Kia Johnson
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It's called an M1E3 tank.
And it's this massive green vehicle with a very long, imposing turret that comes from the front of it.
And at the top, there's all of these components.
There's several guns, all this military hardware that comes out of the top of it.
And there's cameras all around on the sides.
They lift the top of it, and then you go down into this
quarters, which three people can fit down there.
So they have controllers on each one of the seats and these kind of gaming-like chairs.
And the gaming aspect isn't an accident.
I spoke to Colonel Ryan Howell.
He said that they're very familiar with the soldiers in the military because they already are using this for their downtime.
So it kind of cuts down the training period because they already have the basic skills to maneuver their gaming systems.
He said that the robotics and drones are just playing a big part in our warfare capabilities and our strategy, that these things are going to be leading the way so that our soldiers don't have to.
This is a war machine and it has more technology than any of us can even imagine.