Tsar Tank 1915
Posted on 03/22/2023 12:14:16 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246
Russia has taken tanks from the 1940s out of storage, according to new images from a monitoring group, as it continues to lose large numbers of tanks in Ukraine.
The Conflict Intelligence Team, a group that monitors Russia's military, shared images of the antique tanks on a train.
It said that the images show T-54 tanks, which the Soviet Union started producing in 1947, moving west from the far east of Russia.
While other old tanks have been used by Russia in Ukraine, none have been as old as the T-54, the group said.
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“And they pulled out their WWI tanks 8 months ago too.”
Russia didn’t have any tanks in WWI. Well, none that were ever operational.
“If Israel breaks out David’s slingshot, it’s all over.”
England could counter with Excalibur, but some silly git tossed it into a lake last I heard.
Sure they are.
Why would they keep old WWII and before, tanks around? Spare parts in good supply? Has Russia shut down their military-based plants for hardware and ammo?
That’s a ballista. A trebuchet is counterweight catapult.
YEP. XI has Putin on a leash.
Where’s the vaunted T-14 Armada? What about the Su-57? What’s Russia saving them for?
Oh yeah!?
What about the feared Tsar Tank, huh??
Some watery tart distribuin swords is no basis for a system of government.
Thanks!
I would not want a group of tanks coming toward me - whatever their age. And “started producing in 1947” does not mean they are all made in 1947 or have all been in mothballs since that time.
That didn’t take long. I thought of the same thing when I first read the headline, but just knew someone else had the same thought.
The Russians have very few operational SU-57s. A number of them have been shot down over Ukraine.
I wasn’t aware of any Su-57 being shot down.
Had to look that up...
kacap m pers (feminine kacapka) 1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Russki 2. (derogatory) narrow-mindedperson
Another etymology is from цап (cap, “billy goat”) with a prefix ка- (ka-). Likening a stereotypically bearded Russian man to a goat. An alleged folk etymology …
That’s not a trebuchet...
And the soldiers look more Persian. Or Greek.
That’s that tank that was built like a tricycle but still could clear a trench.
It may still be stuck somewhere near Leningrad’s marshes.
LOL! Re-envisioning armored vehicles!
Tsar Tank 1915
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