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Title: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: K Frame on July 16, 2020, 07:34:53 AM: Mostly WW II, but some later.

There's a picture of a Sherman that was used as a test target. Wow...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAHuYuC_N4U

Oh, and the machine reader narration is best turned off.
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: 230RN on July 16, 2020, 11:55:50 AM: Boy, the insides of some of them must have looked like a hamburger explosion.

You kind of get used to the robovoice about halfway through.
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: Blakenzy on July 16, 2020, 01:09:20 PM: Tanks are very dramatic for some reason.

With modern infantry deployed ATGMs are they still relevant?
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: just Warren on July 16, 2020, 01:16:25 PM: "Sturm Tigger"
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: K Frame on July 16, 2020, 01:20:04 PM: Quote from: just Warren on July 16, 2020, 01:16:25 PM
"Sturm Tigger"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: cordex on July 16, 2020, 01:35:50 PM: Quote from: just Warren on July 16, 2020, 01:16:25 PM
"Sturm Tigger"
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers fill opponents with dread
Their tops have six inches of armor
Their bottoms have massive treads.

They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is the massively oversized gun.
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: K Frame on July 16, 2020, 01:53:12 PM: That was humorously bad. Very, very bad.
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: 230RN on July 20, 2020, 09:52:21 AM: Quote from: cordex on July 16, 2020, 01:35:50 PM
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers fill opponents with dread
Their tops have six inches of armor
Their bottoms have massive treads.

They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is the massively oversized gun.

Very good. As APS poet Laureate, though, I feel I can make one suggestion: "And each side has a massive tread." And optional.
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: sumpnz on July 21, 2020, 02:24:23 AM: Quote from: cordex on July 16, 2020, 01:35:50 PM
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers fill opponents with dread
Their tops have six inches of armor
Their bottoms have massive treads.

They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is the massively oversized gun.

We need a "like" or thumbs up button.
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: just Warren on September 09, 2020, 04:36:25 PM: Completely forgot to give Cordex mad props for this:

Quote from: cordex on July 16, 2020, 01:35:50 PM
The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers fill opponents with dread
Their tops have six inches of armor
Their bottoms have massive treads.

They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is the massively oversized gun.
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: MillCreek on September 09, 2020, 05:01:17 PM: So much win, Cordex.
Title: Re: Some really neat photos of knocked out tanks
Post by: T.O.M. on September 09, 2020, 09:17:06 PM: Back in the late 80s when I was a cadet at USMA, the infantry instructors and armor instructors loved to argue about which was more essential on the modern battlefield. Remember, this was the Cold War, and the Soviets had about a dozen tanks for each one of ours. Bottom line then, tanks were great against small arms, but vulnerable as hell to anti tank missiles. Infantry did like tanks on the battlefield. Even a dead tank was pretty good cover. :laugh: