And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
AAAA tanks and other vehicles have a long and glorious history as anti-personnel systems also.
The US M-16 multiple .50 cal AAA mount (usually 4 x .50s) was affectionately known as "The Chopper" when used against infantry.
Kinda like how the AC-130 gunships use 20mm Vulcan rotary cannons, originally designed as an air-to-air weapon, and 40mm Bofors, originally a ground-to-air gun, for thrashing ground targets.
range of tongusta at the local horizon: three klicks. range of hellfire: somewhat further. acquisition and tracking radar is a dead giveaway. ruskis have much better than that for organic division to company level air defense.
Russian AA Tank. Tunguska
ReplyDeleteLL, if it is an AA Tank, isn't it firing a little low? Or, AA doesn't mean Anti-Aircraft?
ReplyDeleteAAAA tanks and other vehicles have a long and glorious history as anti-personnel systems also.
ReplyDeleteThe US M-16 multiple .50 cal AAA mount (usually 4 x .50s) was affectionately known as "The Chopper" when used against infantry.
Kinda like how the AC-130 gunships use 20mm Vulcan rotary cannons, originally designed as an air-to-air weapon, and 40mm Bofors, originally a ground-to-air gun, for thrashing ground targets.
range of tongusta at the local horizon: three klicks. range of hellfire: somewhat further. acquisition and tracking radar is a dead giveaway. ruskis have much better than that for organic division to company level air defense.
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