God drat that must have made a noise
|
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 04:25 |
|
|
# ? Jun 6, 2024 05:07 |
|
Western tanks can't even launch turrets good. NATO so weak.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 04:29 |
|
Can that tank be fixed?
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 04:53 |
|
Kraftwerk posted:Can that tank be fixed? It still works for indirect fire.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 05:05 |
|
Kraftwerk posted:Can that tank be fixed? don't forget to spay and neuter your tanks
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 05:16 |
|
Kraftwerk posted:Can that tank be fixed? *fires up the old buffing tool* I got this one boys
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 05:42 |
|
It will be fine as long as those threads aren't stripped and they don't crossthread it when they screw it back on.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 05:47 |
|
Kraftwerk posted:Can that tank be fixed? I'm sure there are some CF vehicle technicians that could have that thing back in working order. The poo poo that the Sea King technicians had to do to keep their charges in the air bordered on necromancy. They have no other choice because there's no budget or timeline for a replacement
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 05:49 |
|
The barrel being hosed up strikes me as probably catastrophic. Might be able to salvage it as a driver training vehicle. I am not a tank mechanic.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 06:02 |
|
That thing belongs in a tank mechanic school. Specifically it needs to be there as a reminder to everyone of the kind of people that will be providing the mechanic with work in the future.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 06:42 |
|
Turrurrurrurrrrrrr posted:Western tanks can't even launch turrets good. NATO so weak. Beautiful
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 07:25 |
|
A fender bender. https://twitter.com/pprussel14/status/1648130522667778054?t=OhhmTxW_dTIywDmh9rrDYg&s=19
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 07:57 |
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPX1CieUkFY Guy made a thing re: the eventual Ukrainian counteroffensive going over the observed dire state of Russian supply, and potential possible outcomes of the eventual offensive. orange juche fucked around with this message at 08:24 on Apr 18, 2023 |
# ? Apr 18, 2023 08:07 |
|
mikerock posted:The barrel being hosed up strikes me as probably catastrophic. Might be able to salvage it as a driver training vehicle. Funny thing is, I don’t see any barrel damage in the pictures. The bulge in the middle is not a solid part of the barrel but a fine extractor which is a replaceable part. That’s what first caught my eye when everyone started calling this a barrel hit- a force to push a turret out of place would make that barrel way more wile e coyote- like.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 11:11 |
|
yes, that tank is fixable, but it's a depot level repair (or whatever the German equivalent is). I was a mechanic in the US Army. I've fixed worse than that.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 11:18 |
|
A.o.D. posted:(or whatever the German equivalent is). So they'll be waiting at least 6 weeks for an appointment.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 11:20 |
|
Der panzerarzt
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 11:40 |
|
Valtonen posted:The bulge in the middle is not a solid part of the barrel but a fine extractor which is a replaceable part.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 12:51 |
|
Invalido posted:My crew had to replace one of those! We were going pretty fast with the gun at three o'clock and there was a big pine tree there that went flying. I didn't catch much hell for it as a commander since it was the driver's job to tell the gunner the traverse limits from obstacles, but the whole crew got night duty replacing the ejector as punishment. It's just a fiberglass can more or less, and if you had the right tool for the threaded ring fixing it in place it isn't a big job as I recall it Yep; on both m1 and Leo it’s part of routine maintenance before gunneries to clean underneath it and make sure it’s serviceable. Completely busted ones might be harder to remove / replace labor-wise if there is damage to the threads or the locking part.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 12:54 |
|
drat, I didn't realize how many you sickos itt have been, or been near to treaded coffin jockeys
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 13:10 |
|
Splorange posted:treaded coffin jockey That’s a good username if I’ve ever seen one
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 13:14 |
|
Valtonen posted:Yep; on both m1 and Leo it’s part of routine maintenance before gunneries to clean underneath it and make sure it’s serviceable. Completely busted ones might be harder to remove / replace labor-wise if there is damage to the threads or the locking part. Strange as a CR2 commander it would have been 100% my fault in people's eyes 😂 Also CR2 fume extractor if dented and needs to be removed is a pain in the dick as it won't just slide off due to tolerances and it's made of steel so requires an angle grinder.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 13:17 |
|
MonkeyLibFront posted:Strange as a CR2 commander it would have been 100% my fault in people's eyes 😂 Same here. The TC is responsible for everything on the tank. More so if you're a platoon leader.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 13:18 |
|
MonkeyLibFront posted:No cannons installed, any us armour peeps comment? Is it similar to the UKs warrior where you can literally unscrew the cannon for maint? It's been a minute, but as I recall it took two people (it's heavy) and not a lot of time to remove or install it. They're removed for rail moves and stored in the crew compartment. There might even be a tie down specifically for it.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 15:20 |
|
I thought it would go closer to this. Instead, they misunderstood what turret tossing is all about, smh my head.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 15:59 |
|
Antigravitas posted:I thought it would go closer to this. Instead, they misunderstood what turret tossing is all about, smh my head. I'd say they discovered new tech in the great sport of turret toss; not having one's body atomized during the toss.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 18:50 |
|
Orthanc6 posted:I'd say they discovered new tech in the great sport of turret toss; not having one's body atomized during the toss. The quiet quitting of tank tossers. For shame.
