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.
One of the dummy 'tanks' we were supposed to destroy with airpower in XYugoslavian wars. Probably weighs 20 lbs. I'm surprised they shipped it inflated though.
Googled MT-LBu and found this https://monissa.com/432pages/mt-lbu-soviet-armoured-amphibious-multi-purpose-vechicle/ The square central hatch and the door on the left match the pic. Looking at the interior pics the fuel tanks are inside the crew compartment? Al_in_Ottawa
If put on trailer "normally" it probably would not have clearance through the streets in town. Roadways in Europe are much more narrow than USA streets.
wrt fuel tanks inside the armor . . . our LVTP-7 amphibs had diesel tanks built into the sidewalls. They told us it was a feature, not a bug. Certainly less volatile than gasoline, and supposedly the fuel would tend to quench and disrupt the hot jet from a shaped charge. (RPG, etc.) Don't know that I believed that, but . . .
If it fits, it ships!
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
FTW!
DeleteFTW, indeed.
DeleteThat's already been memed (and not by me).
https://i.imgur.com/6d6xRhu.png
It's already posted on Feral Irishman's blog:
https://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/2024/02/memes-etc.html
One of the dummy 'tanks' we were supposed to destroy with airpower in XYugoslavian wars. Probably weighs 20 lbs. I'm surprised they shipped it inflated though.
ReplyDeleteAs a former OTR truck driver hiring a triple axle HD 53 foot trailer to haul an "Inflatable Dummy Tank weighing about 20 pounds" is hogwash.
DeleteA fake tank could be hauled in a standard two axle 53 foot cheaper.
LOOK at the triple axle wheel clearance. That's a heavy load.
I'd LOVE to see how they loaded that though.
The trailer looks like some sort of rag-top and the sides look like they come off.
DeleteProbably just loaded with a crane.
Called a curtain trailer. Basically a flatbed with sliding curtains so no tarping is necessary. Very lightweight.
DeleteThey couldn't come up with a flat bed trailer on short notice.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a a Soviet-era MT-LBu. It's actually probably seen worse.
ReplyDeleteBingo!
DeleteGoogled MT-LBu and found this
Deletehttps://monissa.com/432pages/mt-lbu-soviet-armoured-amphibious-multi-purpose-vechicle/
The square central hatch and the door on the left match the pic.
Looking at the interior pics the fuel tanks are inside the crew compartment?
Al_in_Ottawa
I am pretty sure that this is AI and not real...
ReplyDeleteOrder was to ship it. Nothing about how.
ReplyDeleteThere’s another one packed in in front of it too.
ReplyDeleteIf this happens to be an M-113 APC, they weigh 27,000+ pounds.
ReplyDeleteThe driver got side tracked.
ReplyDeleteWinner
DeleteEasy to see how it happened, it's just a side job.
DeleteIf the standard had been blue and white in the other direction it would have been 3rd ID. I am not sure what Army uses red and white.
ReplyDeleteAvoided the need for a pilot car since it’s not a wide load that way.
ReplyDelete^This, right here.
DeleteNow it's just a standard load, and they'll just crane it off, the same way they craned it on, at the destination.
I’m turning Japanese, I really think so
ReplyDeleteTurk plates on that truck. Likely some booty from Astan heading for Ankara.
ReplyDeleteI want to see Amazon delivery take a picture of it on my front step.
ReplyDeleteAmazing what you can do with a “Truckers bar”, in the right hands.
ReplyDeleteIf put on trailer "normally" it probably would not have clearance through the streets in town. Roadways in Europe are much more narrow than USA streets.
ReplyDeletewrt fuel tanks inside the armor . . . our LVTP-7 amphibs had diesel tanks built into the sidewalls. They told us it was a feature, not a bug. Certainly less volatile than gasoline, and supposedly the fuel would tend to quench and disrupt the hot jet from a shaped charge. (RPG, etc.) Don't know that I believed that, but . . .
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