Tanks Light Up Georgia

Marine Link ^ | March 4, 2004 | 1stLt Kate S. Vanden Bossche

[PhilDragoo]

Gladys Knight and the Pips doing a few test rounds of "Midnight Tank to Georgia"--

Vladimir Putin was deeply saddened.

[Darksheare]

Egads that's nasty stuff!
Denatured alcohol if you're lucky!

[archy]

Hmm... BMP-1 IFVs, based on the main gun caliber.

Don't think so. The BMP-1 is most usually seen with the 73mm 2A28 low-pressure rocket-assisted projectile launcher. BMP-2 more usually mounts the 30mm 2A42 auto-cannon, though retrofits are possible, and some BMP-2's have themselves been retrofitted with the upgunned Kliver turret. Now, that is a nice vehicle, IMHO. Can take out anything (thanks to having an ATGM), and has a squad of infantry as well.

Also usefully amphibious, though the minimal armor required to achieve that capability makes the vehicle vulnerable to RPGs and mines. Those Russian crews who have any choice in the matter generally prefer the heavier and roomier MTLV, but most don't have that choice. The Greeks and Swedes of NATO seem reasonably pleased with the ones they picked up from Germany's sale of reworked former East German vehicles, though they removed the 40-round autoloader from the 73mm gun/launcher, noted for causing crew injuries. South Korea also picked up 40 or so.

Not quite as good as a Bradley, but you can get three of those for the price of one Bradley.

BMP-3, which mounts a 100mm gun in some versions, only weighs in at 17 tons, so comparisons between the BMP and Bradley really stretch a range of differing characteristics and design goals...unless they ever go head-to-head. Hope not. But both are excellent, now well-developed vehicles.

[archy]

Egads that's nasty stuff!

Denatured alcohol if you're lucky!

I used boiling water to melt away most of the parafin, and the leftover residue seemed to be a mix of fish oil and creosote. After the worst of it was off, mineral spirits worked pretty well, followed by a blast from the hot wash wand at the carwash. But after firing a few magazines' worth of ammo and warming them up, there'd still be dark weeping of the stuff from cracks and crevices. I've always wondered what their troops in the field used.

[windchime]

Bump!

[Darksheare]

*wincing*
Probably broke it down to the metal parts and burned the stuff off.
Heck, with their fighters in WWII during the winter, they'd start a fire under the engine cowling to get the darn engines to start.
They'd also boil the lube off the machine guns because the lube would freeze in the cold.
*wincing*

I cannot imagine what the stuff looked like running from the cracks and crevices like that.