"Everybody gets a tank!"... "You want an IFV?"... lol

[getagrip_already]

Link to tweet

[tblue37]

1. Oprah could go over there and pass them out: "You get a tank, and you get a tank! Everybody

gets a tank!"

[Maraya1969]

3. +1,000

[barbtries]

7. that graphic is

in the twitter thread. lol

[Firestorm49]

16. For those who again had to look up an acronym, IFV

is Infantry Fighting Vehicle. You’re welcome.

[ShazzieB]

32. Thanks!

I would have needed to look it up. It's nice not to have to.

[MagickMuffin]

2. Be sure to plant the Ukrainian Flag on them

Make certain everyone knows you’ve taken the tank away from the aggressors.

[TheBlackAdder]

17. Here's another tank up for grabs.

.

Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ
@CalibreObscura
Amazing video of a Russian T-72 fleeing Ukrainian troops, discarding men and then crashing into a tree.

Link to tweet

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[GoCubsGo]

24. Damn. That poor tree.

[TheBlackAdder]

18. And this one is going to the scrap heap. Explosion caused the tank commander to become airborne.

.

Drone footage captured the destruction of a Russian T-80BVM tank the other day. Eagle-eyed internet sleuths noticed something unusual when they zoomed in and slowed down the footage. In one of the lower videos, you can hear the Ukrainian voiceover: "That's how a Russian tankman becomes a spaceman."

Via Twitter:

Also, it looks like the commander is standing in the turret at the moment of the explosion. He's propelled upwards and lands on the building of the roof next to the tank several seconds later, which shows just how powerful the explosion was

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/09/russian-tank-commander-achieves-liftoff


Rob Lee
@RALee85
Video of a catastrophic strike on a Russian tank. Most likely a T-90M though hard to be sure.

Link to tweet

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[ShazzieB]

33. I'm amazed at the things people can see in these videos.

If I hadn't known what to look for, I would never have noticed the guy going airborne in this video or the guys "abandoning tank" in the other one.

My hat is off to anyone who can look at these and tell what's going on without any help!

[Chainfire]

5. During the second world war, Soviet troops would have been executed for abandoning

an armored vehicle that had not burned. Putin needs to study Stalin's playbook. That would be sure to improve the flagging morale of his troops.

[getagrip_already]

6. I suspect....

The dear leaders expected to be able to get reinforcements and return to reclaim them.....

Of course they had bugged out days earlier so nobody with rank would be there to give orders....

[Chainfire]

8. If the Ukrainians were, for some reason, unable to salvage the vehicles, they would surely burn them

so that the Russians could not possibly salvage them. For the cost of five gallons of diesel you can totally destroy a million dollar tank.

[TNNurse]

9. Are you sure that is not happening now???

[Chainfire]

20. Who knows what is happening on the other side of the paper curtain? ;)

If the news is to be believed, I suspect that the officers are very forgiving in the handling of their troops less they be fragged. Armies only work well when the troops are well trained, well supplied, well disciplined and well led, all of which seems to be lacking in the Russian Army. It is as if the Russian Army leaders thought that they invincible because of their heritage. They are not the Soviet Army of 1945, or perhaps even the Soviet Army of 1941. We may be close to seeing major routes and rebellions in the Russian troops. The may become like Popeye, "It is all I can stands, 'cause I can't stands no more."

There will be a day when the Russian people wake up and realize how much that they have been lied to, and take matters in their own hands. I don't have a problem with the Russian people, the ones I have known, and I have know a few, were quite lovable, it is the leadership that is holding them down. The Russian people are exactly where we would be if Trump was returned to office and went off on some testosterone driven interior or exterior crusade. Trump and Putin are cut from the same fabric, only Putin got the most of the brains and Trump got most of the shit.

[The Jungle 1]

10. What happened to all the Z s painted on every tank.

[Igel]

19. At least one had a Z.

But there were other sigils.

I like how it sounds like a video game. "Look at all the weapons. Take the ammo."

[flying rabbit]

27. Take the ammo

That's how you do it.

