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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Shahed drones found to fire off multiple shaped charges in multiple directions. View Quote
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:
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View Quote Got’damn…a shitload of EFPs clacking off in every direction when it hits has got to be a no fun zone. |
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Sweden suspects Russians of stealing road cameras for their drones 21 октября 2022 21 In Sweden, the loss of road cameras has become more frequent, which record violations of speed limits. Local intelligence agencies suspect Russians. According to the Aftonbladet newspaper, stolen cameras were later allegedly found in Russian drones that participate in the SVO in Ukraine. The Swedish State Security Service (SEPO) reports the loss of at least 100 cameras throughout the country. The same figure is indicated by the country's transport department. The first case was recorded on August 27, when eleven speed control cameras disappeared immediately on the road connecting the cities of Tierp and Kharskamp, 100 km from Stockholm. Three days later, almost 50 more cameras were stolen on roads near the Swedish capital. In September, thefts continued, especially in the provinces of Dalarna and Estrikland. Several cameras disappear almost daily on the E16 highway between the cities of Falun and Hofors. The Swedish State Security Service, based on a published Ukrainian video (screen screenshot is presented at the top), where a Canon camera was found inside the shot down drone Orlan-10, suspected the custom nature of electronic surveillance theft for sale by the Russian military. It is such cameras that are installed along Swedish roads to fix traffic violators. The cost of one road video recording system is about 250,000 SEK, which is equivalent to approximately 22,500 euros. The press service of security officials has not yet given official comments, citing the impossibility of talking about the details of the intelligence work. View Quote Source |
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Soviet submarine K-3 being installed as a museum piece on Kronstadt in St. Petersburg. This was the first nuclear Soviet submarine, named “Leninsky Komsomol” (“Lenin Communist Youth League”). Sadly famous for 39 sailors dying as the result of a smoking accident in some auxilliary machine spaces…
With the reactor compartment already removed when decommissioned, it was possible to easily break it in 1/2 to move it through town before starting re-assembly and refurbishing it. Attached File Attached File Attached File The hot rocks have been removed, but they will replace the roundy roundy before opening the museum. |
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Originally Posted By Jack67: Soviet submarine K-3 being installed as a museum piece on Kronstadt in St. Petersburg. This was the first nuclear Soviet submarine, named “Leninsky Komsomol” (“Lenin Communist Youth League”). Sadly famous for 39 sailors dying as the result of a smoking accident in some auxilliary machine spaces… With the reactor already removed, it was possibly to easily break it in 1/2 to move it through town before starting re-assembly and refurbishing it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/556465/9FFFBDD5-5CCF-4669-B256-1F0FD75EC679_jpe-2709833.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/556465/036B2CE5-D7B4-4BD1-85D3-1CF2904A3253_jpe-2709834.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/556465/B016DA1F-B38E-44AF-8D2E-B9BFAB498B8D_jpe-2709835.JPG The hot rocks have been removed, but they will replace the roundy roundy before opening the museum. View Quote That's pretty cool. Can't imagine getting held up in traffic by a freaking submarine. |
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The content of this thread has been incredible. I've spent days going through all of the pages. Thanks to everyone that's contributed.
