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[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 90 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"Welcome to the captured American military equipment museum. To your left is the Coffin on Wheels, and behind it is the Bloated Budget APC That Only Carries ~~Four~~ Six Soldiers. If you continue into the next room, we have the Plane That Doesn't Fly in the Rain..."

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 30 points 6 months ago

I was at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing recently and they had a Taiwanese U2 that the PLA shot down as the centerpiece exhibit of one of the floors.

Say what you will about American gear, but it makes great war trophies.

[-] fox@hexbear.net 18 points 6 months ago

I think Cuba has a captured U2 as well

[-] Vncredleader@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

The DPRK has a whole functioning US submarine they have tours in

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 6 months ago

Well shoot, now I kinda want to go to DPRK

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

Now I want to go to DPRK more

[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago
[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago

Same vibe as US marines being confused and befuddled over Japanese light tanks, but for real

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago
[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago

That's not a Type 95 Ha-Go at all!!!

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Very distinct turret shape and gun mantlet, it's Sherman.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago

Yea, weird :)

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 6 months ago

Bloated Budget APC That Only Carries Four Soldiers

I guessed others, but not this one. Is it humvee? Max pro?

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Bradley IFV though I guess it's actually six soldiers not four

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ah, thanks! The apc bit is what got me confused.

Edit: clicked the link, and lo - the very first comment is coping about bradleys "defeating a T-90 with just 25 mm guns". This is why we can't have nice things

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago

There's a whole lot of cope in the top comments, but when you get below those there's some actually good opinions

Can't wait for the sequel featuring the F35 Lightning.

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 67 points 6 months ago

horror warning

Crying and farding and shidding rn this is so scary

[-] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 47 points 6 months ago

horror warning

just a bunch of trucks and shit

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 6 months ago

But have you considered these are GLORIOUS ÜBERME- I mean epic democracy defending trucks, in the grubby hands of yucky asiatic hor- I mean totalitarians?! Checkmate, commie!

[-] edge@hexbear.net 64 points 6 months ago

Meanwhile, US military officials revealed that Ukraine had sidelined US Abrams M1A1 tanks because Russian drones could detect them and launch attacks.

Five of the 31 Abrams that the US sent in January 2023 have already been lost to Russian attacks.

michael-laugh

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

Honestly shocked they made it this long without more just being lost to nature or maintenance issues

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 6 months ago

Or maybe they have, and that is why they're getting rotated to the rear - the drones are just an excuse. Getting rotated because of a verified and proven (with video proof) threat of a new(ish) weapon system is still not as embarrassing as getting rotated out because the tank is just shit and broke down. At least in my mind, seeing the wank around nazi tanks may prove me wrong

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 58 points 6 months ago

biaoqing-copium

Sadly, there isn't an arena in the whole World, that is big enough to show off all the captured and destroyed Russian equipment.

wojak-nooo

If we want to show off captured Russian equipment, we have to ask Ukrainian farmers for it.

smuglord

How many thousands of tanks has Russia lost?

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 49 points 6 months ago

If we wanted to humiliate Russia, all we have to do is hit up the Ghost of Kyiv. But we have more important things to worry about.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 6 months ago
[-] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

If we want to show off captured Russian equipment, we have to ask Ukrainian farmers for it.

when your army is draftees but you don't respect them and still refer to them as farmers

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

How many thousands of tanks has Russia lost?

0 thousands...That's the answer? Damn I kinda want some of that copium they're huffing

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 53 points 6 months ago

Yet it wasn't a "horror warning" when Ukrainians show off captured/destroyed Russian vehicles in Kiev?

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 6 months ago

#YouDontUnderstandItsDifferent

[-] AcidLeaves@hexbear.net 42 points 6 months ago

Man knows how to rally a country together and raise morale

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 6 months ago

Imagine spending 40+ years hunting Western spies and running counters against the world's most developed and psychotic empire. The man's been training his whole life for this and he's been selecting and training his entire power structure using the same background

[-] Vncredleader@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago

They had open air museums of captured equipment with little stands with descriptions in Donbas mere days after taking a town back like a month into the war. I remember there was a video showing it off and everything. This is not shocking

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

Pristine condition. Maybe because no Ukrainians want to fight the war and are just leaving the shit behind.

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Natostans will cope by claiming it's because of superior quality

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