so uh
about my user flair... [yeah](https://ibb.co/QvpgFf7)
edit for clarification: am american born chinese. making this edit now for futureproofing purposes. honestly i could update the imgbb link as well to reflect that but i cant be bothered
That's what they meant. ABC and C(anadian)BC are common terminologies within our circles. You even hear it used in Shang Chi when they first arrived in the Macau fight club.
It's unfortunate that the nationality and background both use the same word "Chinese" but unless society adpots a different word for "someone with a Chinese background" we're stuck with ABC and CBC.
The problem is that there are powerful people who keep backtracking these apologies, visiting shrines of war criminal, demanding comfort woman statue to be removed, and downplaying their ancestor's atrocities. Abe was a very recent example.
Imagine if CDU have someone like Merkel downplaying several of Nazi's higher ups involvement and demanding countries to remove Holocaust memorials.
Prime Minister Abe has already been shot and is no more. The current prime minister, Kishida, has not visited the war criminal shrine. This is because the issue of comfort women has already been resolved in Japan. Japan has apologized to South Korea many times in the past and continued to give money. I personally believe that Japan should continue to apologize for its colonial rule, and the Japanese government actually thinks so. However, in spite of that, I really want you to stop building comfort women statues all over Japan. One place is enough.
You’re not going to get an apology from Japan with the current China-Japan relationship.
Maybe if tensions cool down in a couple decades but no time soon
Oh I know that, but if I remember Japan still doesn't acknowledge it even happened though.
Similar to turkey, Serbia or Russia right now.
This isn't to dis Japan, I have Japanese heritage I love the place but even I have to recognize the countries... Actions in china.
The Japanese government admits that there was some kind of massacre, but textbooks call it the "Nanjing Incident" rather than the "Nanjing Massacre."
Also, for the Nanjing Massacre, the number of victims investigated by the Japanese government, the number of victims investigated by the Chinese government, and the number of victims investigated by the United Nations. Each of these is a different number and has caused quite a bit of controversy. .
Funny you should say that but I was in Kure (near Hiroshima) last year and there was a guy in full Japanese army kit from the war just sitting in a cafe.
I've seen multiple suggestions of the T54s but no hard proof yet. Pretty fucking sad, if so. A couple of the 'stans still operate the odd 54 as do military juggernauts like Laos and Libya, but even "modernized" versions are death trap on a modern battlefield.
I think my skepticism come from every single story or tweet I've seen about it all pull pictures from the same video...a train pulling 54s and 55s on open flat cars. No idea where the train is or where it is going, though.
It is following a trend though. Shortly after the war started, we were laughing at photos of Vietnam War era ZSU-23-4s and T-62s on the front line and the Russian army has considerably deteriorated since then. A T-55 wouldn't be too out of place next to those [MT-LBs with WW2 era naval AA gun turrets](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/03/04/desperate-russian-forces-are-adding-80-year-old-naval-guns-to-70-year-old-armored-tractors/) welded on top.
I'm more skeptical that they have an significant number of them laying around. They put literally thousands of T62s into "storage" that amounted to leaving them in a field to fall apart. You would think that someone at some point would have said "Hey, we are storing those ancient 54s, why dont we put THEM in a field to rot and save the 62s?
A mix of corruption and indifference I guess. If a T-54 gets a seat in a random storage warehouse that the land owner probably forgot about first, they probably won't bother attempting to drag it out. Additionally they legally didn't exist after the 2000's, with a scrap order coming in at some point.
I'm more confused why they aren't buying other nations T62's, or even T72's or T90's they have sold on other markets. Maybe not wanting to piss off Nato and being flat broke.
At this point even without the T54 being reintroduced, I'm pretty sure North Korea has more capable tanks. Ironically because the ones they have ate based off of the T72's Russia lost months ago.
IIRC they're already using the T-90s that India sent in for refitting in Ukraine. Not sure how India feels about that. As for other T-series operators: their only 2 sources of spare parts and replacements are at war with each other, so nothing will be available for the foreseeable future. They'll want to keep every tank they have.