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Originally Posted By Im_Awake: The content of this thread has been incredible. I've spent days going through all of the pages. Thanks to everyone that's contributed. View Quote Agreed, 4xGM300m started/keeps going a fantastic thread. Thanks to him. Possibly the worst place to crash your helo. Mi-8 falling into the still-burning core of reactor #4, V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Plant, Pripyat, Ukraine. (Aka Chernobyl). Oct. 1986. This is the actual footage. Failed To Load Title |
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/QOXem8D.jpg Sweden suspects Russians of stealing road cameras for their drones 21 октября 2022 21 In Sweden, the loss of road cameras has become more frequent, which record violations of speed limits. Local intelligence agencies suspect Russians. According to the Aftonbladet newspaper, stolen cameras were later allegedly found in Russian drones that participate in the SVO in Ukraine. The Swedish State Security Service (SEPO) reports the loss of at least 100 cameras throughout the country. The same figure is indicated by the country's transport department. The first case was recorded on August 27, when eleven speed control cameras disappeared immediately on the road connecting the cities of Tierp and Kharskamp, 100 km from Stockholm. Three days later, almost 50 more cameras were stolen on roads near the Swedish capital. In September, thefts continued, especially in the provinces of Dalarna and Estrikland. Several cameras disappear almost daily on the E16 highway between the cities of Falun and Hofors. The Swedish State Security Service, based on a published Ukrainian video (screen screenshot is presented at the top), where a Canon camera was found inside the shot down drone Orlan-10, suspected the custom nature of electronic surveillance theft for sale by the Russian military. It is such cameras that are installed along Swedish roads to fix traffic violators. The cost of one road video recording system is about 250,000 SEK, which is equivalent to approximately 22,500 euros. The press service of security officials has not yet given official comments, citing the impossibility of talking about the details of the intelligence work. Source I’m torn, because I hate traffic cameras. |
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Originally Posted By Im_Awake: The content of this thread has been incredible. I've spent days going through all of the pages. Thanks to everyone that's contributed. View Quote Yeah, incredible in the sense of: every new picture is some combination of horrific "poverty engineering" disregard for human life, and redneck ingenuity. |
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Originally Posted By KELBEAST: I’m torn, because I hate traffic cameras. View Quote Originally Posted By GTLandser: Yeah, incredible in the sense of: every new picture is some combination of horrific "poverty engineering" disregard for human life, and redneck ingenuity. View Quote You people are hilarious. I love this place. |
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Equipment graveyards - ones inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The massive amount of equipment used in sealing off the burning reactor core couldn’t be re-used and had to stay inside the exclusion zone. A lot were abandoned in place, but many collected in organized graveyards around the zone.
One of the larger graveyards, including massive Mi-6 heavy-lift helicopters used in bombing the core. Attached File Attached File AFVs were prized for close-in work near the reactor building Attached File Early on, it was planned to use AP ammo to pierce retaining pool walls to drain them. A different plan was used, but this SU-152 was too contaminated to leave the zone. Attached File Despite the hazard, looters stripped parts and resold them elsewhere for profit, ignoring the radiation dangers being spread all over the country. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/mnKcuYS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/FM42sVU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EDlcE5i.jpg Ka-52, near Kyiv, early days of the war. Feb/Mar 2022 View Quote One of the coolest russkie rotorcraft IMO. Surprisingly modern avionics too. |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: All these scrapyards are gone now. Nothing left, the backstory and the satellite pictures are somewhere in this thread. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: All these scrapyards are gone now. Nothing left, the backstory and the satellite pictures are somewhere in this thread. Oh my, I did not know that had happened. That’s not good. A lot of that stuff was right in the worst of the plume, etc. Never safe. That’s terrible. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1139986/chernobyl-series-hbo-sky-amazon-prime-radioactive-metal-china-spt In 30 years, six million tonnes of radioactive metal has left the zone, that makes 548 tonnes per day. “This metal goes to countries in Eastern Ukraine, that are then sold on the Chinese market. “The Chernobyl radioactive metal can be found today all over the world in the most ordinary objects.” |
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@4xGM300m
Log out and log back in. This thread, as well as your contributions to the main war thread have been excellent. |
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Originally Posted By toaster: @4xGM300m Log out and log back in. This thread, as well as your contributions to the main war thread have been excellent. View Quote I was actually admiring his new avatar in another thread. Now I know why. Nicely done, toaster. For Soviet Saturday, I bring you the Zil 29061 screw-drive Cosmonaut recovery vehicle. The idea was if the wheeled vehicle could not reach the capsule, the screw-drive could defeat any terrain to at least recover the crew. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Video in action: Extreme Machines Wonder vehicle ZIL 29061! |
