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Posted: 11/21/2021 8:54:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Literally 
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Posted: 11/21/2021 8:54:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I hope not. You should never listen to me |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 8:56:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:03:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I literally just said that Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Literally 
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:08:15 PM EDT
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Page 80, Soviet T80 MBT
 So the Soviets studied the Abrams and the Lycoming ATG1500 turbine engine quite extensively and decided to follow our lead and use a jet engine as their new tanks powerplant as well. You may recognize the AGT1500 from the famous Huey helicopter, a reliable and proven engine. Some guy decided to cram it into a tank...and that dude was right. It worked amazingly well, but when the Russians tried it they fucked up miserably  Yes, that Huey  We had quietly reorganized a large part of our LogPac around the insatiable fuel consumption of the Abrams and that Huey engine, but the Soviets had not. When they deployed the T80 in the first Chechan war they got caught with their pants down as tanks ran out of fuel in overwatch positions and were unable to be resupplied due to Red Dawn guerilla warfare conducted by the rebels (Remember that Merkava that has a fuel efficient diesel and a large ass rear compartment that let it sit on overwatch for extended time? Yeah, no...the T80 can't do that  ). In many instances they got massacred despite the overwhelming technical superiority of the T80 (insert Nelson=HaHa)They got bit so bad they swore off the turbine forever. Like forever and ever Kind of a shame, but also a good thing for us. The T80 was no joke and was a credible threat to the Abrams after they developed their own depleted uranium ammo. I never looked forward to locking horns with it. The Operational Manuever Group was an 'elite' set of units that had the best of the best that the Soviets could offer, kind of like our Cav units. We would have probably had our work cut out for us tangling with the T80 back in the day Still one of my all time favorite looking tanks   |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:08:53 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote History Brian Withycombe – My All  Brian Withycombe - My all |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:13:05 PM EDT
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These 240 grain XTP Mags are hanging together.
Only bullet we could recover |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:28:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What's the plan for today? Shower then video games Sounds like a plan. Plus a steak and some Rittenhouse. I want some Rittenhouse Rye  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/310432/image_jpg-2176141.JPG The one on the left needs more pre-workout |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:30:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think guys holding the line were going to have a fun time in those opening minutes of WW3  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: My old nemesis, the Soviet T72 This was our main enemy during the cold war even though the T80 was in full service and was a better tank (and the same technological generation as the Abrams). We were definitely going to meet the T80 but there were a zillion times more T72s built and they were used by far more countries. The Abrams completely overmatched all versions of the T72 back then The base tank was easy to identify, but so many versions had explosive reactive armor that eventually it became really hard to tell what model you were looking at https://21stcenturyasianarmsrace.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/russian-t-72-v4.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/3281/5858243975_3586168360_b.jpg There was even a version called the Dolly Parton, because of those two tig ol bitties on the front of the turret face  https://img.ifunny.co/images/eb1c040d76972d091cc0d3e8a09c1f19c4b504e7e7eac796dbe3916fe5e969a2_1.jpg https://www.overtdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/T-72B1-Modernized-Nicaragua-17-1.jpg Add in modernization programs and changes in ERA design, and sometimes you had no fucking idea what you were looking at other than you knew it was Russian https://phototass2.cdnvideo.ru/width/1200_4ce85301/tass/m2/en/uploads/i/20210301/1304695.jpg https://nationalinterest.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop__1260_/public/main_images/army2016demo-038_1.jpg?itok=gkO0RU5l Turret would still pop off if you hit it, export models were crap, doubt the "real" versions were much better. The Soviets figured that the T72 was heavily armored enough that its peers could not penetrate the armor from the front, and the advantages of the autoloader were worth the trade off to crew safety. That all changed for the worse when the T72 was capable of being penetrated by our next generation of MBTs. The T64 was the more complicated and advanced precursor to the T72 and so the T72 interited the same problem because it used the T64 style autoloader. You can easily google how many T64s lost their turrets in the Ukrainian war and T72s in the Gulf War I look at it more from the Chieftain and Challenger perspective then the M60 and M1 perspective but either way armor on armor in the 70's/80's the commies would have been fucked long distance in a fulda gap scenario but raw numbers would have carried them forward and IMO it would have gone chemical first then theater nuclear. Hey! My man knows the Fulda Gap (and all it's problems for NATO)  Back in the day the FM100 series on Soviet doctrine stated that 25% of their artillery rounds were expected to be chemical  . I used to be the NBC NCO for my platoon, and did a ton of tactics traning and VID training for