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Hey, if the DIY armor stops even one bullet it's done half its job. The other half is to make people on the internet talk about it. 
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Sinteres posted:The SDF has the saddest looking tank I've ever seen. Hahaha Is there any video's of this tank?
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Feb 12, 2017 22:27
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I hope the paint was someone having a laugh instead of a serious attempt at camouflage.
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Feb 12, 2017 22:29
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Descar posted:Hahaha Yeah. https://twitter.com/AfarinMamosta/status/829834682791493632
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Feb 12, 2017 22:30
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Hell, if the most the enemy has is a couple of HMGs and ancient soviet RPGs, it'll do. I imagine they're mostly using it as an APC and fire platform, like those technicals with AA guns. Probably not meant to spearhead an assault into fortified positions as much as anchoring a foothold against infantry assault.
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Feb 12, 2017 22:41
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Al Qaeda rebels have launched a huge offensive in Daraa on the southern front.
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Feb 12, 2017 22:48
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Sinteres posted:The SDF has the saddest looking tank I've ever seen. It has the same camo pattern as the Mystery Machine 
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Feb 12, 2017 23:05
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The Ape of Naples posted:It has the same camo pattern as the Mystery Machine
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Feb 12, 2017 23:08
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The Ape of Naples posted:It has the same camo pattern as the Mystery Machine You laugh, but with so much crazy poo poo that comes out of Syria, if I saw a picture of the Mystery Machine with a bmp turret bolted to the top rolling through the desert I wouldn't blink an eye.
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Feb 12, 2017 23:55
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Sinteres posted:The SDF has the saddest looking tank I've ever seen. It's the q*bert of tanks.
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Feb 13, 2017 00:28
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Hahah, just noticed, the thing at the top is a CCTV PTZ camera
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Feb 13, 2017 05:20
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Sinteres posted:The SDF has the saddest looking tank I've ever seen. Slap some spikes onnit and get it red an' it'll be right orky, a propa wagon. Also, re: Turkey's missile ambitions, who would it use them on? The only two factions in the middle east with anything worth hitting via missile instead of air strike would be Saudi Arabia and Israel - off the top of my head. Then again, I'm not sure who Turkey is especially belligerent towards, save the Kurds.
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Feb 13, 2017 05:39
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If Erdogan really wants to restore the Ottoman Empire, he's going to have to beat all 3.
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Feb 13, 2017 06:02
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We've just launched a new report from the Atlantic Council, Breaking Aleppo, which examines the last months of the battle for Aleppo, and the lengths Russia and Syria went to to win it. The New York Times has a write up on it, and as part of the report we asked Forensic Architecture to review our work and they produced the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CJ-KKLzyBU
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Feb 13, 2017 09:26
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Friendly Humour posted:Hell, if the most the enemy has is a couple of HMGs and ancient soviet RPGs, it'll do. I imagine they're mostly using it as an APC and fire platform, like those technicals with AA guns. Probably not meant to spearhead an assault into fortified positions as much as anchoring a foothold against infantry assault. They wouldn't need an HMG or an RPG, an AK could swiss cheese that thing, but the HMG was specifically designed to turn armored cars into coffins , and any RPG would penetrate the front and keep going right out the back. I think people still have this weird idea that modern combat is still like a WW2 movie and don't yet understand how horrifically deadly modern weapons are.
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Feb 13, 2017 09:54
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Ghetto Prince posted:They wouldn't need an HMG or an RPG, an AK could swiss cheese that thing, but the HMG was specifically designed to turn armored cars into coffins , and any RPG would penetrate the front and keep going right out the back. It looks to me like its made of 1.5-2cm steel plates. It'll keep you safe from most small arms, but any HMG calibre or even a really old anti-tank weapon will tear it to shreds. Postorder Trollet89 fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 13:32
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I think it's safe to assume that the people actually building/using this tank have a pretty good idea what it's weaknesses are, given that lives depend on it.
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Feb 13, 2017 13:44
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if only there was a simple way to test the effectiveness of the armour plates you're welding onto your selfmade APC, hmm...
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Feb 13, 2017 13:49
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GaussianCopula posted:I think it's safe to assume that the people actually building/using this tank have a pretty good idea what it's weaknesses are, given that lives depend on it. This thing has been in an active warzone for almost two years and keeps on ticking in the same war where we've had Leopard IIs crossing the border and the most modern of Russian armor being deployed and get scrap within a week by ATGMs. Whoever built it and runs it, because you know it's probably the same guy, is a testament to modern warfare.
