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Posted: 10/20/2022 6:14:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/20/2022 6:25:53 PM EDT
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Soviet/Russian Beriev Be-12 ASW/SAR amphibian
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Posted: 10/20/2022 6:51:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/WUnDuL3.jpg A British soldier with a group of children in Belfast, 1981.  My guess is, the kids are Billy Boys....doubt they would be that happy if they were Paddy's.. |
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Posted: 10/21/2022 5:14:01 PM EDT
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 This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world |
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Posted: 10/21/2022 7:02:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Soviet/Russian Beriev Be-12 ASW/SAR amphibian https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/be-12_jpg-2570184.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/be-12_3_jpg-2570182.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/be-12_2_jpg-2570186.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/be-12_4_jpg-2570191.JPG Martin Marinerski? PBMski? |
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Posted: 10/22/2022 8:00:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW: Martin Marinerski? PBMski? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW: Originally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Soviet/Russian Beriev Be-12 ASW/SAR amphibian https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/be-12_jpg-2570184.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/be-12_3_jpg-2570182.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/be-12_2_jpg-2570186.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/be-12_4_jpg-2570191.JPG Martin Marinerski? PBMski? My grandfather was a plane captain on PBMs with VPB-26 during WWII, and this was my immediate reaction as well.
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Posted: 10/23/2022 10:43:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat is a pretty cool picture. |
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Posted: 10/23/2022 7:38:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:49:07 AM EDT
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 On October 17, 2022, the first six German Marder 1A3 tracked armored IFVs were delivered to the Greek army. (Picture source Greek MoD) |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 11:19:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW: Martin Marinerski? PBMski?  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 11:34:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/25/2022 5:51:23 AM EDT
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 Leopard 2 first series prototype is presented to representatives of Great Britain, France and the USA. Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Desert testing. September 15, 1975 |
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Posted: 10/25/2022 7:49:05 AM EDT
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 PLZ-05 self propelled howitzer of the PLA in a live fire exercise in Xinjiang  Syrian Golan-1000 MLR |
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Posted: 10/25/2022 1:42:50 PM EDT
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Good size comparison between the Su-30SM at left, Su-35 right, and MiG-29 in the middle. The Sukhois are notable for being among the largest planes in the conventional gen 4 twin engine fighter bomber layout while the MiG-29 is on the small end of that form. Some kind of joint Belarussian/Russian event.
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Posted: 10/25/2022 2:01:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: Good size comparison between the Su-30SM at left, Su-35 right, and MiG-29 in the middle. The Sukhois are notable for being among the largest planes in the conventional gen 4 twin engine fighter bomber layout while the MiG-29 is on the small end of that form. Some kind of joint Belarussian/Russian event. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Good_size_comparison_between_the_Su-30SM-2575719.JPG Size comparison between the SU and F-15.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/25/2022 2:56:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/25/2022 2:58:04 PM EDT
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 BPM-97 captured from Russian forces, repainted and put into service with Ukrainian forces |
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Posted: 10/25/2022 3:23:55 PM EDT
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 Flakpanzer Gepard Prototyp 5 PFZ-A, late 1960s   Over 50 years later, Gepard in the Ukraine hunting Orcs. Who would have thought it? |
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Posted: 10/30/2022 6:12:08 AM EDT
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 Leopard 2A4T1 |
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Posted: 10/31/2022 3:19:14 PM EDT
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 M41 vs Leopard Prototype |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 4:33:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/1/2022 4:42:57 PM EDT
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I've noticed that most Western tracked armored vehicles have rubber pads on the tracks, but with Russian/Soviet bloc stuff the tracks are all metal, much like a bulldozer or tracked loader in the US.
I would image the all metal tracks do much more damage to the roadways than the padded western style tracks do. |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 4:46:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bunn19: I've noticed that most Western tracked armored vehicles have rubber pads on the tracks, but with Russian/Soviet bloc stuff the tracks are all metal, much like a bulldozer or tracked loader in the US. I would image the all metal tracks do much more damage to the roadways than the padded western style tracks do. Yes |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 6:18:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryVideo unavailable This video is private |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 7:15:03 PM EDT
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Not sure if anybody posted this, but seems relevant based on what we're seeing in Ukraine.
Extended Range Cannon Artillery: https://www.overtdefense.com/2020/12/24/new-army-extended-range-cannon-hits-target-43-miles-away/  
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Posted: 11/1/2022 7:44:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dedreckon: Not sure if anybody posted this, but seems relevant based on what we're seeing in Ukraine. Extended Range Cannon Artillery: https://www.overtdefense.com/2020/12/24/new-army-extended-range-cannon-hits-target-43-miles-away/ https://www.overtdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/erca2.png https://defence-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DtQYQqiU8AAsmyC-1140x570.jpg You versus the guys she tells you not to worry about |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 7:49:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bunn19: I've noticed that most Western tracked armored vehicles have rubber pads on the tracks, but with Russian/Soviet bloc stuff the tracks are all metal, much like a bulldozer or tracked loader in the US. I would image the all metal tracks do much more damage to the roadways than the padded western style tracks do. That is a throwback to us being in West Germany and not tearing up the Autobahn and village streets. The Russians took the lessons learned from the Great War to make there track Grousers all steel, fuck roads, Need them to bite/dig into to snow/ice and frozen ground. If you look at pics of German leopard tanks, they have metal grousers that look like the letter X hanging on the front slope. They too learned valuable lessons fighting on the Eastern Front, and those metal grousers are used to replace random rubber ones to achieve a greater level of traction on Ice/snow/frozen ground. When the bullets are flying, nobody is going to give two fucks on missing trackpads. And yes, you can power slide a 60Ton tanks.... 
