodies of war and guns and whatever... but few comment with the personal vendettas going on. I don't comment much myself and have rated people 5s. I only comment if I have something to say... NFR

Do you have any evidence to back up the accusation of hypocrisy? If not, keep your assertions to yourself, as an unprejudiced observer might just detect a whiff of double-standards about your own complaints.