Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop defections

Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by raverbashing on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:16AM (#35421606)

> has many thousands of high-quality Soviet tanks

You men the ones that go extra-boom whenever something hits them?

(just to be clear I mean having the auto-loader under the turret make things extra-spicy when hit even by a grenade or something)

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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by codedokode on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:34AM (#35421762)

Any modern tank can explode when hit by an anti-tank missile. There are little Western tanks in Ukraine (Ukraine also has Soviet tanks) so you don't see such videos often.

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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:54AM (#35421944)

> modern tank can explode when hit by an anti-tank missile

The T-72's jack-in-the-box design flaw is being productively exploited on the battlefield. That's not a "can explode" problem.

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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by RA_Fisher on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:20AM (#35421648)

That wishful thinking stood out to me, too. “High-quality Soviet …”

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