You hit the tank in the engine/trans area or the front, it's likely to not explode. Hit the turret/fuel tanks, it likely will.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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You hit the tank in the engine/trans area or the front, it's likely to not explode. Hit the turret/fuel tanks, it likely will.
Why do we keep seeing videos of tanks and other armored vehicles blowing up but no Russian infantry nearby? I’m no military guy but they appear to be sitting ducks out there
I've been wondering that too. Maybe they can't convince the infantry to get out and screen the armor
It's possible they're around, but flanking (off to the sides). We'll used one in support of the other, but not directly...meaning able to respond, but not right next to in the same area. To difficult to interlace effective fire between separate types of unit.
Lyrics
Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun
With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done
The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day
So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray
Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war
With their fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore
For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese
Roland the Thompson gunner
Roland the Thompson gunner
His comrades fought beside him - Van Owen and the rest
But of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best
So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead
That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland's head
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Norway's bravest son (to even up the score)
They can still see his headless body stalking through the night
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
Roland searched the continent for the man who'd done him in
He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin
Roland aimed his Thompson gun - he didn't say a word
But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Talkin' about the man
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
The eternal Thompson gunner
Still wandering through the night
Now it's ten years later but he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley
Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it
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Songwriters: Warren William Zevon / David Lindell
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner lyrics © Zevon Music, Songs Of Universal Inc.
If I were a 20 year old conscript invading a country I am so culturally aligned with, and not being welcomed as promised, I'd probably lay to the rear and say to myself, "F those guys in the tanks. They have tanks. They'll be fine".
I honestly think there is a lot of that going on.
Sorry if posted, but a top Russian intelligence chief and his deputy have been arrested on suspicion of corruption. I guess they could not publicly say they were arrested for promising Putin an easy victory.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-spy-chiefs-under-house-163301889.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-spy-chiefs-under-house-163301889.html
I think it is dumb artillery. I thought I recalled how they could put fins and a guidance head on a shell but maybe I was thinking of bombs. This article is interesting.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/r...super-optically-guided-artillery-shell-179554
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This perception is important. The wider the coalition, the stronger we seem and the more support we’ll get worldwide.
I watched a video of Jennifer Griffin breaking down in tears sharing the news. Very sad.
Now do Tucker's and Laura's reactions.
I think Nat found out…
This is super late, but such a fun story.
The electric car chargers along one of the most important freeways in Russia are all down Monday after the Ukrainian company tasked with building the main components in the chargers used backdoor access to hack them, shut them down, and program anti-Putin/pro-Ukrainian messages to scroll past on their screens.
jalopnik.com
The electric car chargers along one of the most important freeways in Russia are all down Monday after the Ukrainian company tasked with building the main components in the chargers used backdoor access to hack them, shut them down, and program anti-Putin/pro-Ukrainian messages to scroll past on their screens.
Russian Company Outsourced The Main Components In EV Chargers To A Ukrainian Company, Hilarity Ensues
Chargers up and down the Moscow-St. Petersburg motorway are shut down
jalopnik.com
You’d probably enjoy the book Death Traps, by Belton Cooper.
Cooper served with the 3rd Armored Division during World War II, and saw action from the Invasion of Normandy in 1944 through the Allied invasion of Germany in 1945. He was tasked with the "recovery, repair, and maintenance" of US tanks during the war. As part of his duties he regularly traveled through "the void", an area ranging from a few miles to as many as 50 miles (80 km) between the front lines and US supply trains, to deliver loss reports to commanders, which were too sensitive to transmit via radio. He refers to this as "running the gauntlet", due to the tendency of Allied armored forces to bypass some German elements in their advance, leaving pockets of enemy forces between the quickly advancing armor, and the trailing infantry units.
To your point about maintaining the offensive, from the book:
The 3rd Armored Division entered combat in Normandy with 232 M4 Sherman tanks. During the European Campaign, the Division had some 648 Shermans completely destroyed in combat and we had another 700 knocked out, repaired, and put back into operation. This was a loss rate of 580 percent.
‘Dumb’ rounds.
The laser guided ones have slots for deployable fins:
Before this war I had not heard of this stuff. Amazing technology killing the Russians!
New range-doubling GPS-guided Army artillery smart munitions destroy targets as far away as 40 miles
Extended Range Cannon Artillery preserves GPS-guided qualities of the Excalibur shell, and extends attack ranges from 19 miles to almost 44 miles.
Coal is just so much dirtier than the rest of fossil fuels. I am no tree hugger but I think we can at least try to cut out the worst. If you have ever been to large cities in many Asian countries (China and Taiwan I have seen in person) you would agree.
Footage of Ukraine hitting occupied Kherson airport, and Russian troops "hurriedly" pulling out. Hope it's true!
I say this somewhat seriously, if you look at the upper/right of the screen at about the 8 or 9 sec mark, there is something flying across. I'm pretty sure that's the TC (tank commander). The shape is right. Unless there's a hatch cover or (as we call it) sponson cover roughly that shape.
I thought maybe a piece of the skirt, the armor covering the track, road wheels and idler arms. But I don't think the Russian tanks have that large of panels on the skirt. Plus, unless it was a mine just inside thw track on that side, it wouldn't fly off in that direction.
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Like the sherpas who prepare the trail and haul all the stuff, so people can claim they “climbed” Everest.
We’re not even giving Ukraine the best stuff. Night vision equipment has gotten so good. I can’t imagine going to war with Russia has.
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You're right. That's a dude.
It's their responsibility to shoot the deserters. 😉
I was reading somewhere that a French sniper is in Ukraine now. He is supposed to be one of the best in the world.