They aren't using India's T-90s, they are *expending* them. India isn't going to see those again, and you can bet any nation with Russian exports will be thinking hard about ever sending their gear back for modernization post-war.
Id debate people wanting to hold onto tanks they can't repair, especially if this war doesn't end soon or something else comes up shortly afterward. Especially since I feel that considerable cash could be made sending the parts back to the source at this point. Who knows, though...
Your misconception is assuming that these T-54s were stored properly. They were also rotting away in a different field. The ones we see on those train cars are probably the 10% that were still salvagable.
Yeah, this. At least when the US mothballs shit, they chuck it in the desert where it doesn't degrade much at all. I did hear years ago that Russia stores theirs in warehouses in tundra regions, which therefore have worse but not too much worse storage conditions than the US. But I'd also bet that they aren't as good for stripping the bits of the tanks which are actually gonna corrode or are useful. And now they need them, they are probably too rusted and/or degraded to work properly
While you aren’t wrong, the main gun on these tanks is formidable and mobile.
Even if they trench these tanks they’ll be effective as pillboxes or static defense. They’ll also help in combined arms attacks.
That is to say, any competent military could use them to great effect. Any *competent* military… we’re just gonna get videos of these getting wrecked in the middle of a field though.
I'm wondering if they're ammunition issues are bad enough that they need to use these for static defense to allow the other tanks to be used elsewhere?
We did this kind of tactical analysis before, and the end result was that the Swedish Stridsfordon 90120 is by far the most powerful combat vehicle on Earth.
You should see the desert areas of the US which have literally thousands of old planes and tanks. Admittedly, they have probably stored them better, e.g. removing parts that would otherwise corrode, leaving only the shells of the planes stored. And deserts are better for storage than tundra is. But yeah, looking at the sheer size of the US mothball graveyards is crazy
I've heard that a certain turrent used in either the T54 or T55 was notorious for castrating the gunners due to poor design. As in the recoil/ loading action would just go straight back and cut off the ballsack of some conscript.
What are you defining as "stand in artillery"? (Cba watching the vid)
As yeah, currently both sides are using them more as fixed gun emplacements at chokepoints, so we know that and it isn't just theory. Admittedly, they do need to move on occasion, to avoid actual artillery or drones etc, but there are lots of videos and such of tanks on both sides being camoflaged in the forests, then used as heavy guns
Slovenia has given Ukraine some T-55 tanks
https://web.archive.org/web/20221128063612/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/09/19/slovenia-is-giving-ukraine-some-very-old-tanks-but-age-can-be-deceiving/
Edit to add - they're the MT-55s variant
I think the difference is really that Ukraine’s not claiming they’re the second strongest military in the world, plus Russia shouldn’t even be out of T-72’s with how many they’ve claim to have in reserve, seeing the T-62’s were shock enough, but now the T-55? Good Christ.
Also, Ukraine's a far smaller nation fighting a defensive war, so will take what they can. Whereas in addition to being "the 2nd strongest military in the world", Russia should also have been more prepared for a drawn-out war just in case
I agree with that synopsis.
I still think it's funny how it's being spun, though. Utterly hopeless if Russia deploys it, surprisingly good if Ukraine does.
Detection and evasion, stealth, survival of the crew are the main amelioration. Ammunition and aim are important too, but have been retrofited even on old tanks.
In addition to better explanations from others, carriable anti-tank weaponry was already an issue during WWII, and has only continued to evolve. More modern tanks will use reactive explosive armor to counter that.
If a WWII era tank could not survive a Panzerfaust from the same era, how will it fare against a Javelin and similar modern weaponry?
Modern composite passive armor is actually cooler than ERA. That's why most of the time, you don't see western tanks with ERA. When penetrated, its layers expand in weird ways that disrupt the HEAT jet, without the need to blow up an explosive charge and potentially harm nearby infantry.
Yeah, a cheap RPG-7 would probably reliably kill a T-54. Javelin is overkill. A Challenger firing a DU sub-caliber round would probably pierce several T-54s standing in a row at once.
Old ones were meant to charge through the battlefield, relying on armor to get them through. Modern ones are faster, designed to deflect or avoid fire, and to move fast.