my platoon and my company. IIRC the prepatory bombardment against a NATO tank company defensive position in the Fulda was 1000 rounds...before any of their tanks even showed up to start shooting Agreed on the distance gunnery advantage the West had over them overall, but our typical engagement range was expected to be short and sweet in Germany...500 fucking yards  On top of that the Sovs really liked the rolling artillery HE+Smoke barrage right in front of their armored spearhead which basically meant you couldn't effectively shoot until the smoke cleared, so whoever was getting the most attention from them during the initial assault was going to have a bad day. I also read we were expected to be outnumbered 14 to 1 in the Fulda Gap...so I mostly didn't want to be there and was glad that my unit would have been part of ReForGer and probably not seen the initial opening shots  Sorry, but it looks like AJ was going to have to hold the line til we got there I was never stationed in one of those areas, however, one of my favorite sergeants was in Korea. His battalion was tasked with holding one intersection for 5 minutes if the Norks every came across the DMZ. FIVE MINUTES 100 lost per minute. I don't think guys holding the line were going to have a fun time in those opening minutes of WW3 Nope It really opened my eyes to the possibilities for being nothing more than a speed bump to advancing armor 
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:32:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm a fan of KeyMo myself Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: New baffles, direct thread adapter on the way. Ditched the Tri lug that caused the baffle strikes https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/F3CF9065-368D-4B06-AB95-2C5728BC632F_jpe-2175459.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/E7547442-42FE-4501-AC74-4BFDCDD8F243_jpe-2175460.JPG KeyMo all the things I wish I had seen this before pinning and welding
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:34:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What's the plan for today? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/73202/20211121_082336-2175449.jpg What's the deal with the laser and switch on that top one? |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:34:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Hey! My man knows the Fulda Gap (and all it's problems for NATO) My brother spent a bunch of time in West Germany in the late 70's and 80's. He was infantry. Everything else is just support
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:35:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am considering buying a few more 22 cans and am remembering it's been 2 years since I had any cans in jail and that I didn't enjoy it Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was the only person with a suppressed pistol at the match. I'm not surprised but I try not to be a savage. I just want my rifle can out of jail It is not fun. I'm figuring maybe April of next year
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:36:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lets have some homemade apple pie YESPLEASE |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:36:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think the fermenting jars weren’t completely seated, so air was getting in. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: That batch of sauce I made the other night is bad, had to dump it. What made it bad? I think the fermenting jars weren’t completely seated, so air was getting in.
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:39:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: These pecs would make Sexy Rexy run away from home 
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:39:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: New baffles, direct thread adapter on the way. Ditched the Tri lug that caused the baffle strikes https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/F3CF9065-368D-4B06-AB95-2C5728BC632F_jpe-2175459.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/E7547442-42FE-4501-AC74-4BFDCDD8F243_jpe-2175460.JPG KeyMo all the things I wish I had seen this before pinning and welding |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:41:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What's the deal with the laser and switch on that top one? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: What's the plan for today? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/73202/20211121_082336-2175449.jpg What's the deal with the laser and switch on that top one? I have a modlite on the other side and can go WL against the coons if I need to |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:42:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It is not fun. I'm figuring maybe April of next year Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was the only person with a suppressed pistol at the match. I'm not surprised but I try not to be a savage. I just want my rifle can out of jail It is not fun. I'm figuring maybe April of next year |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:47:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow, that looks interesting. So light and tiny Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: New baffles, direct thread adapter on the way. Ditched the Tri lug that caused the baffle strikes https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/F3CF9065-368D-4B06-AB95-2C5728BC632F_jpe-2175459.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/E7547442-42FE-4501-AC74-4BFDCDD8F243_jpe-2175460.JPG KeyMo all the things I wish I had seen this before pinning and welding It's the same as the DA KeyMo stuff. Well, except for maybe this guy. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:48:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: DBAL A3 green and a Unity TAPs I had laying around. Using a laser against coons is really a PITA but what the hell, I've done it before so why not I have a modlite on the other side and can go WL against the coons if I need to Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What's the plan for today? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/73202/20211121_082336-2175449.jpg What's the deal with the laser and switch on that top one? I have a modlite on the other side and can go WL against the coons if I need to  It looks like my set up - OTAL with TAPS for the white light/IR and laser. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:49:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I feel your pain. My Vox K took almost 2 years due to an ATF unknowable hiccup somewhere Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was the only person with a suppressed pistol at the match. I'm not surprised but I try not to be a savage. I just want my rifle can out of jail It is not fun. I'm figuring maybe April of next year That does not fill me with hope
