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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe weight of the latest Abrams tank variation is 71 tons. There are going to be some viral videos of the parade...
Vinca
(54,149 posts)haele
(15,468 posts)Not sure any of the bridges can take even the amount of APCs they'll be using; if they use tanks, there's going to be serious structural damage.
Not to mention going over areas of the roads where the Metro is a subway.
I may not be an infrastructure engineer, but my understanding is that the laws of physics work the same no matter what field of study, religion, or philosophy one has, and is not bordered by whatever reality one chooses to build.
Jit423
(1,568 posts)sop
(18,897 posts)Bettie
(19,787 posts)he'll just start ranting about the terrible upkeep of the roads in DC, because he's a fucking monster.
tanyev
(49,424 posts)newdeal2
(5,504 posts)A conservative wet dream.
Is Trump going to be wearing a Gaddafi-like outfit for his parade? All white since it's summer.
Tarzanrock
(1,250 posts)that his yellow stained Pisswig doesn't blow off in the wind.
ananda
(35,293 posts)I wonder where they want it to go?
thought crime
(1,676 posts)Will they be Goose-stepping?
travelingthrulife
(5,355 posts)MiHale
(13,088 posts) Sorry, I tripped on a broken chunk of asphalt, gun just kinda went off hope no one got hurt , remarked the soldier to his companions as they helped him to his feet. Oh, crap. He later exclaimed.
k_buddy762
(638 posts)machines ever to take the battlefield.
albacore
(2,747 posts)"Russian forces have reportedly destroyed several M1 Abrams tanks that the United States sent to Ukraine. Specifically, reports indicate that at least 20 out of the 31 Abrams tanks supplied by the U.S. have been destroyed or disabled. These losses have raised concerns about the effectiveness of the Abrams tank in the Ukrainian conflict and its suitability for the specific challenges of the war.
Currently under 10 Abrams tanks are estimated to remain in service in the Ukrainian Army, with most of the kills filmed against the vehicles having been achieved by guided artillery or by single use kamikaze drones, although one of the tanks was confirmed to have been destroyed by a Russian T-72B3 tank after the two exchanged fire near Avdiivka. The Abrams sheer size has reportedly led the fleet to attract particularly high quantities of fire, with their profiles being far larger than those of Ukraines Soviet-built tanks such as the T-80s and T-64, or than tanks operated by the Russian Army."
Drones are a real bitch!
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-army-captures-two-ukraine-abrams-intact#:~:text=Currently%20under%2010%20Abrams%20tanks,72B3%20tank%20after%20the%20two
Melon
(1,541 posts)Those tanks sent to Ukraine as well as those sold to Saudi etc. dont have the same upgraded armor as our best tanks nor the electronics packages. These are older tanks and the US does not give out our best technology, knowing that it can be captured or sold and reverse engineered.
Tarzanrock
(1,250 posts)right in front the the Turd's grandstand where that vulgar, treasonous pig/rapist is seated and swallow up a number of those tanks parading past the Turd. It would make a nice television moment for the entire world to enjoy.