Optimists study English; pessimists study Chinese; and realists learn to use a Kalashnikov.
I'll bet the assault machine gun on that tank uses high capacity clips.............
Considering nothing in my gun safe would put a dent in either an APC or a real tank, they might as well all be tanks to me
Yes, but that discarded wine bottle and some rags and gasoline in your garage can stop one!
http://youtu.be/r6Eaqfi6gZg
Ukraine just called up its reserves, so it looks like the "armed men" are about to get some company.
I wouldn't want to try.
Historically tanks have been taken out by Molotovs, but unlike that BTR, they would still maintain a large degree of mobility as well as the ability to fire as they were burning. Once you engulf the vehicle in flames of burning fuel, it starves the engine of oxygen and you got your mobility kill. If you can box it in and kill its mobility, you can just let it burn and try to stay out of its gun arcs and away from its friends which will be trying to help. Modern fire suppression systems like the Abrams have would most likely keep the crew alive and prevent a catastrophic kill even if the tank lost mobility. The crew getting out in one piece after the fact would be the trick however - most modern MBTs do not have any way of egress besides the top hatches (Merkava is on only I know of that does - it has a big rear door) As far as Russian tanks go, a lot less emphasis is placed on crew survivability but the more modern T80 and the T90 do have active suppression systems.
It is hard to tell exactly what happened to that BTR. Looks like it tried to breach a barricade which looks to have been a trap set up for it. The Russian model military puts a lot of emphasis on tank hunting/killing so I have little doubt there were guys in the opposition who knew just what to do. BTRs are one of the thinner skinned vehicles out there as well so I imagine things got pretty hot inside for the crew pretty quick and getting out wasn't going to be easy in that situation.
Superb (IMO) article on "being Putin". http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1...o-wont-do-much
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We should invade Cuba.
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