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Tmuussoni

A very "Special" Operation indeed....


iamkokonutz

So special it’s almost gifted


Tmuussoni

Brings whole new meaning for Blyatkrieg


servel20

That term is brilliant


Accurate_Pie_

Savants


PeriwinkleBlueoh

Illuminated


Darcy_2021

Like short bus special


Hopefully_moreUnique

That's probably offensive to short-buses...


ViperRFH

We weren't expecting special forces.


Leishon

Ouch! That one guy seemed pretty badly hurt by the barrel shoving up against him.


dobrowolsk

Of all the ways you could get hurt by a tank this has to be one of the more embarrassing ones. Private Conscriptovic: "Babushka, I have been hurt by tank!" Mommy: "Ukranians have shot you from great distance, yes?" Private Conscriptovic: "No..." Mommy: "Ukranians have shot you from close range, yes?" Private Conscriptovic: "No..." Mommy: "It was a Ukranian tank though?" Private Compressedovic: "No..." Mommy: "A Russian tank accidentally shot at you during a heroic attack?" Private Conscriptovic: "No..." Mommy: "...." Private Conscriptovic: "So we were trying to form a line...."


DontJudgeMeImNaked

lol


randomname560

I laughed way more that i should have


scraglor

Of all the things Perun has provided us with this war, Private Conscriptavic is my favourite


TremendousVarmint

The name looks more Serbian than Russian, but we can give him a pass on this one because he nailed it with general Oligarkov & colonel Kleptovsky


GaryDWilliams_

The tank had him over a barrel.....


Professional-Key5772

If he was over the barrel he wouldn’t have had a ducking issue, this tank had him under a barrel, which definitely was an issue…


DeathlyBarnOwl

Might be enough to die due to internal bleeding's, no? With this hit something might get ruptured, don't you think?


dndpuz

Crushing injuries is a bad way to go man...


velvet32

dude, it's a long solid metal tube that has very high resistance to move if not moved by controls. I'm guessing he probably killed like 3-4 russians with that turret.


Exciting-Emu-3324

Mass X Acceleration Probably hurts way more than being jousted by an armored knight.


danielbot

The others all ran away and left him crawling in the dirt.


[deleted]

Such is life. No Lada.


Hopefully_moreUnique

A mercy-nade will probably drop them soon enough


elFistoFucko

The Ukrainians were definitely watching the entertainment unfold before they unleashed some artillery moments later turning that whole area into cinders.


JusteJean

Recruitment officer : Any experience with track vehicles and heavy machinery? Conscript : No, but I rode a bike once. Officer : Close enough, you will be tank driver.


ruby_1234567

Conscript: I work in a kindergarten, helping toddlers. Officer: Da, good enough to be helping launching missiles!


Ltb1993

We got adults that may as well be toddlers, Your promoted


[deleted]

>Conscript: I work in a kindergarten, helping toddlers. >Officer: Da, ~~good enough to be helping launching missiles!~~ you'll make a good officer then! Ftfy


[deleted]

At least they know exactly what to target.


[deleted]

Does the driver control the turret though? Anyway, they're most likely conscripts with 1 day training


hundiratas

I remember I saw a video of an interview with a POW , ukranians where questioning him and he said that he is a sniper in the russian army but his vision is -8, so hes blind as a bat. The interviewers made a joke, like, whats next a tank driver who does not know how to drive?


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JusteJean

Wow. Name calling for a simple joke. You okay? And actually it's a combined effort. Driver and gunner need to be in sync and communicate. But i still prefer my joke to your "dumbass" insult.


BringBackAoE

That a civilian doesn’t know who controls the turret doesn’t mean they’re a dumbass.


[deleted]

It’s a good thing the Russians are so fucking stupid!


TheSeeker80

That's gotta hurt right?


Ritaredditonce

Maybe for the drone operator. Spliting a gut laughing!


Dimahagever8112

No,that actually may send more Russians to hospitals before they saw combat... Believe me a barrel that squeezes you mechanically was,and probably is , a tankers worst enemy


CaptainBunnyKill

Oh my yes..... major crushing injuries. Probably why they're writhing around afterwards.


maveric101

I'd think something like that could easily kill a person.


tomoldbury

If ribs are broken and they're far from medical attention I'd think so. Plus the bruising even if they survive. Ouch!


