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Russian ‘Terminators’ Roll Out for Victory Day Rehearsals
War is Boring ^
| April 12, 2018
| Robert Beckhusen
Posted on 04/12/2018 5:21:39 AM PDT by C19fan
Russia’s Victory Day parade on May 9, commemorating the victory over Nazi Germany, is an annual event for showing off military hardware in grand imperial style. Which is why military observers watch the proceedings closely. The parade is both a nationalistic display and a baring of military teeth for geopolitical purposes.
The 2018 parade also comes during another period of heightened tensions as U.S. Pres. Donald Trump mulls a strike on Syria following a chemical weapons attack on Douma — carried out by what appears to be Syrian Mi-8 helicopters dropping chlorine cylinders.
(Excerpt) Read more at warisboring.com ...
TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: afv; armor; russia
The "Terminator" is a armor vehicle optimized for urban warfare based off the T-72 chassis. It is in a sense a modern day version of the Wehrmacht Sturmgeschütz.
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posted on
04/12/2018 5:21:39 AM PDT
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C19fan
To: C19fan
Folks keep telling me that War is Boring is a Russian and/or globalist front, and I am not to trust it.
Still, I love the tanks!
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posted on
04/12/2018 5:23:14 AM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Idiocracy is here, and it votes democrat.)
To: T-Bone Texan
I ignore the political commentary articles on that site but the factual/historical stuff is good.
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posted on
04/12/2018 5:24:29 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: T-Bone Texan
Folks keep telling me that War is Boring is a Russian and/or globalist front, and I am not to trust it.Personally, I like The War Zone.
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posted on
04/12/2018 6:00:03 AM PDT
by
Tonytitan
To: C19fan
The article is incorrect in calling the su 47 a stealth fighter. The stealth fighter is an su 57.
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posted on
04/12/2018 6:10:21 AM PDT
by
BBell
(calm down and eat your sandwiches)
To: T-Bone Texan
Always liked tanks myself.
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posted on
04/12/2018 6:28:07 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: C19fan
Is it similar to the "EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle" from the movie Stripes?
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posted on
04/12/2018 7:04:17 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
To: T-Bone Texan
Remember:
It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a tank to raze a village.
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posted on
04/12/2018 7:06:06 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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