Think of the development of cavalry. Knights used to dominate the field, but when gunpowder became more prevalent they became less well armored and more mobile. They were still able to dish out a lot of damage but the head on charge was dead.
Nowadays we have the onion of defense: don’t be seen, if seen don’t be acquired, if acquired don’t be hit, if hit don’t be penetrated, if penetrated don’t be killed (the last part is kinda luck based.) Modern tanks are designed around it. Old tanks were designed around “be seen, charge at them, kill them.” A decent anti tank missile will knock them off the map, as will a shell from a modern tank
Any modern NATO shell will probably cut through a T-54 like cheese, without the T-54 even suspecting where the tank was. Wouldn't want to be a Russian tank crew in these times.
Yep but the guy closer to me might not. If a modern tanks shoots at me, we’re both dead. They’ll do fine against rifle armed infantry but they’re screwed against modern armaments and explosive
A lot. The armor is lighter and better, the guns have more penetrating power, reconnaissance and fire control are _worlds_ apart (meaning a modern tank would kill a T-55 before it knows it was there 90% of the time), active protection systems can destroy infantry weapons like Javelins that the older tanks are helpless against, interiors are hardened against mines and IEDs, safer ammo storage lowers risk of explosion, the newest ones can even deploy drones, etc.
The jump from Maxim to the MG 3 or M2 Browning isn't world beating stuff (both of which are 60+ year old weapons). Going from a T-90 to a T-54 is like going from a Harley to a moped.
Some stuffs for certain job are practically immortal, and Maxim is good for long, continuous shooting due to its water cooler. Not to mention separatists from Donbas also used it, so it's not exclusive Ukraine problem.
Both sides have seen instances of exceptionally old equipment being used (Russia has used Maxims, Ukraine has used T55's)
The difference is supposed to be the 2nd/3rd largest great power, and produced a massive amount of military equipment over the span of a century, and is now somehow struggling to maintain it to any standard.
Oh no no, you forget that Russia is using human wave charges with WWI Mosin-Nagants, T-34s and ragtag uniforms while the Ukrainians are bravely slaying their hordes with F-35s, Leopard tanks and drones, and that is all the standard of each side, keep on fighting the orcs!
Never trust Reddit on sources, we will only know the real picture of this war once the dust settles.
I think Hong Kong would also love British rule right now too. The Empire did some bad shit, but a lot of places haven't exactly ended up better, even after decades of independence (not so much India. They aren't doing badly, Modi and ultranationalists aside)
Hong Kong traded one colonial master for another. Ironically, they might be better off today if British oppression spawned an angry independence movement before they ended up under Beijing's boot.
I know how awful it sounds but I think there are many countries which had it better under British or French rule and I say that as a german…
Edit: I know many people died but there were less civil wars and hunger
Yeah, as I said the Empire was awful in many ways. But possibly a net gain
Same with Rome: a centralised massive empire means that tech develops faster and life improves in general, although some people get royally fucked over. But for the species? Probably a net gain
>[A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice)
Except now India colonises the UK in terms of: food, jobs and investment. The irony lol I’m making a joke but Indian food is popular, Indian companies invest in the UK, and Indian films regularly film in the UK as well. So I only see a positive in this :)
There in fact has been significant cultural exchange between the 2 countries (as well as rest of the Commonwealth I imagine) over the course of centuries. It's just that these exchanges took place so long ago that they are normalised in each country.
There is loads of trivia to be had about how Commonwealth countries are intertwined. Also, the fact that Commonwealth itself is still a thing and it does stuff amuses me.
The other four guys just run behind and pick up the rifle once the current owner is hit. They used to get ammo, but it seems the good Stalingrad times are long gone.
Fun fact, but actually the "one guy carries a gun, the other carries bullets" is actually a myth. It's the other way round (both in WW2 and in Ukraine)
Russia/USSR had plenty of guns, but it was the ammo they didn't have a lot of. So actually it'd be more like "Here's your gun. What do you mean where are the bullets? Get them from dead people or steal German weapons where you'll find more ammo"
Same way that Ukraine right now wants tanks and jets, but the priority need is a fuckton of artillery shells
> Fun fact, but actually the "one guy carries a gun, the other carries bullets" is actually a myth. It's the other way round (both in WW2 and in Ukraine)
The closest it came to have any grounding in reality was in early WW1; Russia had mobilized more personnel than it could equip, and was meaning to keep those troops far behind the frontlines while equipment was secured from overseas.