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:50:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: New baffles, direct thread adapter on the way. Ditched the Tri lug that caused the baffle strikes https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/F3CF9065-368D-4B06-AB95-2C5728BC632F_jpe-2175459.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/E7547442-42FE-4501-AC74-4BFDCDD8F243_jpe-2175460.JPG KeyMo all the things I wish I had seen this before pinning and welding It's the same as the DA KeyMo stuff. Well, except for maybe this guy. Yeah that thing looks awesome, but came out way after I was invested in the standard KeyMo I don't have MarkNH money
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:53:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It looks like my set up - OTAL with TAPS for the white light/IR and laser. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What's the plan for today? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/73202/20211121_082336-2175449.jpg What's the deal with the laser and switch on that top one? I have a modlite on the other side and can go WL against the coons if I need to It looks like my set up - OTAL with TAPS for the white light/IR and laser. I wasn't using it anyway though since I've moved over to the modbuttons for my go to rifles, so I figured why not The A3 was my first laser and it's been whored out on so many rifles I've lost track, but it's really useful as a tempory laser for new setups til I decide what I want to do |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:54:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That does not fill me with hope Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was the only person with a suppressed pistol at the match. I'm not surprised but I try not to be a savage. I just want my rifle can out of jail It is not fun. I'm figuring maybe April of next year That does not fill me with hope Time will pass no matter what FBATF Lets go brandon |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 9:56:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: These 240 grain XTP Mags are hanging together. Only bullet we could recover https://tinyurl.com/ybc6htub Whats the rifle these are from? I missed it in previous pages |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:33:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Two tears in a bucket, fuck it Time will pass no matter what FBATF Lets go brandon Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was the only person with a suppressed pistol at the match. I'm not surprised but I try not to be a savage. I just want my rifle can out of jail It is not fun. I'm figuring maybe April of next year That does not fill me with hope Time will pass no matter what FBATF Lets go brandon I should do a form 1 to pass the time. Well, if I had ready access to a drill press or lathe. By the time I add the cost for a drill press, I'm not that far off from a factory with warranty suppressor. The only difference is the wait. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:33:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLook at this picture and don't have "fortunate son" playing in your mind. You can't. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:36:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I should do a form 1 to pass the time. Well, if I had ready access to a drill press or lathe. By the time I add the cost for a drill press, I'm not that far off from a factory with warranty suppressor. The only difference is the wait. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was the only person with a suppressed pistol at the match. I'm not surprised but I try not to be a savage. I just want my rifle can out of jail It is not fun. I'm figuring maybe April of next year That does not fill me with hope Time will pass no matter what FBATF Lets go brandon I should do a form 1 to pass the time. Well, if I had ready access to a drill press or lathe. By the time I add the cost for a drill press, I'm not that far off from a factory with warranty suppressor. The only difference is the wait. I know some people with those things. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:36:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Look at this picture and don't have "fortunate son" playing in your mind. You can't. Quote HistoryQuoted: Look at this picture and don't have "fortunate son" playing in your mind. You can't. I hear Paint It Black |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:49:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know some people with those things. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I was the only person with a suppressed pistol at the match. I'm not surprised but I try not to be a savage. I just want my rifle can out of jail It is not fun. I'm figuring maybe April of next year That does not fill me with hope Time will pass no matter what FBATF Lets go brandon I should do a form 1 to pass the time. Well, if I had ready access to a drill press or lathe. By the time I add the cost for a drill press, I'm not that far off from a factory with warranty suppressor. The only difference is the wait. I know some people with those things. 
