You make Putin sad.
Posted on 05/07/2015 5:06:45 AM PDT by McGruff
Russia's new Armata battle tank, which is set to officially debut in Moscow for the Victory Day parade on Saturday, May 9, appears to have broken down during a dress rehearsal on Thursday, according to reports from Russian media and a video of the parade from RuptlyTV.
The rest of the parade continued while the Armata sat motionless. It appeared to be attached to a vehicle in front by a cord. Here it is from a little further out:
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That’s why Russian ships always travel the seas with a tugboat.
You make Putin sad.
Putin sad = McGruff sad
Putin sad = McGruff sad
“See, Vasily? Is what happens when you use cheap vodka instead of twenty-weight, like manual says...”
Ha! That's funny, right there.
When I as a P-3 Cold War Warrior and we were monitoring Ruskies subs deploying from Vladivostok down through the Sea of Japan and on into the Indian ocean, they were easy to track at first because they always had a frigate towing them on the surface.
Once they got through the straits of Malacca they would get turned loose, and the hunt was on for real.
My first crew chief told me they did that to save their equipment...
That sounds like a lousy reason considering how long they will be at sea. Leaving the dock and heading out to sea is the time when you find out if everything is working properly. You don’t want to to find otherwise when you are in open seas especially in a sub. Remember, a sub doesn’t have a keel. When they surface, they roll around pretty badly.
The T-34 was and remains a legend. It is not only the most produced tank of WWII, with 84,000 in built (compared to the 48,966 Shermans of all versions) but also one of the longest-serving tanks ever built.
Many are still extent in depots in Asia and Africa, some served actively during the 90's (like during the 1991-99 Yugoslavian war). They were part of countless armored forces around the globe from the fifties to the eighties. The basic design was drawn for the first time in 1938 with the A-32, derived from the BT-7M, a late evolution of the US-borne Christie tank. The first version T-34/76 came as a nasty surprise for the overconfident German troops in the fall of 1941, when it was first committed en masse.
The Germans had nothing comparable. Not only were they able to cope with the mud and snow with their large tracks, but they came with a perfect combination of thick and highly sloped armor, efficient gun, good speed and autonomy and, above all, extreme sturdiness, reliability, ease of manufacturing and maintenance.
A perfect winner for an industrial war and a significant leap in tank design.
Don't remember what class we were hunting then - been a few decades.
A tough reliable competitor.
Love to but shipping would be murder.
The only reason the Krauts were still in the game was the radio’s in their tanks. Ivan couldn’t coordinate nearly as well.
ok. that’s funny.
Old tanks (back to the 40s) are dug in as steel pillboxes. Never forget the Russki military proverb
Victor was the most common attack class I think. The boomers seemed to be more of a threat to the crew than us.
The Tank Museum in Danville Va had a T-34 and would take it out to run it for demos.
Typical Russian junk.
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