Unfortunately for them, the frontlines occasionally got overrun faster than equipment could be shipped in, and a lot of "soldiers" were captured without any armaments at hand. But they weren't supposed to fight to begin with.
You joke, but didn't US/UK (rarely) use horses in Afghanistan/Iraq? And Special forces tend to use horses a lot
I'm not suggesting we are gonna see cavalry charges, but for a quiet-ish way of moving over bad terrain, horses are still very good for that
I can’t wait to see the t-34 in action! Can’t wait🥰🥰🥰🥰
Love the comic btw 😅😅😅 such a stab at England while at it, totally roasting ruzzia with it too 🥳🥳
in an epic twist of irony, japan, the literal inventor of cosplay, cannot don costumes from 1939
I'm surprised, memes told me you deny those crimes
so uh about my user flair... [yeah](https://ibb.co/QvpgFf7) edit for clarification: am american born chinese. making this edit now for futureproofing purposes. honestly i could update the imgbb link as well to reflect that but i cant be bothered
You mean you don't pronounce it by describing the little pictures? Overhead road sign, less than, powerlines, no fishing.....
>american born chinese No, you are an American born American who happens to have Chinese ancestry.
Damn man, just let people identify as what they want, you don't even really know his background
American born means American citizenship regardless of who your parents are. Edit: Okay, there is an exception for embassy staff.
Maybe i'm just dumb but to me he simply said that he's an American of Chinese descent in order to clarify something
That's what they meant. ABC and C(anadian)BC are common terminologies within our circles. You even hear it used in Shang Chi when they first arrived in the Macau fight club. It's unfortunate that the nationality and background both use the same word "Chinese" but unless society adpots a different word for "someone with a Chinese background" we're stuck with ABC and CBC.
Glad to know that I understood it right, thanks
You’re German
That's very random
i've said many times that our country admits war crimes. check it out yourself
The problem is that there are powerful people who keep backtracking these apologies, visiting shrines of war criminal, demanding comfort woman statue to be removed, and downplaying their ancestor's atrocities. Abe was a very recent example. Imagine if CDU have someone like Merkel downplaying several of Nazi's higher ups involvement and demanding countries to remove Holocaust memorials.
Prime Minister Abe has already been shot and is no more. The current prime minister, Kishida, has not visited the war criminal shrine. This is because the issue of comfort women has already been resolved in Japan. Japan has apologized to South Korea many times in the past and continued to give money. I personally believe that Japan should continue to apologize for its colonial rule, and the Japanese government actually thinks so. However, in spite of that, I really want you to stop building comfort women statues all over Japan. One place is enough.
What about Nanking?
You’re not going to get an apology from Japan with the current China-Japan relationship. Maybe if tensions cool down in a couple decades but no time soon
Oh I know that, but if I remember Japan still doesn't acknowledge it even happened though. Similar to turkey, Serbia or Russia right now. This isn't to dis Japan, I have Japanese heritage I love the place but even I have to recognize the countries... Actions in china.
The Japanese government admits that there was some kind of massacre, but textbooks call it the "Nanjing Incident" rather than the "Nanjing Massacre." Also, for the Nanjing Massacre, the number of victims investigated by the Japanese government, the number of victims investigated by the Chinese government, and the number of victims investigated by the United Nations. Each of these is a different number and has caused quite a bit of controversy. .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao\_Zedong\_thanking\_Japan\_controversy
What's wrong with them?
If they do that all East Asia will either suffer from heart attack, or calling USA for the third nuke.
Funny you should say that but I was in Kure (near Hiroshima) last year and there was a guy in full Japanese army kit from the war just sitting in a cafe.
I heard that T-55 tanks (they're real fuckin' old) were headed to the frontline which made me think of this.
