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Syrian tank brews up in Darya district of Damascus after being hit
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| Jan 25, 2013
| Norasaman23
Posted on 01/30/2013 9:21:50 PM PST by Zhang Fei
The impact is from some kind of anti-tank weapon. Can't tell if it's been doctored, but the footage is pretty dramatic:
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assad; fsa; syria
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:22:02 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
To: Zhang Fei
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:24:46 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Zhang Fei
WTH..., where did that Hodad come from with his clothes blown to rags...?
3
posted on
01/30/2013 9:27:50 PM PST
by
freebilly
To: Zhang Fei
I never saw anything incoming it just suddenly blew up. And who was the guy that ran away from near it later? I didn’t get that either, maybe there was an accident inside the tank and a shell exploded.
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:28:30 PM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: Zhang Fei
That's what happens when you use a high explosive anti-tank round to hit a tank fully loaded with high explosive rounds for the main gun, and machine gun ammunition.
To: hinckley buzzard
It looked like it blew up from inside to me, maybe that wierd guy running away later in the video had dropped a granade inside it somehow.
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:31:43 PM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: freebilly
WTH..., where did that Hodad come from with his clothes blown to rags...?My guess is that he was standing behind the tank. No way anyone could have gotten out of that tank alive.
Mark
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:31:43 PM PST
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: TexasFreeper2009
Another thing I don’t get is - where the heck was the supporting infantry?
8
posted on
01/30/2013 9:31:53 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: TexasFreeper2009
Yep...it almost looks like a main gun round cooked off in the tube with the breech open, and the rest of the ammo in turret storage went up.
9
posted on
01/30/2013 9:32:27 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Zhang Fei
In slo mo looks like the round in the breech cooked off or was otherwise set off prior to closure. There is fire coming out of the tube same time as the explosion in the turret.
10
posted on
01/30/2013 9:33:20 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: Joe 6-pack
For their sakes, I hope whoever was in that tank died instantly.
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:36:35 PM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I think you’re right. Cooked off a round or fired out of battery somehow.
12
posted on
01/30/2013 9:37:20 PM PST
by
Tailback
To: Zhang Fei
Those look like t-72’s. If memory serves, the main battle gun’s ammo is stored in the rear. As another poster pointed out, one might have gone off in the breach prematurely. That could have definitely cooked off the rest (I don’t think the warhead is “armed” until spun out of the barrel, but it has been a while)
To: TexasFreeper2009
Here’s a frame by frame video. Looks like an external projectile ruined the tank’s day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKbfuwMc66E
Also, looks like the dude who ran away from it was crew that got blown out of the turret, which does happen occasionally.
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:39:11 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: TexasFreeper2009
I never saw anything incoming it just suddenly blew up. And who was the guy that ran away from near it later? I didnt get that either, maybe there was an accident inside the tank and a shell exploded.The lack of people and activity around the tanks makes me wonder if they were abandoned after they ran out of diesel and then blown up by the rebels.
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:40:08 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Zhang Fei
Frame by frame looks like an anti tank round hits the turret, and then some of the explosion vents out the main gun barrel.
To: MarkL; Zhang Fei; Joe 6-pack; going hot
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:41:26 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Zhang Fei
Looks like ragtags demolishing abandoned/captured equipment for video. Or maybe gubmint troops do it to prevent passing tanks to jihadis.
To: Spktyr
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:44:37 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: Zhang Fei
After the first tank gets blown up, the track commander pops up out of the background tank and the foreground tank elevates its main gun, traverses left a bit, depresses the gun a bit then traverses left more. I think those tanks are live and not abandoned.
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posted on
01/30/2013 9:45:32 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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