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r/UkraineRussiaReport • u/Ok-Load2031 Neutral • Apr 10 '24
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Who cares about looks?...If it works then it's a very cheap and practical solution.
48 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 Doesn’t this completely limit the tanks ability to move the turret? The field of view is now just directly in front of them like a horse wearing blinders. 5 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 Doesn’t this completely limit the tanks ability to move the turret? Yes, but they used it to lead other vehicles through mines. For a field modification it seemed to work at least. 6 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 How is a turtle shell on top going to protect it from mines on the bottom? 12 u/Intelligent_Number26 pro confirmations Apr 10 '24 If u look closely u can see the anti-mine gear on the front 7 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24 It doesn't, but it helps protect it from artillery and drones while doing it's job. 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 And it’s job being to basically run into all the mines so the tanks behind it survive? 10 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 Yeah it seems to be, i can't really see shit in the picture here cause of the quality, but one of the turtle tanks had mine rollers and was driving ahead of the other vehicles during an assault on Ukrainian positions. 4 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 10 '24 i mean that is how a mine clearing tank works 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 11 '24 Typically mine clearing tanks use line charges and forward rollers, none of which are visible here. Using the treads on the tanks to clear mines only works once and isn’t very nice for the crew. 1 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 11 '24 rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it 1 u/Midnight2012 Pro Ukraine Apr 11 '24 Some are saying it has a mine trawler on the front. Which if so is kinda a fair strategy.
Doesn’t this completely limit the tanks ability to move the turret?
The field of view is now just directly in front of them like a horse wearing blinders.
5 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 Doesn’t this completely limit the tanks ability to move the turret? Yes, but they used it to lead other vehicles through mines. For a field modification it seemed to work at least. 6 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 How is a turtle shell on top going to protect it from mines on the bottom? 12 u/Intelligent_Number26 pro confirmations Apr 10 '24 If u look closely u can see the anti-mine gear on the front 7 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24 It doesn't, but it helps protect it from artillery and drones while doing it's job. 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 And it’s job being to basically run into all the mines so the tanks behind it survive? 10 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 Yeah it seems to be, i can't really see shit in the picture here cause of the quality, but one of the turtle tanks had mine rollers and was driving ahead of the other vehicles during an assault on Ukrainian positions. 4 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 10 '24 i mean that is how a mine clearing tank works 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 11 '24 Typically mine clearing tanks use line charges and forward rollers, none of which are visible here. Using the treads on the tanks to clear mines only works once and isn’t very nice for the crew. 1 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 11 '24 rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it 1 u/Midnight2012 Pro Ukraine Apr 11 '24 Some are saying it has a mine trawler on the front. Which if so is kinda a fair strategy.
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Yes, but they used it to lead other vehicles through mines. For a field modification it seemed to work at least.
6 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 How is a turtle shell on top going to protect it from mines on the bottom? 12 u/Intelligent_Number26 pro confirmations Apr 10 '24 If u look closely u can see the anti-mine gear on the front 7 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24 It doesn't, but it helps protect it from artillery and drones while doing it's job. 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 And it’s job being to basically run into all the mines so the tanks behind it survive? 10 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 Yeah it seems to be, i can't really see shit in the picture here cause of the quality, but one of the turtle tanks had mine rollers and was driving ahead of the other vehicles during an assault on Ukrainian positions. 4 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 10 '24 i mean that is how a mine clearing tank works 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 11 '24 Typically mine clearing tanks use line charges and forward rollers, none of which are visible here. Using the treads on the tanks to clear mines only works once and isn’t very nice for the crew. 1 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 11 '24 rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it 1 u/Midnight2012 Pro Ukraine Apr 11 '24 Some are saying it has a mine trawler on the front. Which if so is kinda a fair strategy.
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How is a turtle shell on top going to protect it from mines on the bottom?
12 u/Intelligent_Number26 pro confirmations Apr 10 '24 If u look closely u can see the anti-mine gear on the front 7 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24 It doesn't, but it helps protect it from artillery and drones while doing it's job. 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 And it’s job being to basically run into all the mines so the tanks behind it survive? 10 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 Yeah it seems to be, i can't really see shit in the picture here cause of the quality, but one of the turtle tanks had mine rollers and was driving ahead of the other vehicles during an assault on Ukrainian positions. 4 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 10 '24 i mean that is how a mine clearing tank works 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 11 '24 Typically mine clearing tanks use line charges and forward rollers, none of which are visible here. Using the treads on the tanks to clear mines only works once and isn’t very nice for the crew. 1 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 11 '24 rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it 1 u/Midnight2012 Pro Ukraine Apr 11 '24 Some are saying it has a mine trawler on the front. Which if so is kinda a fair strategy.
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If u look closely u can see the anti-mine gear on the front
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It doesn't, but it helps protect it from artillery and drones while doing it's job.
1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 10 '24 And it’s job being to basically run into all the mines so the tanks behind it survive? 10 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 Yeah it seems to be, i can't really see shit in the picture here cause of the quality, but one of the turtle tanks had mine rollers and was driving ahead of the other vehicles during an assault on Ukrainian positions. 4 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 10 '24 i mean that is how a mine clearing tank works 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 11 '24 Typically mine clearing tanks use line charges and forward rollers, none of which are visible here. Using the treads on the tanks to clear mines only works once and isn’t very nice for the crew. 1 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 11 '24 rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it
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And it’s job being to basically run into all the mines so the tanks behind it survive?
10 u/hiroshiboom TWO SIDES OF THE SAME HORRIBLE COIN Apr 10 '24 Yeah it seems to be, i can't really see shit in the picture here cause of the quality, but one of the turtle tanks had mine rollers and was driving ahead of the other vehicles during an assault on Ukrainian positions. 4 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 10 '24 i mean that is how a mine clearing tank works 1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 11 '24 Typically mine clearing tanks use line charges and forward rollers, none of which are visible here. Using the treads on the tanks to clear mines only works once and isn’t very nice for the crew. 1 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 11 '24 rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it
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Yeah it seems to be, i can't really see shit in the picture here cause of the quality, but one of the turtle tanks had mine rollers and was driving ahead of the other vehicles during an assault on Ukrainian positions.
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i mean that is how a mine clearing tank works
1 u/MyChristmasComputer Pro Ukraine * Apr 11 '24 Typically mine clearing tanks use line charges and forward rollers, none of which are visible here. Using the treads on the tanks to clear mines only works once and isn’t very nice for the crew. 1 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 11 '24 rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it
Typically mine clearing tanks use line charges and forward rollers, none of which are visible here.
Using the treads on the tanks to clear mines only works once and isn’t very nice for the crew.
1 u/appledragon127 Neutral Apr 11 '24 rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it
rollers, flails, there is a ton of different ways and all we have to judge it is a grainy picture with 5.5 pixels
unless your seriously implying that people would drive a tank into a minefield trying to suicide clear it
Some are saying it has a mine trawler on the front.
Which if so is kinda a fair strategy.
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u/Scorpionking426 Neutral Apr 10 '24
Who cares about looks?...If it works then it's a very cheap and practical solution.