FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — The Army is getting serious about video games. Computer simulators are being used at Fort Carson, Colorado, to recreate M-1 tanks and M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
The 30 simulators cost the Army about 50 million dollars. But Staff Sergeant Robert Pagan feels it's money well spent. He says the computer simulation helps to save lives, not to mention fuel.
The government pegs the cost of operating one of the heavy tanks at more than 180 dollars per mile. The soldiers say about the only thing the computers can't replicate is the smell of being inside of a tank.
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