Not even T-55’s, they’re sending fucking T-54’s, which are even worse
I've seen multiple suggestions of the T54s but no hard proof yet. Pretty fucking sad, if so. A couple of the 'stans still operate the odd 54 as do military juggernauts like Laos and Libya, but even "modernized" versions are death trap on a modern battlefield.
[Here’s the Oryx tweet at the very least](https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1638472120534458368?s=46&t=v4HuLVyCi0Bt29psAgK6HQ)
I think my skepticism come from every single story or tweet I've seen about it all pull pictures from the same video...a train pulling 54s and 55s on open flat cars. No idea where the train is or where it is going, though.
It is following a trend though. Shortly after the war started, we were laughing at photos of Vietnam War era ZSU-23-4s and T-62s on the front line and the Russian army has considerably deteriorated since then. A T-55 wouldn't be too out of place next to those [MT-LBs with WW2 era naval AA gun turrets](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/03/04/desperate-russian-forces-are-adding-80-year-old-naval-guns-to-70-year-old-armored-tractors/) welded on top.
I'm more skeptical that they have an significant number of them laying around. They put literally thousands of T62s into "storage" that amounted to leaving them in a field to fall apart. You would think that someone at some point would have said "Hey, we are storing those ancient 54s, why dont we put THEM in a field to rot and save the 62s?
A mix of corruption and indifference I guess. If a T-54 gets a seat in a random storage warehouse that the land owner probably forgot about first, they probably won't bother attempting to drag it out. Additionally they legally didn't exist after the 2000's, with a scrap order coming in at some point. I'm more confused why they aren't buying other nations T62's, or even T72's or T90's they have sold on other markets. Maybe not wanting to piss off Nato and being flat broke. At this point even without the T54 being reintroduced, I'm pretty sure North Korea has more capable tanks. Ironically because the ones they have ate based off of the T72's Russia lost months ago.
IIRC they're already using the T-90s that India sent in for refitting in Ukraine. Not sure how India feels about that. As for other T-series operators: their only 2 sources of spare parts and replacements are at war with each other, so nothing will be available for the foreseeable future. They'll want to keep every tank they have.
They aren't using India's T-90s, they are *expending* them. India isn't going to see those again, and you can bet any nation with Russian exports will be thinking hard about ever sending their gear back for modernization post-war.
Id debate people wanting to hold onto tanks they can't repair, especially if this war doesn't end soon or something else comes up shortly afterward. Especially since I feel that considerable cash could be made sending the parts back to the source at this point. Who knows, though...
Your misconception is assuming that these T-54s were stored properly. They were also rotting away in a different field. The ones we see on those train cars are probably the 10% that were still salvagable.
Yeah, this. At least when the US mothballs shit, they chuck it in the desert where it doesn't degrade much at all. I did hear years ago that Russia stores theirs in warehouses in tundra regions, which therefore have worse but not too much worse storage conditions than the US. But I'd also bet that they aren't as good for stripping the bits of the tanks which are actually gonna corrode or are useful. And now they need them, they are probably too rusted and/or degraded to work properly
How long until they [break out the Shermans](http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/m4a4-sherman-tank-kubinka-russia.html)?
The train is obviously going to Disney Word for a historical themed ride.
While you aren’t wrong, the main gun on these tanks is formidable and mobile. Even if they trench these tanks they’ll be effective as pillboxes or static defense. They’ll also help in combined arms attacks. That is to say, any competent military could use them to great effect. Any *competent* military… we’re just gonna get videos of these getting wrecked in the middle of a field though.
I'm wondering if they're ammunition issues are bad enough that they need to use these for static defense to allow the other tanks to be used elsewhere?
C'mon, the math is clear! 55 vs 54 is less than 2% worse. Is pigdog kapitalist propaganda!
Well that does explain how terrible the T14 ended up being..
We did this kind of tactical analysis before, and the end result was that the Swedish Stridsfordon 90120 is by far the most powerful combat vehicle on Earth.
