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.
Big ass cables and winches, my guess. A heavy battle tank weighs, what, around 50 tons? Ive rented mobile wheeled cranes up to 250 tons for vertical lifting, and we use winches offshore to pull 200 tons on anchor lines, so... It's a mess, but a fixable one.
Tow cables from the rear - using two armored recovery vehicles, probably in a line. Both pictures show tanks with the main gun elevated, so that's not blocking the driver from exiting through his hatch but it's not easy getting out of tank if a torrent of crap is gushing in and I have no idea if the driver's position inside these Russian designed tanks are accessible from inside the turret. M1 drivers have only one way in and out - through their own hatch. M60 drivers had a hatch above, an escape hatch below -useless here - and you could climb over the seat back to get into the turret. The way they're all standing around smiling like idiots in the bottom picture tells me that (1) the driver got out OK, (2) their battalion maintenance officer hasn't seen this yet or (3) it's not their tank.
or you wait until summer and dig it out. at Fort Sill, OK. they had an artillery battery that they had to wait until summer. they had set up on a dry lake bed. very heavy rain. everything got stuck. could not get close.
Remember this if the SHTF and you might be up against a tank. Driver,"Commander, I should probably go around." Tank Commander, "It's only a puddle private. Keep going."
That is a bit bad.
ReplyDeleteThe bilge-pump accessory was optional.
ReplyDeleteNotice the shovel on the ground by the gun barrel, they get an A for effort.
ReplyDeleteHow do they get it out of that?
ReplyDeleteBig ass cables and winches, my guess. A heavy battle tank weighs, what, around 50 tons? Ive rented mobile wheeled cranes up to 250 tons for vertical lifting, and we use winches offshore to pull 200 tons on anchor lines, so... It's a mess, but a fixable one.
DeleteTow cables from the rear - using two armored recovery vehicles, probably in a line. Both pictures show tanks with the main gun elevated, so that's not blocking the driver from exiting through his hatch but it's not easy getting out of tank if a torrent of crap is gushing in and I have no idea if the driver's position inside these Russian designed tanks are accessible from inside the turret. M1 drivers have only one way in and out - through their own hatch. M60 drivers had a hatch above, an escape hatch below -useless here - and you could climb over the seat back to get into the turret. The way they're all standing around smiling like idiots in the bottom picture tells me that (1) the driver got out OK, (2) their battalion maintenance officer hasn't seen this yet or (3) it's not their tank.
Deleteor you wait until summer and dig it out. at Fort Sill, OK. they had an artillery battery that they had to wait until summer. they had set up on a dry lake bed. very heavy rain. everything got stuck. could not get close.
ReplyDeleteGetting it out is the least of the problems, that muck when dry is needing jack hammers, patience and a lot of water. Not fun!
ReplyDeleteNot Ivan proof.
ReplyDeleteIs no problem, t'varish! Is camouflaged! Is good job, nyet? Get the vodka!
ReplyDeleteRemember this if the SHTF and you might be up against a tank. Driver,"Commander, I should probably go around." Tank Commander, "It's only a puddle private. Keep going."
ReplyDeleteMake that a brand new 2nd LT tank commander. An experienced one would not be trying that unless they had too
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