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Feb 13, 2017 14:00
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For perspective, here's the same tank from a post on Conflict News twitter. Everyone just shits on this thing, but, here we are, with this thing about to be in the probably the last major battle vs. ISIS. https://twitter.com/Conflicts/status/666966554962173952
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Feb 13, 2017 14:03
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Ghetto Prince posted:They wouldn't need an HMG or an RPG, an AK could swiss cheese that thing, but the HMG was specifically designed to turn armored cars into coffins , and any RPG would penetrate the front and keep going right out the back. You seem to have this weird idea that an AK has more penetrating power than a WW2 service rifle and heavy machine guns weren't commonplace in World War II, and think you can somehow judge the efficacy of this things armor based on an image from twitter.
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Feb 13, 2017 14:42
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This is really interesting reporting. Definitely supports the argument that these hospitals were being deliberately targeted, not that that is particularly controversial.
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Feb 13, 2017 14:49
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Brown Moses posted:We've just launched a new report from the Atlantic Council, Breaking Aleppo, which examines the last months of the battle for Aleppo, and the lengths Russia and Syria went to to win it. The New York Times has a write up on it, and as part of the report we asked Forensic Architecture to review our work and they produced the following video: Never knew geo-locating could be taken to this extreme.
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Feb 13, 2017 16:58
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Back Hack posted:Never knew geo-locating could be taken to this extreme. We had a lot more material that could have been used in the hospital building, but the deadline limited what we could do. We've enough to texture most of the interior, plus exterior locations that were also damaged. If we get funding we'll finish that and do other locations, hopefully even work with people on the ground on more recent attacks.
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Feb 13, 2017 19:02
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https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/831162130464247809 Flag of the new 5th corp. 
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Feb 13, 2017 19:30
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I'm starting to wonder if Turkey's deliberately playing a game of good cop/bad cop with Assad against the Kurds. Maybe Erdogan's willing to attack Efrin and Manbij, but if he can instead get the YPG to seek Assad's protection and make the SAA responsible for border security again, it seems like a much simpler solution to his problems than trying to occupy another huge chunk of territory outside his borders.
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Feb 13, 2017 21:01
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Throatwarbler posted:Al Qaeda rebels have launched a huge offensive in Daraa on the southern front. Here's some okayish maps: https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/831153216825987072 quote:#Syria New rebel advance (blue area) in #Daraa city https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/831153216825987072 quote:another map shows more gains by #FSA in #Daraa Note the river that runs through the middle of Daraa; the SAA's holdings to the south of the river are a bit isolated, and the SAA will have to cross the river to bring in any serious reinforcements. Saladin Rising fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 21:02
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Brown Moses I miss your old avatar.
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Still a better vehicle than the other famous tank called Mouse! https://twitter.com/RojavaRev/status/831212630534713346
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ecureuilmatrix posted:Still a better vehicle than the other famous tank called Mouse! now i want to see it gently caress up ISIS fighters, maybe run a couple down. Friendly Humour posted:
it does look like baby A7V. it looks like something straight out of world war 1.
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Feb 14, 2017 01:44
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Congrats to the Kurds: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/politics/michael-flynn-white-house-national-security-adviser/index.html quote:Embattled White House national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night, two sources tell CNN.
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Feb 14, 2017 05:31
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Don't let the door hit you on the way out
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Feb 14, 2017 07:24
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Hasta la Vista, Michael Flynn.
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Feb 14, 2017 07:26
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Grouchio posted:Hasta luego, pendejo Ftfy
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Brown Moses posted:We had a lot more material that could have been used in the hospital building, but the deadline limited what we could do. We've enough to texture most of the interior, plus exterior locations that were also damaged. If we get funding we'll finish that and do other locations, hopefully even work with people on the ground on more recent attacks. I'll do a voiceover for free, although it might end up sounding like a nature documentary. "And here we find the ISIS member, hostis humani generis, in its natural habitat, the charnel pit..."
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Feb 14, 2017 08:12
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Interview with pisspiggrandad by chapo trap house https://m.soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-82-war-is-heck-feat-pisspiggranddad-21317
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ecureuilmatrix posted:Still a better vehicle than the other famous tank called Mouse! The more I look at this thing, the more impressive it seems. Super narrow and small profile, highly angled armor all around without a flat surface anywhere and highest concentration of millimeters right where the gunner/driver sits. Whoever designed this thing knew what he was doing alright. Are there any specs for this anywhere? It looks like there's only one driver/gunner/commander. Anyone identify the machine gun?
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3peat posted:Interview with pisspiggrandad by chapo trap house I like to imagine a far future where statements like this are all that archeologists find from our era.
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Cat Mattress posted:I like to imagine a far future where statements like this are all that archeologists find from our era. Internet archeologists, combing over forums ancient and forgotten buried deep in the lower depts of wayback machines, hypothetise that these podcasts were a religious rite of some sort.
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