>>23284488>>23284516No, he is saying that the MBT 70 program failed to produce the MBT 70.
So the MBT 70 program failed.
The results, prototypes and experience of that program were the foundation for the M1 Abrams and the Leopard 2, though.
Which proved (and still prove today) to be very good tanks.
The gun was also used in an M60 upgrade and on the M551 Sheridan light tank.
Unfortunately, the US military procurement program today is more like a milking cow for the military industrial complex, and less about producing good and reliable weapons systems.