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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Originally Posted By Jack67: I was actually admiring his new avatar in another thread. Now I know why. Nicely done, toaster. For Soviet Saturday, I bring you the Zil 29061 screw-drive Cosmonaut recovery vehicle. The idea was if the wheeled vehicle could not reach the capsule, the screw-drive could defeat any terrain to at least recover the crew. **snip** Video in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3G62zJuJ0 View Quote Wtf. |
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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Originally Posted By Jack67: Oh my, I did not know that had happened. That’s not good. A lot of that stuff was right in the worst of the plume, etc. Never safe. That’s terrible. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1139986/chernobyl-series-hbo-sky-amazon-prime-radioactive-metal-china-spt View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Jack67: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: All these scrapyards are gone now. Nothing left, the backstory and the satellite pictures are somewhere in this thread. Oh my, I did not know that had happened. That’s not good. A lot of that stuff was right in the worst of the plume, etc. Never safe. That’s terrible. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1139986/chernobyl-series-hbo-sky-amazon-prime-radioactive-metal-china-spt In 30 years, six million tonnes of radioactive metal has left the zone, that makes 548 tonnes per day. “This metal goes to countries in Eastern Ukraine, that are then sold on the Chinese market. “The Chernobyl radioactive metal can be found today all over the world in the most ordinary objects.” In the EU every scrap processing plant is equipped with radiation detectors because of the radioactive scrap from eastern Europe. A friend bought a surplus Zil truck, parts of the drivers cabin and the instruments were coated with fluorescent paint, he had to scrap the cabin entirely because the radiation was so high, it was hazardous to health. |
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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You google some piece of soviet stuff and then there's just a rabbit hole you can fall down. I bring you now this:
Alekseyev A-90 ekranoplan attempting to mate with a Tango-class submarine, Khimki Reservoir, Moscow. Attached File |
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View Quote Wtf... Seriously... Wtf. |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/itNzCdF.jpg Raketa hydrofoil ships, somewhere in the Perm region. Abandoned after the USSR collapsed. View Quote Too bad, those are neat, fast boats. St Petersburg: Hydrofoils, Hydrofoils, Hydrofoils!!! |
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"I assure you, Mr. Mowry, that I am quite serious when I ask you to oblige by walking bow-legged."
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/itNzCdF.jpg Raketa hydrofoil ships, somewhere in the Perm region. Abandoned after the USSR collapsed. View Quote Rarely is anything Soviet era beautiful, but those are. I went down a big rabbit hole looking at the various models they built. Truly beautiful boats. |
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Originally Posted By Chairborne: Rarely is anything Soviet era beautiful, but those are. I went down a big rabbit hole looking at the various models they built. Truly beautiful boats. View Quote |
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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Originally Posted By xd341: The ruskies have an eye for good looking planes and ships. The Flanker family and the Kirov, if they are half as mean as they look they are decent at their job. They probably aren't but.... View Quote So in summary, we can take whatever our #2 global adversary wants to do, and do it better, to an embarrassing degree. OK, noted. This thread is seriously nutrient deficient. Which is sad, because I am committed to total nutrition the same way that Russia is convinced of their own In other words, lacking in nubile chicks from St. Petersburg....I don't know what else I want from Russia except for a sack full of potatoes? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
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Originally Posted By Dracster: "Forests on the approaches to occupied Kreminnaya Destroyed Russian tanks T-80BV and T-72B3" View Quote Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Russian girls from the 1990's
I wish I could locate the leggy amazon girl in black shorts/white tank top (her friend has yellow shorts) and tell her I have a huge crush on 1990's her. |
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Originally Posted By GTLandser: So in summary, we can take whatever our #2 global adversary wants to do, and do it better, to an embarrassing degree. OK, noted.…. View Quote I know you and your posts, and respect you. But no. Russia has done a lot of things wrong, BUT: Soviet Russia did do a lot of things right. They broke centuries of slavery, sexism, etc. and set a talented people free. They massively altered an impoverished, backward nation to great things. Marx/Lenin, in Russia and elsewhere, broke a feudal system to empower people. Stalin and Mao bent that, to evil ends. I’m not a socialist by any means. And Marx was an idiot, I’m not a Marxist. But unleashing the talent of people previously suppressed, is cool. Soviet Russia screwed up ends/means to a high degree, but produced cool stuff because of that. I like this thread very much from 4xGM300m because it splits the difference. You can celebrate Soviet positive things and separate the political poison. That is how I have interpreted this thread/his intent. I really admire that and why I try to contribute, vs. how much hate we could otherwise feel. Things are always difficult like that, when human nature is involved. Full disclosure: not trying to speak for 4x, just trying to say how I feel. |
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My uncle motorized the Disco ball. My cousin lived around the corner from the BTK killer. My only claim to fame is Ronald Reagan’s dog humped my leg. I am humble and poor in comparison. God save Louisville.
