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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 The soviets set people free? what a retarded take. The soviets killed and imprisoned tons of "enemies of the state" from day one I suppose getting your head twisted off by the Cheka is a form of freedom. |
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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 I'm just fascinated with the "Interesting Ruski stuff" and not taking the derailment bait. |
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/BDcxxXM.jpg Originally Posted By spydercomonkey: There has been at least one example from earlier in the war: Be careful not to pick up such crap from old corpses or on the road. The plastid into which the detonator is inserted is inserted from below. When filling the store with ammunition, as they fill up, they begin to press on the detonator, which in turn acts on the plastid and then there is an explosion" Clevagirl.gif |
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Originally Posted By Jm11513: The soviets set people free? what a retarded take. The soviets killed and imprisoned tons of "enemies of the state" from day one I suppose getting your head twisted off by the Cheka is a form of freedom. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Jm11513: 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. The soviets set people free? what a retarded take. The soviets killed and imprisoned tons of "enemies of the state" from day one I suppose getting your head twisted off by the Cheka is a form of freedom. Maybe he should have lived there (probably not old enough to have stuck his neck out that far) He might have a different take now. He should probably also see what the many commie blacks from the US that went to the USSR came to think of their decision |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/9LRyU0x.jpg https://i.imgur.com/eVDWl9t.jpg https://i.imgur.com/v54wVAg.jpg View Quote Interesting that Terminators are mentioned as being built. Seem to be shitty on paper when compared to a "tank", but seem downright terrifying when used as a form of IFV or support vehicle along with a tank. |
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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 Seven-Shooter: Is that current, or dated? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes No date mentioned. I guess they are a couple of years old. How can you tell which are which, since they're all rolling hunks of shit? By looking at thousands of RU tank pictures over the years. |
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Originally Posted By towerofpower94: Clevagirl.gif View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By towerofpower94: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/BDcxxXM.jpg Originally Posted By spydercomonkey: There has been at least one example from earlier in the war: Be careful not to pick up such crap from old corpses or on the road. The plastid into which the detonator is inserted is inserted from below. When filling the store with ammunition, as they fill up, they begin to press on the detonator, which in turn acts on the plastid and then there is an explosion" Clevagirl.gif Old shit, they did the same in Yugoslavia in the 90's |
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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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But nothing to stop a top attack?
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/9LRyU0x.jpg https://i.imgur.com/eVDWl9t.jpg https://i.imgur.com/v54wVAg.jpg View Quote Аккуратный |
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Chupacabras como frijoles en su chili
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Videos at the link. |
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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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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/ltoxRXL.jpg BTR-50 somewhere in the East of Ukraine. Holy shit, they are from the 1950s. Feb. 2023 View Quote Better pic of one. Built on the old PT-76 light tank chassis. Officially now a Steampunk war. Attached File |
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That s.o.b Van Owen did it.
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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View Quote Wait - Took me almost a minute to figure that out. That’s a mic-lic they just spooled into the back of a BMP? Really? I had too much vodka last night, or they did? |
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That s.o.b Van Owen did it.
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Originally Posted By armoredman: But nothing to stop a top attack? View Quote Not "nothing", they do have those petal-looking sheets on the turret, which are probably for pre-detonating HEAT or RPG rounds. You can only add so much to the turret before whatever is moving it (electric or hydraulic motor) simply can't keep up, or it gets so out of balance that it won't rotate when you want it to (or at all). Much easier to beef up the hull armor, because it doesn't have any moving bits. |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/5jIBQTS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/H3BfjoP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mrJoGCy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kCS8G0L.jpg View Quote Holy Shit that thing is archaic. |
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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 I have a piece of that Ka-52. https://defence-blog.com/russian-forces-destroyed-ka-52-to-prevent-it-from-falling-into-hands-of-ukrainian-soldiers/ |
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.... did you just congratulate OP on not killing people? -phurba
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Originally Posted By centex_SR-15: I have a piece of that Ka-52. https://defence-blog.com/russian-forces-destroyed-ka-52-to-prevent-it-from-falling-into-hands-of-ukrainian-soldiers/ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/260794/885BEAD0-5B6F-426D-AEF9-B02F1D91494A-2724240.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By centex_SR-15: 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 I have a piece of that Ka-52. https://defence-blog.com/russian-forces-destroyed-ka-52-to-prevent-it-from-falling-into-hands-of-ukrainian-soldiers/ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/260794/885BEAD0-5B6F-426D-AEF9-B02F1D91494A-2724240.jpg Obvious follow up question…how’d you get a piece of it? |
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.... did you just congratulate OP on not killing people? -phurba
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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The dapper young Hungarian revolutionary named József Tibor Fejes holding a captured AK-47 in what is believed to be the first widely distributed photo of the weapon. View Quote 1956 vs. In April 1953, the Central Intelligence Agency received its first report of what would become the most recognized weapon of the 20th century: the AK-47 assault rifle. Within twenty years, the mysterious “submachine gun” sighted on the outskirts of Leningrad would spread worldwide, View Quote Sources: Sixty years ago the world got its first look at an AK-47 A CIA Agent’s Drawing of the First AK-47 Sighting In 1953, the legendary AK-47 assault rifle was a state secret. |
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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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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/IlOoe8l.jpg Beriev A-100, Russia's new prototype AWACS bird. Hey look! A nicer, newer, and likely much more capable AWACS than our geriatric E-3s. |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/bNLDQOm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/quisDzf.jpg Pic from IDEX2023 Whoever built this model has some impressive skills. View Quote Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/960HjAy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/p4PnGKE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qtktsSn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/u2vXTqU.jpg View Quote View Quote |
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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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„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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Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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Since we are talking about radar:
(Haven’t see this here but maybe it occurred early on). Russian “Duga” (arch) radar installation in Ukraine. Massive ionoshpere-reflecting radar to detect ICBMs. Sister installation in Amur to look eastward towards the western US. Now inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone and rotting away. Had a direct power cable from the nuclear plant to energize it. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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That s.o.b Van Owen did it.
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/BLwMsAc.png For reference: https://i.imgur.com/chPQqZo.jpg View Quote Yeah, that extra sheet metal will make a huge difference if they have a sea mine cook off close by. |
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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 Jack67: Since we are talking about radar: (Haven’t see this here but maybe it occurred early on). View Quote Of course and more than once. But who cares? I lost track long ago. No freeloading: Dunay-3 (NATO: Dog House) radar receiver taken by US KH-7 spy satellite in 1967 Russian/Soviet radar installations are a fucking rabbit hole, just start with the wikipedia links. |
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Originally Posted By TheKill: "The Russians obviously aren't maintaining their military very well, so those ICBM probably wouldn't even make it off the ground, let's go!" - Ukebro morans View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TheKill: "The Russians obviously aren't maintaining their military very well, so those ICBM probably wouldn't even make it off the ground, let's go!" - Ukebro morans Did you miss the launch last week that failed? |
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Originally Posted By xd341: It happens. They've had successes too, so I don't think it's a design issue. I wouldn't count on failure. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By xd341: Originally Posted By southerncross: Did you miss the launch last week that failed? I'm not counting on anything, but when they fuck up a planned propaganda launch it says a lot about their ability to maintain and deploy them effectively. |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: Of course and more than once. But who cares? I lost track long ago. No freeloading: … [/img] https://i.imgur.com/rtvNMXw.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WiTOn8u.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ko6XQt0.jpg View Quote I need to take a deeper dive, obviously. Impressive the abilities of the Key Hole even in 1967. |
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That s.o.b Van Owen did it.
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