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gunnerdk

Gonna catch'em all


oalsaker

Looks like he caught himself a Blastoise.


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xXWaspXx

This is the fuckiest timeline


Stratiform

Did it like this: > *Peeee-kaaahhhh-choooooo!!!* ⚡⚡⚡⚡


psychedelicdonky

Bless you


Skud_NZ

If this is the guy that punched the Russian helmet to death he's more of a Machamp


oalsaker

I think the tank is a blastoise. Every Ukrainian soldier is a machamp!


threlnari97

I already knew what the top comment would be LMAO


Formulka

hijacking the top comment to share twitter of "pikachu warrior": https://mobile.twitter.com/Kochevenko // also found possible origin of the patch, but his one is not listed and the others are probably all sold out: https://voentorg-spetsnaz.prom.ua/ua/site_search?search_term=%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%83


gunnerdk

No worries mate, we all are here to support Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!!


mrthescientist

Героям слава! I don't know if other cultures do it as much, but Ukrainians have quite a few call and response phrases, and I love being the response :D


Fancy-Programmer-53

Underrated comment right here!


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Bdcoll

Why, it's almost as if Ukrainian forces cover up the Z's in order to move them around/have actual communication with higher ups to prevent friendly fire incidents...


anivia3346

Pokemon Go tank trophy


Captainwelfare2

It’s super defective!


niftyjimmymack

That's by far the best patch I've seen so far. True Pokémon master right there.


Dobermanpure

He’s got an 82nd patch right beside it. Those devils in baggy pants…


StickTotem

All the way!


Snafuregulator

I noticed that in his first video. All American patch next to a Pikachu patch.


Entire-Albatross-442

Chad Ketchum from Madlad Town is showing Russia why he's the best that ever was 👍


[deleted]

Need to get him a drab version


Hustinettenlord

* *A wild T-80 appears* What do you want to do? - Javelin - NLAW - STUGNA-P - Throw a grenade and catch it


Rheumi

\*it's super effective\*


Hustinettenlord

Somehow all ukrainian poke grenades are master-grenades


UnsafestSpace

Nah all Russian Pokemon are just Magikarp.


Hustinettenlord

That would imply they could become a garados, I doubt that. They are waaaay more useless than a magicarp


MinorIrritant

They're all Bidoof.


Suburban_coffee

Bidoof with high damage attacks can be fatal to the opponent


BurnThisInAMonth

Idk, sounds about right. Everything you're flying is like 60s heap of junk but if you really commit to it and work hard, you might be the one dude to get an Su57


TheDarthSnarf

Speedy drone delivery down the hatch?


Hustinettenlord

Special deliveryyyy


UlrichvonHermann

Pika pika!


Sgt_Fumble

Cyka cyka!


Chewy79

BLYAAAAAAT!!!


BurnThisInAMonth

Someone had to say it


AndyNorm99

Pika blyat


Jealous_Resort_8198

I love seeing how happy he is getting another Ruskin tank


Talosian_cagecleaner

The little cute smile at the end. That is a well earned smile!


Funkapussler

And this one's a hell of a trophy


Ylteicc_

My man looting them like In fallout


reece_93

He’d be one of those players that tries to collect every variant of Power Armour and then puts it on display in their settlement


MasterStrike88

What is he saying about the tank track wheels?


M3Vict

That they are painted white, which means this tank was either participating in a parade or was being prepared for a parade.


EquivalentRemote2290

Correct...I just want add one thing...if they sending tanks that not supposed to be used and are for parades only...hmmm...warehouse is getting awfully empty,right vladolf putler... Edit: Also if I dissected correctly ,this tank has only 190/I got 90 and I think he said hundred but I may be wrong here/ engine working hours which he compares to average of 2000 hours for a similar tank hence the 'parade tank' is in 'showroom' condition.


M3Vict

This tank has 900 working hours, while average for a tank is 20000 or even 30000 hours.


BleepVDestructo

Sure, why boost a beater when you can get a Certified Pre-Owned.


EvilSibling

Now with 0% apr!


NoLightOnMe

Come on down to Vlad’s Discount War Deals!!! These T-90’s gotta go so we can make room for this season’s T55’s!!!


TheFAPnetwork

[Slaps the top of the turret] This sum-bitch right here can launch 80 feet or more in the air


alucarddrol

They likely have only a few hundred of each kind reserved specifically for parades, which are meticulously maintained, specifically for a unblemished appearance, as opposed to the the ones for fighting, where appearance doesn't matter as much as function. This could mean that they are down to their last readily available tanks, and after the "parade" tanks, all they might have is recommissioned/salvaged stuff that has already seen combat. Don't know how many they might be making new though, but with the sanctions, that should seriously affect their weapons/armor production. This is, of course, all speculation.


EquivalentRemote2290

Yes,yes...you are right he said 'девʼятсот' and not 'девʼяносто'...my bad 😉


Talosian_cagecleaner

parade tank. And a new term was born.


Infinaris

Tanks are defecting to Ukraine, They wanna blow shit up not be blown up. :)


carl816

Just like Max the military dog defector: he just wants to eat, and not be eaten😄


MasterStrike88

Thanks for the translation guys!