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:50:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Look at this picture and don't have "fortunate son" playing in your mind. You can't. Quote HistoryQuoted: Look at this picture and don't have "fortunate son" playing in your mind. You can't.
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:50:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I hear Paint It Black Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Look at this picture and don't have "fortunate son" playing in your mind. You can't. I hear Paint It Black |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:50:30 PM EDT
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Two three out
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:55:02 PM EDT
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My cousin's little girl is one of the injured from the Christmas parade in Wisconsin.
Looking like a broken leg so far
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:55:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/21/2021 10:59:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My cousin's little girl is one of the injured from the Christmas parade in Wisconsin. Looking like a broken leg so far  Hopefully it's just that, and nothing more. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:00:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My cousin's little girl is one of the injured from the Christmas parade in Wisconsin. Looking like a broken leg so far Oof
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:00:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Two three out DD 6-9, out |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:01:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hopefully it's just that, and nothing more. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My cousin's little girl is one of the injured from the Christmas parade in Wisconsin. Looking like a broken leg so far Hopefully it's just that, and nothing more. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:07:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Page 80, Soviet T80 MBT https://preview.redd.it/tdvlwqusow821.jpg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=579f3f5b5f8a1673004b4b582a666c895f107d1d So the Soviets studied the Abrams and the Lycoming ATG1500 turbine engine quite extensively and decided to follow our lead and use a jet engine as their new tanks powerplant as well. You may recognize the AGT1500 from the famous Huey helicopter, a reliable and proven engine. Some guy decided to cram it into a tank...and that dude was right. It worked amazingly well, but when the Russians tried it they fucked up miserably Yes, that Huey https://coffeeordie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/UH-1D_helicopters_in_Vietnam_1966-scaled.jpg We had quietly reorganized a large part of our LogPac around the insatiable fuel consumption of the Abrams and that Huey engine, but the Soviets had not. When they deployed the T80 in the first Chechan war they got caught with their pants down as tanks ran out of fuel in overwatch positions and were unable to be resupplied due to Red Dawn guerilla warfare conducted by the rebels (Remember that Merkava that has a fuel efficient diesel and a large ass rear compartment that let it sit on overwatch for extended time? Yeah, no...the T80 can't do that ). In many instances they got massacred despite the overwhelming technical superiority of the T80 (insert Nelson=HaHa)They got bit so bad they swore off the turbine forever. Like forever and ever Kind of a shame, but also a good thing for us. The T80 was no joke and was a credible threat to the Abrams after they developed their own depleted uranium ammo. I never looked forward to locking horns with it. The Operational Manuever Group was an 'elite' set of units that had the best of the best that the Soviets could offer, kind of like our Cav units. We would have probably had our work cut out for us tangling with the T80 back in the day Still one of my all time favorite looking tanks https://www.armyrecognition.com/images/stories/east_europe/russia/main_battle_tank/t-80bv/T-80BV_main_battle_tank_Russia_Russian_army_defense_industry_military_equipment_640_001.jpg https://www.army-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2000/04/Image-2-T-80U-Main-Battle-Tank.jpg I enjoy these nuggets of tank info.
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:10:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The dad tried to grab both girls. She ended up falling and being tramped. Everyone is going to be traumatized. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: My cousin's little girl is one of the injured from the Christmas parade in Wisconsin. Looking like a broken leg so far Hopefully it's just that, and nothing more.
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:10:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The dad tried to grab both girls. She ended up falling and being tramped. Everyone is going to be traumatized. That sounds horrible. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:12:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 280 yards is impressive, to me at least Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I think today is the first time I've dialed elevation to kill something. I'm such a sniper. Wow. It’s a fair poke. I shot another one at about 30 yards this evening. To be fair I said I was going to start blasting. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:15:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:16:33 PM EDT
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Just caught up on the events in Waukesha.
Prayers to the victims. I hope the driver burns in hell. |
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:18:18 PM EDT
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I’m apparently not caught up
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:27:19 PM EDT
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81 Drive-by
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:27:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 81 Drive-by 
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Posted: 11/21/2021 11:38:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What's the plan for today? Shower then video games Sounds like a plan. Plus a steak and some Rittenhouse. I want some Rittenhouse Rye https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/310432/image_jpg-2176141.JPG Winning. |
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