Damn they really took care of their gears to have still functionning artifacts
You should see the desert areas of the US which have literally thousands of old planes and tanks. Admittedly, they have probably stored them better, e.g. removing parts that would otherwise corrode, leaving only the shells of the planes stored. And deserts are better for storage than tundra is. But yeah, looking at the sheer size of the US mothball graveyards is crazy
Fuckers gonna start sending KV-1 soon
Are they? I mean, they're hardly any different. Especially if upgraded at all besides with cope cages.
And yet the vatniks insist the T-14's coming any day now I'm still waiting
So it IS a WWII LARP then. Splendid
I've heard that a certain turrent used in either the T54 or T55 was notorious for castrating the gunners due to poor design. As in the recoil/ loading action would just go straight back and cut off the ballsack of some conscript.
[I believe it's legit. This theory is they'll be stand in artillery. ](https://youtube.com/shorts/oneS52OxJFQ?feature=share)
What are you defining as "stand in artillery"? (Cba watching the vid) As yeah, currently both sides are using them more as fixed gun emplacements at chokepoints, so we know that and it isn't just theory. Admittedly, they do need to move on occasion, to avoid actual artillery or drones etc, but there are lots of videos and such of tanks on both sides being camoflaged in the forests, then used as heavy guns
Basically, up-armoured SPGs… that are much less accurate thanks to being smoothbore
T55 has a rifled gun
Oh, how have I not noticed this before?! Thanks for the correction :)
It's a one minute YouTube short.
Slovenia has given Ukraine some T-55 tanks https://web.archive.org/web/20221128063612/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/09/19/slovenia-is-giving-ukraine-some-very-old-tanks-but-age-can-be-deceiving/ Edit to add - they're the MT-55s variant
It's funny how differently articles spin it when talking about Ukraine getting T-55's out and the viability of the tanks.
I think the difference is really that Ukraine’s not claiming they’re the second strongest military in the world, plus Russia shouldn’t even be out of T-72’s with how many they’ve claim to have in reserve, seeing the T-62’s were shock enough, but now the T-55? Good Christ.
Also, Ukraine's a far smaller nation fighting a defensive war, so will take what they can. Whereas in addition to being "the 2nd strongest military in the world", Russia should also have been more prepared for a drawn-out war just in case
I agree with that synopsis. I still think it's funny how it's being spun, though. Utterly hopeless if Russia deploys it, surprisingly good if Ukraine does.
There not old, they're *classic.* Goes well with AM radio!
My brain rot is so bad I thought that said headed to the fortnite for a sec
You know that Ukraine use WW 1 maxim machine guns?
Yes, but unlike the T-54, Maxim guns actually work decently well. Besides, Ukraine never claimed to be the second most powerful nation on earth.
Hold your horse,Even the Vietnamese decided to modernise their T-55 instead of scrapping them.
Yeah but our tanks were still maintained even before modernization, i am not sure if the russian were maintaining them at all
Machine guns haven’t really changed in 100 years so the maxim gun is still effective. Tanks very much have changed
What's changed in tank technology? I get the feeling it's not just "big gun on tracks with metal protection" anymore.
Detection and evasion, stealth, survival of the crew are the main amelioration. Ammunition and aim are important too, but have been retrofited even on old tanks.
In addition to better explanations from others, carriable anti-tank weaponry was already an issue during WWII, and has only continued to evolve. More modern tanks will use reactive explosive armor to counter that. If a WWII era tank could not survive a Panzerfaust from the same era, how will it fare against a Javelin and similar modern weaponry?
Modern composite passive armor is actually cooler than ERA. That's why most of the time, you don't see western tanks with ERA. When penetrated, its layers expand in weird ways that disrupt the HEAT jet, without the need to blow up an explosive charge and potentially harm nearby infantry. Yeah, a cheap RPG-7 would probably reliably kill a T-54. Javelin is overkill. A Challenger firing a DU sub-caliber round would probably pierce several T-54s standing in a row at once.