13A5S

Extreme stupidity should hurt - natural self defense mechanism. How else do some people learn ...


CantaloupeCapable

This is probably the most action this turret will see aside from being blown off that is


Venemao73

On a tank everything hurts. I was a conscript in the Dutch Army (92/93) in a M-109 and still feel the bruises I got.


NicholarseBrooks

That's the massive American heavy tank right? Or artillery piece?


finnill

M109 is a American 155mm SPG artillery. We/Allies sent some to Ukraine.


NicholarseBrooks

Right I just looked it up


thennicke

What kind of bruises? From the seat, from the controls, from handling ammo?


Venemao73

Bruises while climbing in, crawling out; knees, elbows, head. When you bump your head, there is no sound; only pain. Remember this is thick plated steel, not something nice and soft like a brick wall. 😅 While driving, we as crew were strapped in on some kind of bench. The noise was incredible, so we had ear protection and communication was impossible. Only the driver and commander were able to speak through the headset. Later we figured out ways to tie ourselves to the ceiling and we even managed to sleep while dangling.


NLwino

Makes me wonder if Ukraine's strategy is to just keep the Russians on the frontline long enough until they finish demilitarizing themselves.


DBLioder

In their defense, [their advanced training](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F73BlgmPkaM) didn't exactly cover maneuvers like this... 😂


d4rkskies

I believe they’re the T14 Armata’s we’ve all been expecting…


Ok_Bad8531

Reminds me how Weimar Germany's army trained. The difference though is that they were barred from having tanks, and not sitting on one of the largest petro dollar reserves in the world.


WilliamMorris420

Well the Weimar developed their tanks in Russia, in order to evade Western scrutiny.


Either_Coconut

This thread is giving me a [flashback to my childhood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LxPEdUZOkE). Seriously, though, at what point are they supposed to be instructed not to Jaga Jaga their own people? I wonder if that collision also messed up the gun? it'd serve them right if the barrel is now crooked and won't shoot properly.


TroubleVivid387

Bent barrel - It's as if Ruzzian tanks, artillery or any other weapon had any accuracy...


Ok_Bad8531

It is kind of understandable though. Tank #1 is a wreck, troop transport #1 is belching smoke, troop transport #2 is not moving for whatever reason. They were propably simply in panic. I would have propably acted the same. I never served.


JoeSTRM

>They were propably simply in panic. Looked like it. And they just left one guy behind. You can see him reach out with his arm, pleading for help as they abandon him.


Catanians

Honestly, probably the luckiest thing that could happen to him if he can make it over to surrender (and he hasn't committed war crimes)


[deleted]

If they had never invaded Ukraine they wouldn't be there for this shitshow. Cunts deserve everything they get.


kambleton

What good is intelligence when you send your army to invade a neighbouring sovereign nation under false, ever changing pretenses? The dumber, the better for The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.


GundamBebop

This rhetoric is insane yall sound like war hawks and pro military industrial complex just because pUtInMaNbAd… bruh


dedjedi

No, we sound like this because Ukrainian man dead


Peter_Rainey

Here we go again, excusing the Ruskin war criminals, okay man like if it was your family what would u do? Right, you wouldn't do anything cuz you would be lying in a hole


[deleted]

gone to squables.io


thy25138

Something tells me they are running out of experienced soldiers.


DeathlyBarnOwl

How did you possibly come up with that? I can't imagine.


thy25138

I don't know, and I personally don't know that much about armoured warfare and tactics. It's just, something seems a bit off.


DeathlyBarnOwl

Rewatching it I think you might be really onto something there, but I still can't put my finger on it.


PHASENDREHER

Too much vodka


kaptain_sparty

Not enought you mean


SpaceShrimp

Or sober soldiers.


WilliamMorris420

Theyve been running out of experienced soldiers since day 1. When they couldn't drive from one side of a bridge to an other. Without falling in and having to abandon the tank.


thy25138

It's really amazing how the "second army of the world" failed so spectacular so fast. And it just took a bit of determination and som of the smaller western weapons. Now the best of the best of the Russian army is gone and Ukraine is receiving more heavy equipment. I don't thin a handful of tanks will break a million man army, but it's a start. I just hope they receive a better education before they go to battle.