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Posted: 11/2/2022 5:50:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Harv24: That is a throwback to us being in West Germany and not tearing up the Autobahn and village streets. The Russians took the lessons learned from the Great War to make there track Grousers all steel, fuck roads, Need them to bite/dig into to snow/ice and frozen ground. If you look at pics of German leopard tanks, they have metal grousers that look like the letter X hanging on the front slope. They too learned valuable lessons fighting on the Eastern Front, and those metal grousers are used to replace random rubber ones to achieve a greater level of traction on Ice/snow/frozen ground. When the bullets are flying, nobody is going to give two fucks on missing trackpads. And yes, you can power slide a 60Ton tanks....  Not for the German streets. Mostly to reduce vibrations and noise and to increase the service life of the tracks. And the handling with rubber tracks is much better. The modern Russian AFVs are using them too.    |
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Posted: 11/2/2022 9:47:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Not for the German streets. Mostly to reduce vibrations and noise and to increase the service life of the tracks. And the handling with rubber tracks is much better. The modern Russian AFVs are using them too. https://i.imgur.com/11OqN4k.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qr4J7Q7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kkuQSGd.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By Harv24: That is a throwback to us being in West Germany and not tearing up the Autobahn and village streets. The Russians took the lessons learned from the Great War to make there track Grousers all steel, fuck roads, Need them to bite/dig into to snow/ice and frozen ground. If you look at pics of German leopard tanks, they have metal grousers that look like the letter X hanging on the front slope. They too learned valuable lessons fighting on the Eastern Front, and those metal grousers are used to replace random rubber ones to achieve a greater level of traction on Ice/snow/frozen ground. When the bullets are flying, nobody is going to give two fucks on missing trackpads. And yes, you can power slide a 60Ton tanks.... Not for the German streets. Mostly to reduce vibrations and noise and to increase the service life of the tracks. And the handling with rubber tracks is much better. The modern Russian AFVs are using them too. https://i.imgur.com/11OqN4k.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qr4J7Q7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kkuQSGd.jpg |
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Posted: 11/2/2022 10:26:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Merlin: Now tell us why the Russians (and the Germans during WWII) never use the upper wheelie things and let their tracks hang down like a floppy dick while Western tanks always seem to have them. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Merlin: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By Harv24: That is a throwback to us being in West Germany and not tearing up the Autobahn and village streets. The Russians took the lessons learned from the Great War to make there track Grousers all steel, fuck roads, Need them to bite/dig into to snow/ice and frozen ground. If you look at pics of German leopard tanks, they have metal grousers that look like the letter X hanging on the front slope. They too learned valuable lessons fighting on the Eastern Front, and those metal grousers are used to replace random rubber ones to achieve a greater level of traction on Ice/snow/frozen ground. When the bullets are flying, nobody is going to give two fucks on missing trackpads. And yes, you can power slide a 60Ton tanks.... Not for the German streets. Mostly to reduce vibrations and noise and to increase the service life of the tracks. And the handling with rubber tracks is much better. The modern Russian AFVs are using them too. https://i.imgur.com/11OqN4k.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qr4J7Q7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kkuQSGd.jpg Christie suspension doesn't use return rollers. Russians love them some Christie suspension. |
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Posted: 11/2/2022 1:48:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Merlin: Now tell us why the Russians (and the Germans during WWII) never use the upper wheelie things and let their tracks hang down like a floppy dick while Western tanks always seem to have them.  Most of the German tanks ever built used the "upper wheelie things" aka "Stützrollen".  Russian T-26 tank with supporting rollers.  T-14 Armata with upper wheelie things too. |
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Posted: 11/2/2022 4:11:19 PM EDT
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1968-69, Chinese border guards hopped up on the cultural revolution shout and angrily shake Mao's little red book at Russian border guards
 Attached File Attached FileShouting matches escalated to shoving matches  Attached File...which escalated to blows with sticks, and reinforcements brought bigger sticks  Attached FileSerious fighting broke out in March 1969 on Damansky Island (Russian name) AKA Zhenbao Island (Chinese name) in a Chinese attack that soon involved battalion sized forces using armor and artillery and resulting in hundreds of fatalities. A Russian T-62 supporting an attempt to retake the island was disabled and captured by the Chinese  Attached FileAnd is still on display at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution  Attached FileBoth sides were preparing for full scale war and the Russians were considering a first strike against Chinese nuclear weapons until diplomacy got a grip on the situation. |
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Posted: 11/2/2022 4:21:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Merlin: Now tell us why the Russians (and the Germans during WWII) never use the upper wheelie things and let their tracks hang down like a floppy dick while Western tanks always seem to have them.     Large road wheels rotating in the correct direction pass the track back ... German Tanks never used Christie Suspension. The Russians were enamoried of it though. Later war German Tanks (Tigers, Panthers, Lynx & others) used Torsion Bars for suspension. The "Slack Track" system saved having additional return wheels (less metal, bearings, time to make, install & maintain). Bigger_Hammer 