[tblue37]

11. Replies to the original tweet:

Link to tweet

Jessica Berlin
·
Sep 10, 2022
@berlin_bridge

In a day full of good news this one made me laugh out loud: confirmed reports the Russians have been using helicopters to look for deserters. You know your war’s on track when your air support is going after your own troops instead of the enemy.
#Ukraine️ #counteroffensive

Alwin Huber
@kiekerjan666

Russians have a long history when it comes to hunting down deserters. Finding motivated soldiers to fight under crappy conditions has always been a problem in Russia...

[ShazzieB]

35. What do they do when they find a deserter?

Do they just shoot them from the helicopter or what?

[AggressiveCanary]

12. Tanks have terrible gas mileage

Just sayin

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Maintenance and upkeep makes them terrible commuter vehicles.

Welcome to DU!

[getagrip_already]

14. No worse than my boat...

Plus you can use it to plow roads in winter.

[Pepsidog]

15. Exile Putin and Trump and make them live together. Trump can be Vlad's butler. I wonder when rw

media will ask TFG what he thinks of powerful Putin now. His idol is getting his ass kicked. All those Russian loving magats like Tucker look like fools. Biden and NATO countries have done a truly miraculous job exposing Russia as a paper tiger. Ok yea they have Nukes but at this point who knows if they will work. I hope Putin accidentally falls out of a 40 story building soon.

[Chainfire]

21. The only thing that I worry about is if Putin is left in power long enough to want to take the world

to Valhalla with him. Perhaps his people will solve that potential problem.

[Pepsidog]

22. Let's hope they send Putin their first and cooler heads emerge.

[ShazzieB]

36. Hmm, let me see....

Media person: Looks like Putin is in trouble over there in Ukraine. Your thoughts?

TFG: It's all a hoax and fake news! The lying liberal media is reporting fakely and posting fake videos all over the internet to make him look bad! He's really winning bigly, like no one's ever seen before, but fake news is trying to steal his victory by making it look like he's losing!

[GoCubsGo]

23. Too bad they're death traps.

Which is likely the main reason they were so readily abandoned. They'll be more valuable scrapped and melted down, and turned into safer tanks. Or, bridges. Or, cars. Or, buildings.

[SWBTATTReg]

25. Using copers to locate missing troops or deserters? That doesn't sound very viable, and seems to

be a good way to lose yet more helicopters!

[Leghorn21]

26. Meanwhile,

The tractors are back!!! 🇺🇦🚜

Link to tweet

[Brother Buzz]

39. The Ukrainian Tractor Brigade, Baby!

[Warpy]

28. This is a rout. The Russians abandoned anything that was either slow or dug in

It looks like they're running back to where their supply lines are still intact. I'm sure they think they'll take their stuff back when they defeat the Ukrainians like state TV said they would. Yeah, sarcasm.

The problem with that strategy is that as the Ukrainians advance, they'll catch up to those supply lines, too, and destroy them.

I hope this is the beginning of the end.

[Historic NY]

30. The good news is that the HIMars can now get closer & do more damage to supplies and personel

Ukrainian Gains 'Very Promising' as HIMARS Help Counteroffensive, PM Says

https://www.newsweek.com/ukrainian-gains-very-promising-himars-help-counteroffensive-pm-denys-shmyhal-kharkiv-1741769]

Ukraine Has Struck More Than 400 Russian Targets With HIMARS - U.S. Top General

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-09-08/ukraine-has-struck-more-than-400-russian-targets-with-himars-u-s-top-general]

The American Guided Rockets Helping Ukraine Destroy Russian Forces

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/us/ukraine-weapons-rockets.html]


Very good work....indeed

[ShazzieB]

37. For people like me who don't keep up on all this stuff...

HIMARS = High Mobility Artillery Rocket System

You're welcome!

[Historic NY]

29. The scrap iron business is booming in Ukraine...

metal for rebuilding. Old Putin is going to have to buy new ones from NK.

[SergeStorms]

34. I'd be a little wary of climbing into....

and starting any of those tanks or fighting vehicles.

As dodgy as Russian soldiers are, they still might have booby-trapped them before scampering back to mother Russia. I imagine Ukraine has an engineer corps. I'd want them to look "free" military vehicles over before driving them home.

[lpbk2713]

38. 40 tons of scrap metal should help a lot.

[Brother Buzz]

40. Scrap metal?

The Ukrainian Tractor Brigade will have that back in service before the paint dries.