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The Russians Bolted 1950s Naval Guns To Armored Tractors—And Produced Nearly Useless Combat Vehicles(www.forbes.com)

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It’s apparent the Frankenstein’s monster of a combat vehicle is even less than the sum of its crude components.

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Hubi@feddit.de
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That video is absolutely wild, the headline is actually overselling this POS. It looks like the turret is about to fall off.

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xuxebiko@kbin.social
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How will it perform in the Turrent Flying Olympics?

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mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de
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Favorably, as always.

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redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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The gun is so shaky, the gunner could be counted as casualty after firing that gun for some time due to vibration injury.

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DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de
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Yeah I’m sure shit would break within seconds if you actually tried to use it.

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hydrospanner@lemmy.world
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Perhaps they forgot the cellotape

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