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On the one hand, a gun is a gun and we still use the M2 Browning from the end of WW1. On the other hand, this is very much "last gasp of the third reich" kitbashing.So this is a thing now. Russia, are you okay over there?
Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors
The up-gunned, tracked MT-LBs are further evidence of the Kremlin’s worsening equipment crisis as it struggles to make good its losses in Ukraine.www.forbes.com
MT-LB - Wikipedia
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Militias hooning around in technicals are pissing themselves laughing at that.
The funny thing is, that would possibly be a cool idea....in 1916, because then your cannons could get better range and maybe shoot down into the trenches you were lumbering towards. Here it's just "Hey, look, I put a conspicuous tower/turret on top of my armored tractor that can be seen from kilometers away and provides an excellent target for actual tanks to shoot at".
Hey, if the fresh conscripts have never seen it before, it's technically new to them....So this is a thing now. Russia, are you okay over there?
Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors
The up-gunned, tracked MT-LBs are further evidence of the Kremlin’s worsening equipment crisis as it struggles to make good its losses in Ukraine.
MT-LB - Wikipedia
Given the choice between that abortion and a Toyota Landcruiser with a rocket pod inexpertly welded onto the back tray...
Yeah, I'm getting in the Landcruiser.
Command and Conquer Generals has you covered.
Rocket buggy (Generals 1)
The rocket buggy was a light artillery vehicle used by the GLA in Command & Conquer: Generals and its expansion, Zero Hour. Unlike other long-range units, the rocket buggy was fast and agile, but had the weakest armor of all siege/support vehicles. They were armed with pods of small missiles...
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I was going to say that, though the M2 was developed a little after WW1. And the old vehicles they are using seem to be vehicles of an old design, that are still used by various other forces around the world, not the same thing.
And the article compares them unfavourably to a Ukranian vehicle, but gives no reason to suggest they are supposed to fill the same role. I strongly suspect the Russian vehicles could be useful if used correctly, but then I've no reason to assume they would be.
Real life has me covered. I dunno who first thought bolting an aircraft rocket pod onto the tray of a ute (pick up for you seppos) was a good idea... probably someone who saw all the ones with recoilless rifles and though "Bah, I can do better!"
Got to be a wild fucken 30 seconds firing the pod off.
Possibly inspired by the Soviet vehicle mounted multiple rocket launchers used in WW2?
As an aside, during the Falklands War, the Argentinians used an aircraft rocket pod as an emplaced weapon, sticking in on top of a slide in a playground to give it some height.
How long before we're seeing this? Sans the radical dudes, obviously.So this is a thing now. Russia, are you okay over there?
Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors
The up-gunned, tracked MT-LBs are further evidence of the Kremlin’s worsening equipment crisis as it struggles to make good its losses in Ukraine.
Someone being sent into battle equipped as well as Donatello quite likely has happened already, in all seriousness.
The ongoing Bakhmut shitshow.
The ongoing Wagner Shitshow.
Yeah, it's looking like that joke I've been making about Russia being a Feudal State with Nukes isn't really a joke.
If Russia collapses into Civil War, it'll probably look something like the War Economy in MGS4 with Oligarch PMCs fighting each other.
The ongoing Wagner Shitshow.
Yeah, it's looking like that joke I've been making about Russia being a Feudal State with Nukes isn't really a joke.
If Russia collapses into Civil War, it'll probably look something like the War Economy in MGS4 with Oligarch PMCs fighting each other.
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You mean this boi?
Katyusha rocket launcher - Wikipedia
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or this one?
BM-21 Grad - Wikipedia
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Yeah, though the latter wasn't in WW2. Fire of lots of rockets quickly and the drive away, as opposed to artillery which has a slow rate of fire.You mean this boi?
Katyusha rocket launcher - Wikipedia
or this one?
BM-21 Grad - Wikipedia
Why stop at just a truck?You mean this boi?
Katyusha rocket launcher - Wikipedia
or this one?
BM-21 Grad - Wikipedia
T34 Calliope - Wikipedia
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LSM(R)-188-class landing ship medium - Wikipedia
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Well, the Russians are fond of their missle ships. Notably the Moskva.Why stop at just a truck?
Or even a tank?T34 Calliope - Wikipedia
LSM(R)-188-class landing ship medium - Wikipedia
Russian cruiser Moskva - Wikipedia
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Yes I know the US also has guided missle cruisers too but Russia really likes the "Stick a bunch of missles on a vehicle" thing.
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