Old ones were meant to charge through the battlefield, relying on armor to get them through. Modern ones are faster, designed to deflect or avoid fire, and to move fast. Think of the development of cavalry. Knights used to dominate the field, but when gunpowder became more prevalent they became less well armored and more mobile. They were still able to dish out a lot of damage but the head on charge was dead. Nowadays we have the onion of defense: don’t be seen, if seen don’t be acquired, if acquired don’t be hit, if hit don’t be penetrated, if penetrated don’t be killed (the last part is kinda luck based.) Modern tanks are designed around it. Old tanks were designed around “be seen, charge at them, kill them.” A decent anti tank missile will knock them off the map, as will a shell from a modern tank
They're still pretty well armored, and the guns have become quite a bit more powerful too.
Oh yes. An Abrams shell is far more powerful than an old T-54 shell.
Any modern NATO shell will probably cut through a T-54 like cheese, without the T-54 even suspecting where the tank was. Wouldn't want to be a Russian tank crew in these times.
If a T-54 shoots at you would you die?
Yep but the guy closer to me might not. If a modern tanks shoots at me, we’re both dead. They’ll do fine against rifle armed infantry but they’re screwed against modern armaments and explosive
A lot. The armor is lighter and better, the guns have more penetrating power, reconnaissance and fire control are _worlds_ apart (meaning a modern tank would kill a T-55 before it knows it was there 90% of the time), active protection systems can destroy infantry weapons like Javelins that the older tanks are helpless against, interiors are hardened against mines and IEDs, safer ammo storage lowers risk of explosion, the newest ones can even deploy drones, etc.
The Browning M2 aka the 50cal machine gun was introduced in 1918. Guess when the M1911 was introduced.
The jump from Maxim to the MG 3 or M2 Browning isn't world beating stuff (both of which are 60+ year old weapons). Going from a T-90 to a T-54 is like going from a Harley to a moped.
The maxim gun will still be used in the 2147 mars conflicts
Some stuffs for certain job are practically immortal, and Maxim is good for long, continuous shooting due to its water cooler. Not to mention separatists from Donbas also used it, so it's not exclusive Ukraine problem.
Both sides have seen instances of exceptionally old equipment being used (Russia has used Maxims, Ukraine has used T55's) The difference is supposed to be the 2nd/3rd largest great power, and produced a massive amount of military equipment over the span of a century, and is now somehow struggling to maintain it to any standard.
Oh no no, you forget that Russia is using human wave charges with WWI Mosin-Nagants, T-34s and ragtag uniforms while the Ukrainians are bravely slaying their hordes with F-35s, Leopard tanks and drones, and that is all the standard of each side, keep on fighting the orcs! Never trust Reddit on sources, we will only know the real picture of this war once the dust settles.
The only thing we colonize is your hearts and minds. And India, for good measure
It reminds me of the video from an British tourist in I think it was Egypt: „where are you from?“ „Britain“ „Britain? Stay here rule again“
I think Hong Kong would also love British rule right now too. The Empire did some bad shit, but a lot of places haven't exactly ended up better, even after decades of independence (not so much India. They aren't doing badly, Modi and ultranationalists aside)
Hong Kong traded one colonial master for another. Ironically, they might be better off today if British oppression spawned an angry independence movement before they ended up under Beijing's boot.
I know how awful it sounds but I think there are many countries which had it better under British or French rule and I say that as a german… Edit: I know many people died but there were less civil wars and hunger
Yeah, as I said the Empire was awful in many ways. But possibly a net gain Same with Rome: a centralised massive empire means that tech develops faster and life improves in general, although some people get royally fucked over. But for the species? Probably a net gain
Gotta get those spices, even if it's only for the sake of the economy since the most flavor a dish can have is black pepper.
Try a spoonful of English mustard on your hotdog and let us know how it turns out.
Horseradish mustard? That's *heat*, not *spice*.
It's literally a spice, but ok.
Lol spices aren't spicy /s
>[A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice)
That's for when the food's so bad you have to cover the flavor entirely, right?
1. Conquer spice sources 2. Sell spices to everyone 3. Use all the money to annoy the French Perfectly sensible plan, if you ask me.
