Posted on 11/14/2024 9:32:10 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin has been forced to call up dozens of creaking T-55 tanks used by Russia's Hollywood as props in war films.
The army has raided the Mosfilm warehouses in its desperation to invade Ukraine.
Desperate Russian president Putin thanked movie chief Karen Shakhnazarov for the outdated Cold War military hardware during a Kremlin meeting.
'We have handed over to the [Russian] Armed Forces 28 T-55 tanks, eight PT-76 tanks, six BMPs (combat vehicles) and eight tractors [that] we had stored at the military-technical base,' Shakhnazarov said.
'I found out that there was a need, contacted the Ministry of Defence and they took these vehicles. In short, these are our results.'
Putin acknowledged the importance of the contribution of the geriatric military equipment. 'We are proud of Mosfilm - thank you,' he said.
Shakhnazarov branded the move 'charitable assistance' by the Russian film industry to Putin's war.
The T-55 is a Soviet-made main battle tank first produced in the late 1950s.
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Actually these would serve as good decoy targets for Ukie drones. Next to zero cost to Putin, while Ukies waste tech. A little bit of desperation coupled with a replay of some WW2 stratagems. The Ukies might retaliate by using practice drones. All in all another example of the wasteful stalemate this has become and will remain.
What Kuks doink?
swill Stewart of the Daily Fail is a gasbag fabulist for MI-6.
MI-6 posts its daily propaganda piece.
Words can’t express how little I care about the Russians or the Ukrainians. I just want the Ukrainians to stop taking my tax dollars to fund their war.
A young recruit shows up to boot camp late. He goes to get his gun and the man in charge tells him, he’s too late. They are all out. Not knowing what else to do, the man breaks off the end of a broom stick and says; “See here kid, whenever they tell you to shoot, you just point this stick at the target and yell “Bangity-bang-bang!”
Kid says ‘okay’, but what about a bayonet?
Guy takes one straw from the end and ties it to the end of the stick and says; “Okay, so whenever they tell you to stab something, you just point the stick like so and yell “stabbity-stab-stab!”
So the kid goes all the way through boot camp that way. He thinks he might have the idea, but he’s really hoping he’ll get the real thing soon.
Only he doesn’t. The kid’s unit gets rushed out for the invasion, and he gets all the way to Normandy and he’s still got his broom-stick in place of a gun. The kid tries to tell somebody, but they just push him into the landing craft. He actually storms the beach with a broomstick in his hand.
And then he sees a German, and he doesn’t know what to do. the German is shooting at him. So, in desperation, the kid points the stick and says; “bangity-bang-bang!”
And the German dies.
Kid can’t believe it! But he’s surrounded by Germans, so he tries it again; “bangity-bang-bang!”
The next one goes right down.
So, the kid just keeps doing it; “bangity-bang-bang! bangity-bang-bang! bangity-bang-bang! bangity-bang-bang!”
…and the German soldiers go down every time.
He storms a German machine gun nest and kills a bunch of them saying “bangity-bang-bang!” Then one charges at him. He doesn’t know what else to do so he points the end of the broom-stick at him and yells; “stabbity-stab-stab!” The guy falls right down.
So the kid just keeps going, all through D-Day; “bangity-bang-bang! bangity-bang-bang! bangity-bang-bang! bangity-bang-bang!”
And the Germans just keep right on falling down.
Except this one big guy.
That one German just keeps coming.
The kid points his stick and shouts; “bangity-bang-bang!”
The German keeps coming.
The kid points the stick at him up close and yells; “stabbity-stab-stab!”
And the German just walks right over him.
And as he does, the kid hears “tankity-tank-tank!”
What Kursk counteroffensive doink?
Kyiv in 3 days!
Haven’t heard that one in a while!
It’s a good one. :)
LOL!
It was a basic training joke way back in 1982 (and likely way before then).
Tell MI-6 to give The Putin his Taylor Swift passion doll back.
LOL!! Great!!
First two words in the title and I knew who posted this, lol.
LOL! I read Brit Spies as “Brittany Spears.”
I wonder if President Trump can cancel your Mark Milley's pension.
Tell your Mark Milley that he can always Jump Against Trump.
Taylor: “DAMN you, Brittany!!”
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