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Originally Posted By xd341: The ruskies have an eye for good looking planes and ships. The Flanker family and the Kirov, if they are half as mean as they look they are decent at their job. They probably aren't but.... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By xd341: Originally Posted By Chairborne: Rarely is anything Soviet era beautiful, but those are. I went down a big rabbit hole looking at the various models they built. Truly beautiful boats. IMO, Soviet/Russian aesthetics are often horrible, but when they're not horrible they tend to be fascinating. (Leaving just their performance as horrible). But occasionally they hit home runs, like the AK, or the Makarov, RPK, or RPG-7. |
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<**Me:**> I just spent 95% of my paycheck on LaRue stuff, within 30 minutes of getting paid. < **mfingar:**> For what it's worth, Dillo Dust is great on Ramen.
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Originally Posted By Jack67: I know you and your posts, and respect you. But no. Russia has done a lot of things wrong, BUT: Soviet Russia did do a lot of things right. They broke centuries of slavery, sexism, etc. and set a talented people free. They massively altered an impoverished, backward nation to great things. Marx/Lenin, in Russia and elsewhere, broke a feudal system to empower people. Stalin and Mao bent that, to evil ends. I’m not a socialist by any means. And Marx was an idiot, I’m not a Marxist. But unleashing the talent of people previously suppressed, is cool. Soviet Russia screwed up ends/means to a high degree, but produced cool stuff because of that. I like this thread very much from 4xGM300m because it splits the difference. You can celebrate Soviet positive things and separate the political poison. That is how I have interpreted this thread/his intent. I really admire that and why I try to contribute, vs. how much hate we could otherwise feel. Things are always difficult like that, when human nature is involved. Full disclosure: not trying to speak for 4x, just trying to say how I feel. View Quote Individual exceptional ism advanced despite the Soviet system not because of it. The system was a parallel to feudalism not an advancement. When it's the same thing but just different people in charge. The great leap backward. And you can't even claim they did it fairly because they murdered a much greater percentage of minority populations than white russian. Furthermore, things may not have been rosy under the Czar, but he didn't murder millions of people. (not "you" you just figuratively you) There is nothing admirable about the communists, that system or its goals and modern American liberals/progressives/demorates are fucking stupid to think there is or that we will believe there is or that it will be different with them in charge. Now all that blather being done, I do like interesting things even if they make or made no sense. Which is why I am in this thread. |
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<**Me:**> I just spent 95% of my paycheck on LaRue stuff, within 30 minutes of getting paid. < **mfingar:**> For what it's worth, Dillo Dust is great on Ramen.
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Originally Posted By meistermash: Individual exceptional ism advanced despite the Soviet system not because of it. The system was a parallel to feudalism not an advancement. When it's the same thing but just different people in charge. The great leap backward. And you can't even claim they did it fairly because they murdered a much greater percentage of minority populations than white russian. Furthermore, things may not have been rosy under the Czar, but he didn't murder millions of people. (not "you" you just figuratively you) There is nothing admirable about the communists, that system or its goals and modern American liberals/progressives/demorates are fucking stupid to think there is or that we will believe there is or that it will be different with them in charge. Now all that blather being done, I do like interesting things even if they make or made no sense. Which is why I am in this thread. View Quote There are about four out of six things here grossly incorrect. Grossly. Some is correct. That is factual, not objective. If you hate all thing Russian/Soviet, I’m sure you wouldn’t be in this thread. If you want to derail it, then refrain from that and pm/em me to discuss. I won’t derail the thread further. I’m a very meat eating, right wing American, my commission hanging proudly on my wall. Biggest life regret: went into medicine as a second career instead of getting to gun down hajis after 9/11. I’m not a softy. But I am also a trained historian and objective, not reactive. This thread is good without bringing politics into it. There are other threads for that. Let’s just do “stuff” like 4xGM300m intended. I appreciate his intent. |
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My uncle motorized the Disco ball. My cousin lived around the corner from the BTK killer. My only claim to fame is Ronald Reagan’s dog humped my leg. That’s called privelege?
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Originally Posted By m35ben: I can't imagine that not shaking like hell View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By m35ben: Originally Posted By Deere_John_16: If you really want to see something cool, Napier said let's put 3 of them together in a triangle! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic https://www.speednik.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/04/deltic-illo-1-640x825.jpg Expensive, inefficient (for a piston engine), and not friendly to work on. |
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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. ~Thomas Jefferson
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