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Tank Stories?

mine: on an M60A1 with 1st ID. We were out in the Kansas fields when the brigade commander waved us over. His vehicle was stuck in mud - a Dodge Ram thing the Army was using - and he ordered us to pull it out. we tried explaining tanks aren’t good for that but he was adamant.

We pulled it out, over on its roof, through mud and brush. Probably totaled it.

Other stories include loaders being slapped by the hatch, ouch, burning road wheels off, etc.

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u/briskerly — 1 day ago
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What was the benefit of open top armored vehicles?

Looking at things like the M10, why would you leave an open top, when even a ricocheting bullet, light strafing run by a plane or a tossed hand grenade could decimate the crew?

I can only think of being able to provide small arms fire or disembarking quickly.

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u/EvaTheE — 2 days ago
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US M48 and British Conqueror tanks that I painted.

The lighter brown on the M48 is supposed to be mud.

u/alien_secret_service — 2 days ago
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Is CV90 a much better IFV than BMP-3 from a cost-effectiveness standpoint?

Is the CV90 platform more cost-effective than BMP-3 variants? Correct me if I am wrong, but the unit cost for CV90 is around $9.5 to $13 million, for BMP3 it's around $2-4 million. Sure, CV90 is much better armored, better fire control system, better protection against mines, better everything. However, does that really make it so much better at doing what an IFV is supposed to do to make it more cost-effective than BMP3, especially in drone warfare where every armored vehicle is vulnerable to drones unless it's modified into a turtle. For armor specifically, a modern upgraded t80 or t90 costs around $4 million, so you can have 2-3 T80/T90s per 3 CV90s.

u/Agreeable_Base_5942 — 3 days ago
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Somua s35 because math class are so boring.

Hello, i don't usually draw tank. I mostly draw human and stuff. But the class is so boring and my artblock get so bad i want to quit. But guess what i draw today. Somua s35. it's a really quick sketch tho. Criticism and advice are all welcomed.🙏🏻💗

u/Funny_Situation_9400 — 3 days ago
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Map of All Tanks in The United States

https://preview.redd.it/4dwseovkzxjh1.jpg?width=2011&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2db9ca93332702059dfae046e91d974e9dc2021

After many years of work, I am finally ready to release my completed Google Earth map of all tanks on display in the United States. This includes tanks displayed at VFWs and National Guard armories, in museums and private collections, and range wrecks. The primary basis for this work was The USA Historical AFV Register, with significant amounts of my own additions and corrections. It expands into other military ground vehicles beyond just tanks, such as trucks and engineering vehicles.

The full description and file download can be found on the patreon link. It is a public post and is free to access.

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u/Harold_Biondo — 3 days ago
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Thoughts?

What the vehicle's crew calls it > what the manuals call it

u/CalzonePie — 4 days ago
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German Flakpanzer 30mm Zwilling auf Truppenversuchsmuster RU 222

The father of the Gepard

u/polskapenguinreal — 3 days ago
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Tamoio

Tamoyo. One of the very few exemplars. Entered competition with the Leopard 1a1 for space on the Brazilian army, lost the competition. Only a few units around.

u/Wyrmnax — 4 days ago
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2S42 'Lotos'

Lotos SPG

introduction:2016

Weight: 18t

Length: 8m

Width: 3m

Armament: 120 mm breech-loaded mortar 2A80-1 reload 8,5 seconds

7.62 mm machine gun

Engine: 2V-06-2 diesel 450 hp

Max speed: 70 kmh / 43 mph

Hull armour: same as BMD-4M (10-20mm)

Ammunition:

Complete round Projectile Projectile type Weight Filling velocity Firing range
3WOF54 3OF49 High-explosive shell 19.8 kg 4.9 kg A-IX-2 367 m/s 8.85 km
3WOF55 3OF50 Rocket-assisted high-explosive shell 19.8 kg 3.0 kg A-IX-2 367 m/s 12.8 km
3WOF57 3OF36 High-explosive shell 16.1 kg 3.2 kg TNT 333 m/s 7.1 km
3WBK14 3BK19 HEAT shell 13.2 kg Shaped charge 560 m/s 0.6 km
3WO32 3BO32 Cargo shell 23.3 kg 30 KOBE shaped-charge bomblets unknown 8.0 km
KM-8 Gran unknown Precision-guided mortar shell 27 kg 5.3 kg TNT unknown 9.0 km
Kitolow-2M 3OF69M Precision-guided mortar shell 28 kg 5.3 kg TNT unknown 12 km
u/polskapenguinreal — 3 days ago
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tanks in the wild

not the wild, but the training grounds in Seferihisar

also i think the closeet one is a M60.

>!it always is!<

u/pattislikiymaliborek — 4 days ago
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How to learn about tanks in the best way?

Hello people

my boyfriend loves tanks like alot, and i have been wanting to surprise him with some tank related things.

Like maybe a cool drawing or painting (self made ofc)

Model tanks (i just have no clue wich one) He already builds and paints warhammer that's why i thought that might be a nice add on.

The thing is, i know absolutely nothing about tanks, and i have no idea where to learn any of it.

Can someone please help me out, it would mean the world🙏🤍

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u/Ellieminium — 5 days ago
▲ 255 r/tanks+1 crossposts

US Army Ordinance Museum, Fort Lee VA

u/Sporkee — 6 days ago
▲ 454 r/tanks+2 crossposts

This is history

Shout out to my country for saving this tank

u/Laflair99 — 6 days ago
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Tank convoys stopped with RPG are 203mm howitzer ammo      what do you think?

rpg shot fail

again

other side of the ifv got destroy by a rpg shell

https://preview.redd.it/55t2ecw74kjh1.jpg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=343658f8e4f68edae31a7a1ab004464f3ae3a52e

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https://preview.redd.it/d21nkzwc4kjh1.jpg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ae039eaff7efd4af8e6ba30cd0ff90560971295

https://preview.redd.it/ygx31a8d4kjh1.jpg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9d967c435b03257b414cf7e338ee9957cda1fc2

I got the idea of the RPG ammo getting stuck in the add-on armor in Day Z after coming across a destroyed military convoy with an IFV and RPG ammo stuck in the add-on armor. I decided to do it. PS: At the end, a photo of the vehicle in Day Z that made me want to do it.

u/Zealousideal-Sky8736 — 5 days ago
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M60 AVLB, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Not a tank, of course, but in the neighborhood of tanks.

u/DyersvilleStLambert — 5 days ago