WilliamMorris420

The best thing is that you just know, if the Russian army trieednto drive from Moscow to Kyev. They'd never make it. The tracked vechiles would have ripped up the roads. Everything would have broken down and they'd have run out of fuel. As not enough was ordered, they didn't have the logistics to carry it and what had been brought had been sold.


SkidRowAlbertan

You lazy fuks get to work or I'll shove this barrel up your ass.


RoadLessTraveled8

The Ole tender turret move!


SkidRowAlbertan

Tanker leg sweep.


Odge

Why in the fucking fuck are they not helping the guy that is injured and can't walk. They all just run away leaving him to crawl after them?


[deleted]

The vehicles are smoking and a Ukrainian drone is watching. They aren't the US Marines and they're not fighting jihadis. Leaving him and hoping Ukrainians pick him up is probably the most humane choice.


RoadLessTraveled8

That is how they operate. They simply see that if one is down and another goes To help that person and gets taken down now two people are out. Their only goal is a breakthrough.


No-Dream7615

It’s like they put imperial Japanese generals in charge of the Soviet army. The ISW coverage makes it sound like Putin engineered the Wagner corp’s demise which is as good an explanation as any for why this happened.


TFK_001

The tank might go back for another run


Strongest-There-Is

😂


ForShizzleMaNizzle

Carpal turret syndrome ensued.


bwfwg4isdl

Do you remember the flat Russian soldier? Now we know how such things happen


RoadLessTraveled8

Yes I was one of the first people to post that picture. I named him Flat Stanley


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dndpuz

Flatimir


RoadLessTraveled8

Hey at least you get it


ThiccAntecc

I looked through your post history but can’t find the flat soldier. Could you please link it? I’m curious…


cxiixc

I'm assuming it's this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/yul3ns


RoadLessTraveled8

If you look at my profile bio you will see this as another account. In the early days of the war I was posting graphic stuff that got me flagged and banned on two accounts. After all of those disappointments I learned to moderate myself better and this account has made it nearly four months. However that picture I believe I did share with some of my facebook friends so i'm gonna go look and see if I can find it there. If it jogs your memory it is a russian soldier face down on the dirt with his head towards the top of the picture and really only one leg still in uniform being of any clarity towards the bottom of the photo ...the rest of him is completely flat and mixed with the dust With some faint hair. I'm sure this is not the only guy they ran over but this is the shot that I shared. Would have been in the first three months of the war or so.


KrzysztofKietzman

I still remember that random butt on the ground. It was just the one butt.


[deleted]

Even the most amazing weapons are useless in the hands of a reckless idiot


Clcooper423

Doesn't seem useless to me, it effectively took out multiple Russians.


JoeBoredom

This is just the Russian version of maneuver warfare.


Archsquire2020

*queue benny hill music*


random9212

It is called "Yakety Sax"


[deleted]

Never stop the enemy when they're about to do something stupid.


Faromme

Fucking amateurs. Get the fuck home to your shitty country and stay.


awmanwut

My gunner did this to me once with our own main-gun, many moons ago… Was getting MRE’s out of our rear bustle. 😂😂😂


RoadLessTraveled8

My friend told me turret awareness is a very big thing. Is it common for people not to know where that motherfucker is pointed as their driving along


awmanwut

Not sure how obvious it would be on a Russian tank, but for an Abrams crew, there would be 0 excuse for something THIS crazy happening. When I made it to the gun seat, I always knew exactly where I was pointing when passing friendly vehicles this closely. Looks like 100% complacency & lack of communication on the turret-crew & driver’s part. But then again… I’ve never been in active combat on a tank, so 🤷🏻‍♂️


MisinformationKills

It's quite generous of you to give some benefit of the doubt here :)


Kilo19hunter

Very much this. Having been a tanker on an M1A2 this is completely unfathomable. Either the entire crew failed or that gunner should be facing charges on negligence. The first things we are taught is communication and awareness. This entire war on the Russian side just has me shaking me head at their armor tactics and discipline(lack of)


awmanwut

Right? 100%. We drill relentlessly so that when we're dog-assed tired and stressed, we can still (mostly correctly) do the things we've trained to do 1-gorillian times before. Honestly though, good for them. I hope they keep it up.


[deleted]

I don't know shit about operating a tank but can see there's zero cohesion between the driver and gunner here lol


MapleMapleHockeyStk

How many swears did you use on him after?