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Posted: 11/2/2022 7:24:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Not for the German streets. Mostly to reduce vibrations and noise and to increase the service life of the tracks. And the handling with rubber tracks is much better. The modern Russian AFVs are using them too. https://i.imgur.com/11OqN4k.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qr4J7Q7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kkuQSGd.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By Harv24: That is a throwback to us being in West Germany and not tearing up the Autobahn and village streets. The Russians took the lessons learned from the Great War to make there track Grousers all steel, fuck roads, Need them to bite/dig into to snow/ice and frozen ground. If you look at pics of German leopard tanks, they have metal grousers that look like the letter X hanging on the front slope. They too learned valuable lessons fighting on the Eastern Front, and those metal grousers are used to replace random rubber ones to achieve a greater level of traction on Ice/snow/frozen ground. When the bullets are flying, nobody is going to give two fucks on missing trackpads. And yes, you can power slide a 60Ton tanks.... Not for the German streets. Mostly to reduce vibrations and noise and to increase the service life of the tracks. And the handling with rubber tracks is much better. The modern Russian AFVs are using them too. https://i.imgur.com/11OqN4k.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qr4J7Q7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kkuQSGd.jpg You and I will have to agree to disagree on the above. |
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Posted: 11/2/2022 8:14:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Harv24: You and I will have to agree to disagree on the above. Care to elaborate? 
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Posted: 11/2/2022 8:37:34 PM EDT
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As good a place for this as any I guess.
 Sikorsky and DARPA Autonomous Black Hawk Flies Logistics and Rescue Missions Without Pilots on Board |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 6:18:27 AM EDT
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 Greek Leopard 2A6HEL with the gun swapped for an L7 105 mm gun for training - cheaper and allows them to burn through the large stockpile of 105 mm ammunition available. |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 7:27:53 AM EDT
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  Iranian Su-22 drop glide bombs |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 7:38:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryAs awesome as it looks, I always thought the "arrowhead" look of the Turret Face of the German Leopard 2 might cause the same issue as the Germans experienced with the early Panther Mantlet when a shell hitting the lower half of the turret mantlet would be deflected by the curve of the armor downward from the thick manlet down onto the very thin armor on the top of the drivers hatch deck. Is this an actual concern on the "arrowhead" Leopard 2s or am I somehow just "overthinking" tank things? Bigger_Hammer |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 8:01:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bigger_Hammer: Is this an actual concern on the "arrowhead" Leopard 2s or am I somehow just "overthinking" tank things? No problem. APFSDS and HEAT does not deflect in the same way older AP/HE deflected and the arrowhead is designed to catch the shell, mostly hollow with some NERA plates. |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 8:25:19 AM EDT
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Leo 2 turret with the gun and front spaced armor dismounted, a cross section of the side spaced armor is visible. The main armor is the boxy shape with vertical sides
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Posted: 11/3/2022 8:27:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/3/2022 9:26:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gopher: As good a place for this as any I guess.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYcq_pzLsjAWhat would a wounded person think when he's told that there are no pilots. The helo is flying itself.
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Posted: 11/3/2022 10:09:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryAm I the only one who finds it humorous the Iranians mark their bombs in English? |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 11:09:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SiVisPacem: Am I the only one who finds it humorous the Iranians mark their bombs in English? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SiVisPacem: Am I the only one who finds it humorous the Iranians mark their bombs in English? Negative.  Pongae-5 with Tracked Carrier. Based upon the Songun-Ho, its appearance indicates a common SPG chassis based upon it.  Songun-Ho Based KN-25 showing off the new tank based missile carrier chassis in use by the DPRK, carries 6 600mm Rockets. Both from best Korea. |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 12:04:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pogo55: Skynet! What would a wounded person think when he's told that there are no pilots. The helo is flying itself. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pogo55: Originally Posted By Gopher: As good a place for this as any I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYcq_pzLsjAWhat would a wounded person think when he's told that there are no pilots. The helo is flying itself. There are unmanned Little Birds and K-Max helos, as well. |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 12:40:29 PM EDT
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 BMP1 with a GSH-23 gunpod Afghanistan? |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 12:49:26 PM EDT
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  Ukraine's 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade photographed in a woodland environment with M113s  M113 acav 11 ACR "Blackhorse". The 11th Armored Cavalry troops move into position through heavy jungle grass in Vietnam, July 1967 (Al Chang Collection) War never changes. 
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Posted: 11/3/2022 4:25:57 PM EDT
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 UCV from China |
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Posted: 11/3/2022 4:30:29 PM EDT
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   Cutaway of the Rh 120mm smoothbore cannon. German Tank Museum Munster, Germany |
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