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View Palace Old Geezer's Profile Palace Old Geezer Flag Midhurst 14 Mar 22 3.47pm Send a Private Message to Palace Old Geezer Add Palace Old Geezer as a friend

Fascinating stuff Ouzo. How did you get to see pics of the tank's interior? Are they freely available somewhere?

 


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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 14 Mar 22 3.49pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by Ouzo Dan

T80-BVM's drink about 750 litres of diesel per 100km so you can see how logistics are essential to keep these tanks running

Clearly putin doesn't care about the dolphins or the clean air act. The scoundrel !

 

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View Grumbles's Profile Grumbles 14 Mar 22 4.12pm Send a Private Message to Grumbles Add Grumbles as a friend

Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer

Fascinating stuff Ouzo. How did you get to see pics of the tank's interior? Are they freely available somewhere?

[Link]

you may need a translator. These purport to be T80 but I note the Thales brand.

Edit : it could be an update to the pakistani version.

Edited by Grumbles (14 Mar 2022 4.14pm)

 

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View Eaglecoops's Profile Eaglecoops Flag CR3 14 Mar 22 4.40pm Send a Private Message to Eaglecoops Add Eaglecoops as a friend

My mate is a retired tank commander. He says the Carousel is a real weak point and you will often see these tanks with the turret completely blown off. You really wouldn’t want to be inside one when it gets hit by a modern anti tank missile.

 

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View Ouzo Dan's Profile Ouzo Dan 14 Mar 22 5.20pm Send a Private Message to Ouzo Dan Add Ouzo Dan as a friend

Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer

Fascinating stuff Ouzo. How did you get to see pics of the tank's interior? Are they freely available somewhere?

Ive lost the link, ill try & find when i get the chance.

Grumbles link is a great find though & almost identical to the russian T-80

I guess russian doctrine hasnt really changed since WW2, its crews are as cheap & replaceable as its MBT's..
Putin has funneled billions into upgrading its tanks but the money seems to have disappeared, I mean these still has its uses and are clearly deadly however up against anything modern, its getting its arse kicked.
When this war ends his advisors & the people responsible for maintaining/upgrading his heavy armor are all going to disappear.

 


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BlueJay Flag UK 14 Mar 22 5.32pm

The pitfall of being surrounded by yes man, at Putin certainly is, is that those men too are surrounded by their own yes men. People are told what they want to hear and rule by fantasy rather than function.

 

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View Ouzo Dan's Profile Ouzo Dan 14 Mar 22 5.38pm Send a Private Message to Ouzo Dan Add Ouzo Dan as a friend

Originally posted by Eaglecoops

My mate is a retired tank commander. He says the Carousel is a real weak point and you will often see these tanks with the turret completely blown off. You really wouldn’t want to be inside one when it gets hit by a modern anti tank missile.

Yep thats what i mean when i say you see the turret decapitated, once one shell goes off the rest quickly follow, all thats left of the crew is charred bones.
Russian tanks have pretty much a 0% chance of survival for its crew.

Heres an example of Russian armor being hit causing all the shells surrounding its crew to cook off.

[Link]

Atleast its over quick

Everyone should go to the tank museum in bovington.

 


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View thegreatlardino's Profile thegreatlardino Flag crawley/selsey 14 Mar 22 5.44pm Send a Private Message to thegreatlardino Add thegreatlardino as a friend

the sherman tanks in ww2 were called either tommy cookers or ronson lighters as they tended to do the same when hit by a german AT round, as the fuel tank would go up.

Edited by thegreatlardino (14 Mar 2022 5.45pm)

Edited by thegreatlardino (14 Mar 2022 6.18pm)

 


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And they drive an ice cream van

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View Jacey's Profile Jacey Flag 14 Mar 22 6.12pm Send a Private Message to Jacey Add Jacey as a friend

Wonder how accurate these figures of supposed Russian losses are??

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View thegreatlardino's Profile thegreatlardino Flag crawley/selsey 14 Mar 22 6.20pm Send a Private Message to thegreatlardino Add thegreatlardino as a friend

who knows, "The first casualty when war comes is truth" is a quote that comes to mind, especially now with social media

 


They're justified, and they're ancient
And they drive an ice cream van

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View Forest Hillbilly's Profile Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 14 Mar 22 7.25pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

I got confused a few posts ago, when someone mentioned Brexit.

Brexit. Isn't it ?

 


"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

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BlueJay Flag UK 14 Mar 22 10.15pm

Protester interrupts Russian TV news show - [Link] A small gesture, but brave considering it will likely some with significant consequences for her. Anything that breaks through the pushed mantra can only be a good thing, considering the effort put into forcing the Kremlin line.

 

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