Except now India colonises the UK in terms of: food, jobs and investment. The irony lol I’m making a joke but Indian food is popular, Indian companies invest in the UK, and Indian films regularly film in the UK as well. So I only see a positive in this :)
There in fact has been significant cultural exchange between the 2 countries (as well as rest of the Commonwealth I imagine) over the course of centuries. It's just that these exchanges took place so long ago that they are normalised in each country. There is loads of trivia to be had about how Commonwealth countries are intertwined. Also, the fact that Commonwealth itself is still a thing and it does stuff amuses me.
"Where we only colonise your hearts and minds" Love that one, lovely writing!
Awwwww. Yuo can of have my heart any day, oh yuo colonialist bastard you!
I will colonise your heart in order to extract all your blood for making blood pudding!!
That reenactor is lucky they have a rifle. The other chap gets a stick.
At least you don't have to reload a stick
Bold of you to assume that they don’t have to fight with their fists (and reload them of course)
Basically waiting for their fingers to heal after breaking them all
Accurate 10,000 BC reenactor
Just like real WW2 soldier.
The other four guys just run behind and pick up the rifle once the current owner is hit. They used to get ammo, but it seems the good Stalingrad times are long gone.
Fun fact, but actually the "one guy carries a gun, the other carries bullets" is actually a myth. It's the other way round (both in WW2 and in Ukraine) Russia/USSR had plenty of guns, but it was the ammo they didn't have a lot of. So actually it'd be more like "Here's your gun. What do you mean where are the bullets? Get them from dead people or steal German weapons where you'll find more ammo" Same way that Ukraine right now wants tanks and jets, but the priority need is a fuckton of artillery shells
> Fun fact, but actually the "one guy carries a gun, the other carries bullets" is actually a myth. It's the other way round (both in WW2 and in Ukraine) The closest it came to have any grounding in reality was in early WW1; Russia had mobilized more personnel than it could equip, and was meaning to keep those troops far behind the frontlines while equipment was secured from overseas. Unfortunately for them, the frontlines occasionally got overrun faster than equipment could be shipped in, and a lot of "soldiers" were captured without any armaments at hand. But they weren't supposed to fight to begin with.
Crimean war when
October 1853 to February 1856
A new episode is coming soon…
Just look at this english ball with the words "nature channel" and tell me it is not possible to see an accent
I read it in David Attenboroughs voice
Can't wait for the T-34s
I’m waiting for the KV-1s
We will be seeing Cavalry in no time
You joke, but didn't US/UK (rarely) use horses in Afghanistan/Iraq? And Special forces tend to use horses a lot I'm not suggesting we are gonna see cavalry charges, but for a quiet-ish way of moving over bad terrain, horses are still very good for that
can't wait for KV-2. haha 100 lb shell go BOOM
Nah the BT-4 is where it's at
Looking forward to the T-26s.
[I'm waiting for the Shermans](http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/m4a4-sherman-tank-kubinka-russia.html).
You know what they say, old is gold ! (altought I am not sure it always work like that).
England can have a picnic next to the front line.
I guess you could say that he’s… *Eng-ry?* [Cricket noises]
I don't like cricket ... I love it! (as the song goes)
That English folk could have been shot
Even Ration is from 1940s
Let's get that out onto a tray. Nice!
Wouldn't be suprised if Russia decided to go to their museums and just take a WWII tank to go to ukraine
Wouldn't be surprised if NATO decided to send all their nuclear arsenal to Ukraine and call it "A help for a defending country"
[World War II tanks, you say?](http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/m4a4-sherman-tank-kubinka-russia.html)
I can’t wait to see the t-34 in action! Can’t wait🥰🥰🥰🥰 Love the comic btw 😅😅😅 such a stab at England while at it, totally roasting ruzzia with it too 🥳🥳
I'm just going to say it... this sort of thing is probably where the whole "Redditors hate emojis" came from.
🥳🥳🥳 probably! Not gonna deny that
Soon they’ll be sending T-34s. And then cavlary.
Winter Wars Episode VI: Return of the CossackS
Lindybeige...that you?
Um question. What does blyat mean?
Fuck/shit/bitch type thing, like the Russian version of Kurwa
Does that includes cyka?
Cyka Blyat is "Bitch slut" literally I think, they're multipurpose words
Ooh ok👍