|
# ? Apr 18, 2023 19:07 |
|
Itchy_Grundle posted:Same here. The TC is responsible for everything on the tank. More so if you're a platoon leader. Of course the TC is technically responsible for everything. Still there's the very necessary division of labor. The TC can't use use his sight helping the gunner spot and pretend to shoot simulated enemies to the left like he's supposed to if he also has to look out the vision blocks over his shoulder to make sure the driver doesn't forget to call out obstacles, which my boss and his boss both understood perfectly well. I did my fair share of fuckups in my short stint in the army but this one wasn't on me and everyone knew it. Doesn't mean I didn't get chewed out half-heartedly for it though, because that's how the hierarchy worked. More generally there were so many trees in close proximity to where we were driving (northern Sweden) that if the TC was tasked with keeping track of them he'd never get to do anything else. Many, many trees fell down due to small and large mistakes. There was this buddy of mine who's CV90 got into some marshy terrain by mistake and rather than turning around on soft dangerous ground he just floored is straight across and returned by going around it. Though all the trees. Hundreds of them, for kilometers. Given the nature of marshes in that part of the world it was generally agreed he'd made the right call. Those things are essentially overgrown lakes with enough biomass on the surface to prevent an armored vehicle from sinking for a while. Maybe. e:oops, I said "gun at three o'clock" in the last post but it was obviously at nine. Invalido fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Apr 18, 2023 |
# ? Apr 18, 2023 20:14 |
|
It feels like Norway has a "tank sunk in marsh during exercise, two died" accident every ten years or so - the parts of the country where we prepare to fight are just not great tank terrain. That's what's between us (both) and Russia, though. E: Looks like it's actually been 20 years since the last loss of life in a marsh; 17 if you count "driving onto the ice on a big open lake". Computer viking fucked around with this message at 09:23 on Apr 19, 2023 |
# ? Apr 19, 2023 09:19 |
|
Yeah, a small snow covered frozen lake can be hard to distinguish from a forest clearing in daylight let alone at night. We received training about it and on one exercise at least a few such lakes were marked for safety reasons. Still, sinking through the ice was a nightmare scenario for me. If the turret hatches are open the TC and loader have a decent chance of living I guess but the driver is gonna die unless insanely lucky.
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 10:11 |
|
Copying this article I translated for the GBS-thread, as I thought you might be also interested in it! There is also a 3 part documentary connected to this, with the first part now released, but Yle sadly only has Finnish and Swedish subtitles for it. Russian ships have been sighted quite clearly looking for vulnerabilities in civilian infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, and near Britain and Norway. Power and internet cables are extremely vulnerable, and them being damaged can both literally and figuratively leave millions in a black-out, making them a high priority target in either an all-out war between Russia and the Western nations or as a way to terrorize and threaten the nations who rely on these connections staying intact. This is a Yle article on Russian ship activity and information gathering up in the Nordics. The article itself does not contain any shocking imagery nor text, but clicking further on Yle's webpages may lead you to such material. Author: Maria Bonnor Release date: 19.04.23 Link to untranslated article: https://yle.fi/a/74-20027675 quote:A Russian ship delayed near wind farms in the Baltic Sea - it's about mapping weak points in electricity distribution, experts say
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 11:14 |
|
Can someone better versed in maritime law explain to me how that didn't immediately trigger a response from the Royal Navy?
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 12:42 |
|
yle posted:Description of video contents: A cool strategic display map Do they mean "chilling"?
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 13:14 |
|
Karate Bastard posted:
"Cool" seems applicable.
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 13:56 |
|
psydude posted:Can someone better versed in maritime law explain to me how that didn't immediately trigger a response from the Royal Navy? NATO response:
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 14:22 |
|
psydude posted:Can someone better versed in maritime law explain to me how that didn't immediately trigger a response from the Royal Navy? The Russian ship isn't a trawler so our submarines are powerless to use their time honoured tactic of dragging it under the water. (real talk we are almost certainly also doing so it's not worth the diplomatic fuss)
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 16:36 |
|
Couldn't Russian vessels just be barred from the national waters of NATO members? They could still do some bullshit, but suddenly considerably less.
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 16:42 |
That would keep the russian fleet in port. There's little water russia controls. Like, Norway and Denmark (through Greenland) control the water into the northern icecap. And lol at russian Baltic sea territory. RBA-Wintrow fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Apr 19, 2023 |
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 17:13 |
|
PurpleXVI posted:Couldn't Russian vessels just be barred from the national waters of NATO members? They could still do some bullshit, but suddenly considerably less. Warships can be asked to leave under UNCLOS, but other foreign ships in territorial waters that are just travelling/stopping are exercising "innocent passage" and the coastal state can't prohibit that. RBA-Wintrow posted:That would keep the russian fleet in port. There's little water russia controls. That's a map of EEZs (~200nmi), not territorial seas (12 nmi). Not exactly any better to get a warship out of St Petersburg and into the Atlantic, though:
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 17:26 |
|
|
# ? Jun 6, 2024 05:07 |
|
You can still get innocent passage if there’s no other way though. Those ships aren’t doing anything illegal, there’s probably a NATO submarine up their butt.
|
# ? Apr 19, 2023 17:29 |