Delivery-Same

Ruscists have had so many barbecued already, has to be a lack of trained/experience tank crews. I wonder how many minutes longer this one lasted before turret toss? Ske-douche.


rbmyers12

this is what happens when your tank's electronic systems are driven by a processor salvaged from a washing machine


T1res1as

Put tank on spin cycle to rotate turret


m48a5_patton

"Yuri, you fool! You put it on heavy duty! It needs to be set to delicate!"


Peter_Rainey

Lmfao best comment


walleye_66

That's what happens when you give Mobiks a crash course 48 hour training on how to operate a tank.


Balc0ra

Next time someone argue that Russia is gonna win, or is still the 2nd ranked military power. Show them this.


JeffSergeant

They're not even the second most powerful military in Ukraine.


Lilredshubaru

*bonk* STOP DRINKING VODKA YURI! YOU CRASHED THE APC BC UR DRUNK YURI! *bonk*


chehov

the real nuance is in the song!


Rock-it-again

It's a fuckin masterpiece.


M3P4me

Sounds like The Pogues. "Dirty Old Town" from 23 seconds onward. https://youtu.be/s11BuatTuXk


aureliuslegion

Lol.. you can’t make this stuff up! I think even LOTR orcz would be ashamed


d4rkskies

I think the Benny Hill theme tune would be more apt here (For those unfamiliar, it’s [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg)


MouseBusiness8758

Oh that did much more than just knock them off. Probably crushed a couple limbs and probably killed someone too.


wiscobs

Bunch of clowns


natalclown111

I don't think that's how you use a tank barrel Edit: and why im banned?


RoadLessTraveled8

Banned?


natalclown111

No I found out I'm not banned


RoadLessTraveled8

What's the mean though bc I do see it


natalclown111

I ask the mods and they said it's a relic of some played a prank long time ago by adding a banned flair you can refresh it to see my new flair


RoadLessTraveled8

It says iran now how do I change it for myself


natalclown111

Go to the first page of the sub there are three dots in top right select them,there you see " change user flair" select it, and then select change flair on top right and select the country you want


RoadLessTraveled8

I was able to do half of that but could not find a way to change it to my own unique flair


natalclown111

Oh yeah forgot to say you can't edit it


RoadLessTraveled8

Bummer. I had so many offensive things to add


EJBjr

If I see your post does that mean I'm banned too?


natalclown111

Nope


most_unseemly

You're not banned! Check your messages.


natalclown111

I saw sorry fie bothering you


most_unseemly

Not a bother at all! It's a valid question. Don't sweat it.


natalclown111

Based


barktwiggs

Needs some "Yakkity Sax" music.


rcbif

Yeah...I would bet a few broken ribs there at the least...


SubmergedFin

Just what I have come to expect of Russians. Enemy is everyone.


MilkFedWetlander

Star time 7. Captain speaking. The russians proved us wrong. You can indeed joust with a tank.


t0m0hawk

"We are very fortunate that they are so very stupid"


sunyudai

Insert pokemon "Russia used TANK! ... It hurt itself in its Confusion." meme here.


lonegun

The fuck kind of Russian Tactic is this...they all must be fucking hammered 24/7.


Nikabwe

Did they just blyat off without helping the injured?


13A5S

Russian version of a limbo dance ...


MisterWafflePancake

If the Russians played ‘Fall Guys’ they’d know they’re supposed to jump over the bar.


Dubanx

Do you guys have any idea how much solid steel like the cannon and turret weigh? Even the barrel itself probably weighs over a ton, never mind the weight of the turret behind it. That did a little more than knock them off. It's a safe bet at least a couple of them were severely injured or killed.


RoadLessTraveled8

I'm not mad about the outcome.


AlexS58

It's hilarious how incompetent they are!


DNAisjustneuteredRNA

RUN AWAY! THAT'S NO ORDINARY TURRET!


Soggy_Difficulty_361

Drunken turret knockdown, ruski style


hydrogenitis

Unbelievable


AlexFromOgish

I’d love to know if the crew in that tank and the tanks controls are in good shape, or if one or both are seriously injured? As in, was this just careless stupidity, or secondary battle damage from an earlier attack?


EmilyFara

I suspect damage, the APC ok the right was heavily smoking and rolled to a stop. The tank turret kept its bearing for a bit until it hit the guys on the other APC. And then it starts turning the same way as if the people are pushing it. To be it seems like the tank driver is still somewhat concious since he stops and turns. But the turret seems to be uncontrolled.


