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Russia's new high-tech Armata tank just broke down in the middle of a rehearsal parade
BUSINESS INSIDER ^
| MAY 7, 2015
| MIKE BIRD
Posted on 05/07/2015 5:06:45 AM PDT by McGruff
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Ruh, Roh. Somebody's going to be reassigned to the Siberian front.
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:06:45 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: McGruff
That’s why Russian ships always travel the seas with a tugboat.
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:09:29 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
You make Putin sad.
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:10:51 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
To: McGruff
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:12:18 AM PDT
by
lormand
(Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
To: McGruff
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:16:43 AM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: McGruff
“See, Vasily? Is what happens when you use cheap vodka instead of twenty-weight, like manual says...”
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:20:55 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: McGruff
Reminds me of when Obama's "Beast" hung up...lolol....
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:23:08 AM PDT
by
caww
To: AppyPappy
Thats why Russian ships always travel the seas with a tugboat. 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...
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:23:10 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: grobdriver
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.
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:30:33 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: grobdriver
They might yearn for the T-34, the tank that was said to win the war for the Soviets, based on an American design.
Tanks Encyclopedia:T34
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.
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:31:15 AM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama:Misbegotten, Godforsaken Bastard Offspring of Satan And Medusa.)
To: AppyPappy
I imagine they were in ballast for the ride, and they did it time after time, year after year... SOP.
Don't remember what class we were hunting then - been a few decades.
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:40:17 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: lbryce
They have several T-34s at the war museum in Kiev. They are not as big as one would think but are well balanced and the tracks are very wide. Interestingly, in their haste to produce them, the finish on these is very rough with seams not ground down evenly etc.
A tough reliable competitor.
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:40:27 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: All
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:44:22 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
To: McGruff
Love to but shipping would be murder.
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:51:07 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: lbryce
The only reason the Krauts were still in the game was the radio’s in their tanks. Ivan couldn’t coordinate nearly as well.
To: McGruff
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:54:24 AM PDT
by
Eddie01
(Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
To: McGruff
The Russkis throw nothing away.
Old tanks (back to the 40s) are dug in as steel pillboxes. Never forget the Russki military proverb
Quantity has a Quality all its own.
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posted on
05/07/2015 6:03:19 AM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Hi! We're having a constitutional crisis. Come on over!)
To: grobdriver
Victor was the most common attack class I think. The boomers seemed to be more of a threat to the crew than us.
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posted on
05/07/2015 6:04:28 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Jimmy Valentine
The Tank Museum in Danville Va had a T-34 and would take it out to run it for demos.
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posted on
05/07/2015 6:05:33 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: McGruff
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