Posted on 04/28/2022 8:48:08 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Russian tanks with their tops blown off are just the latest sign that Russia's invasion of Ukraine isn't going to plan.
Hundreds of Russian tanks are thought to have been destroyed since Moscow launched its offensive, with British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on Monday estimating it had lost as many as 580.
But Moscow's problems go beyond the sheer number of tanks it has lost. Experts say battlefield images show Russian tanks are suffering from a defect that Western militaries have known about for decades and refer to as the "jack-in-the-box effect." Moscow, they say, should have seen the problem coming.
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people here can be nasty like Pelosi
Wallace is actually an interesting surname.
Like William Wallace.
It is derived from the Germanic word for non Germanic speaker, “Wahl-”. That’s why you have the exonym Wales, Walloon and Wallachia.
The Germanic word for italy was transmitted to Poland and that’s why the Polish word for Italy is Włochy .
William Wallace was most likely from Strathylclyde, the area of Ault Cluth, or the Old North, one of the last Breton kingdoms that held out against the Angles in the north before being incorporated into Scotland along with the Scotti (an Irish people!) and the Picts.
I imagine they'll now fully armor the top with some kind of hydraulics to open the far heavier hatch.
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