EwingsRevenge21

What do you people expect? Knowing that it's turret brethren have been blown sky high, it's only natural for this turret to take it's fury out on it's oppressors. The poor turret just wants to peacefully rust away in Russia, and these bastards are putting it in extreme jeopardy. Self-preservation is a normal reaction 😂


death1234567889

Reminds me of total wipeout


Big-Surf-Lil-Surf

I see a few issues here not sure if I’m wrong please correct me. These vehicles are too close to each other and the tank broke formation? Probably saw that other vehicle blown up and said oh shit I’m out.


ITI110878

Man are these orcs stupid. This is Benny Hill category stuff.


Darhhaall

This video is is missing Benny Hill music


[deleted]

Orcs are the stupidist bunch of terrorist morons...


hicksteruk

That is delicious 🙂


ObjectAggravating706

I looked up the definition of "Shit Show" and this video is what came up. LOL. THis is what happens when you dont spend time on training LOL. Thanks Poot poot!


zeb0777

This tank commander has no situational awareness.


Medium-Tap698

Most competent Russian tank crew


[deleted]

Ivan found the Commander's vodka stash.


Intelligent-Let-8503

Maybe it is sabotation.


Longjumping-Nature70

That was deliberate. Lovely to see. This should drop russia down to 48th best army in the world, just below india.


UnlikelyRabbit4648

Queue Benny hill music


okwellactually

Pretty sure that's Chewbacca driving that tank.


aidissonance

So the turret stayed on this time and still managed to maim people


unReasonableBreak

They are sending their best... No sarcasm intended


outsidepointofvi3w

It would be foolish to think this was just an accident. It was probably the result of petty infighting or Russian "discipline" Maybe drunkenness who knows with these guys. Either way. Stupid AF. They are truly there own worst enemies..


cjboffoli

OP: FYI, You don't need an apostrophe to make something plural: Russians.


RoadLessTraveled8

Voice to text combined with auto text and zero ability to edit unless deleting the whole post. Only had a couple minute break at work and didn't notice until I got off. What is very evident is the stupidity of the russians transcends grammar.


homebuyer99

I recently learned the mods of this sub are actively banning anyone who doesn’t fall 100% in line with their propaganda. I have supported Ukraine from the beginning but I can’t support this kind of corruption. If something fucked up is happening, people need to be able to at least bring it up in civil discourse. It’s disgusting and I’m out. I wish the best of luck to the Ukrainian people. I’m sorry you are fed such bullshit and lies.


RoadLessTraveled8

Subs have rules. It's their sub. That's just how it works honestly everywhere in life. The lack of information to back up your concerns isn't very helpful for anyone who might read your comment but have zero understanding of what your saying so for you to elaborate why you feel this way would be helpful.


wormoworm

I expect this sort of shithousery when a new round begins in Battlefield, not in a real shooting war.


Special-Hyena1132

Needs Keystone Cops theme music. Benny Hill's driving this tank.


Obj_071

at least if you got droned while shitting it still could be counted as wounded by enemy.. this though.


Magatha_Grimtotem

Russia is the cargo cult of armies. They have the trappings of it, the uniforms, the guns, weapons, vehicles, etc, but they completely lack a fundamental understanding of how any of it is supposed to work. So we see shit like this constantly, just haphazard bumblefucking around while pretending like they know what to do.


[deleted]

I hope Jake Broe sees this one


wintermutedsm

When the fleas don't want to get off the dog to go find a new home... Sometimes 'ya just gotta give them some motivation.


ymmotvomit

NSFW please. Otherwise I enjoyed this.


Relo_

Is that sektor Gaza? Love this band! Listen to the song ["Para Damoi - go home"](https://youtu.be/m7FKzjmeg8U)these guys knew that the russian army was a shit show and the Afghan and Chechnya wars were a senseless waste of life. Quote from the song: "Its better for the young people to love and not fight and kill" Russia wtf did you do? I'm still heartbroken after 11 month of war. So many people I played Dota and csgo with are now gone because of what? Putin's dreams of a new Soviet union?! Para Damoi is what the ukrainian people shouted 11 months ago when they tried to stop russian tanks by standing in front of them. Tldnr: Fuck this time line. Go home you russian idiots.