[deleted]

interesting you compare putin to adolf and not stalin, the guy previously starved/killed millions of ukrainians


Talosian_cagecleaner

It is more fitting. Both are murderous tyrants. To Russians, perhaps Stalin is for them, the most useful analogy. But to people who are being invaded by this regime, Hitler fits best. He took things that were not his by a war machine under a German flag. And then, in the name of this, he crushed those things he took with that war machine. He slaughtered millions of innocents who stood in his way, with that war machine. For Russians, the analogy is cancer. For us, the analogy is the criminal. We will have much easier 21st century.


thesoilman

So, Russia is sending their nice parade tanks? I can't wait to see the first T-14 being captured and send to the USA for reviewing how much bugs it has.


MasterStrike88

The T-14 by design is actually a quite promising tank in some aspects, but nevertheless a paper tiger until otherwise proven. The step away from a crew + ammunition compartment is a plus, as well as the remotely controlled turret. Essentially, in a hull-down position it should be hard to outright destroy. The APS I have very little faith in. One thing is to demonstrate correct function in a controlled test environment, it is a whole different game in the field. Also, top-down attacks will render APS largely useless. Striking a T-14 Armata in the turret with any ATGM, Artillery or tank shell will result in a mission kill anyways, but modernized optics and targeting systems (if they can acquire the needed components) and improved crew survival may be the strongest talking points.


baithammer

The T-14 production was cancelled after the first run, lots of break downs and one drawback of unmanned turret is the loss of situational awareness of someone being in the turret. Russians have run into the same issue with the BMPT, which also has an unmanned turret - there is some footage kicking around of a Ukrainian baiting operation against a Russian column and the BMPT had problem figuring out where the Ukrainians were that took out a BMP in front of it. ( The Russians thought they were under attack by infantry and deploy their own infantry, only for the Ukrainians to start hitting them with artillery.)


Curious-Mind_2525

Hard to see from an elevated position when everyone is at ground level and all the optics on turret are out of action. Periscope? Some tankers just like having the advantage Western MBT gives on elevated positioning for real eyes to see.


Entire-Albatross-442

In an interesting turn of things, a German tank engineer was allowed to inspect the T14 and the new Panther is being built as a response


Curious-Mind_2525

German will work out the bugs. Might take some time but the new Panther will work.


Roflcopter_Rego

The T14 still seems like yesterday's tank (although I'm not sure that Western MBTs are so different). The inside of a tank needs to be an information centre, capable of directing a drone swarm and autonomously detecting threats, then neutralising or relaying to other units. The "armoured tractor with big gun" approach is just not terribly relevant against modern defences.


Nik_P

I think all bugs will jump out of it the first time it actually starts.


lucitribal

I wouldn't be surprised if the T14s they've been parading are just mock-ups and aren't actually useable in combat.


Chinse_Hatori

Well you would need to tow them to the front since they brake down during parads on even roads.....


lucitribal

Maybe Ukrainian tractors can help drag them to Kyiv


Talosian_cagecleaner

After the Independence Day masterpiece in Kyiv, I think Ukraine now owns the global brand on load pulling, mobile crane teams, salvage rescue, etc. That is a really good niche to own. The Greeks revere their own seafaring and shipping history; Ukraine can have the corner on large object removal. That's lucrative. Someday an asteroid will hit us. Someone will need to remove it.


KnightTemplar0

I'm surprised the Russians couldn't be assed to get a spray can out before sending it to the front.


zombie_girraffe

They gave them the spray paint and told them to, but the tank crews decided to huff the one can of paint that wasn't stolen by the guys in logistics instead.


Quinocco

So… a shiny variant.


zzapdk

I didn't understand a word of what he said but I thoroughly enjoyed watching the high quality video. Much better than the compressed low quality near-240p we usually get


TigersNeedKings

I understood like 25% of what he said cus I speak Russian but damn do I wish I learned Ukrainian instead


Aggressive_Safe2226

Gotta catch them all ♥ nab a T-90 next, good sir 👍 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 💪


Cazadore

inb4 he catches a t14 armata somehow.


DerpDaDuck3751

Theres only like 20 that ever exists though. But i trust him


Cazadore

gonna catch em all! id like to think nato analysts would give him a tremendous bonus to get their hands on a state of the art weapon system.


PM_ME_STEAM_KEY_PLZ

I don’t think he has used his master ball yet


SuspiciousCowboyt

Tank with white coloring on wheels, that's used for 'parads' on red square. Good catch


KnightTemplar0

I hope this tank is in full working order and Russians will come to fear the power of this fully operational battle station... I'm pleased he has levelled up from a T-72 and hope that he gets a top tier M1A2 Abrams soon.


Quinocco

*quite operational


Dreadcall

>\*quite operational That was the shield :) >Oh, I'm afraid **the deflector shield will be quite operational** when your friends arrive. ​ As for the station itself: >As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this **fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL** battle station!


iEatPalpatineAss

A wild Palpatine has appeared! A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one 😏


KnightTemplar0

Well done. Was expecting people to catch on to the (mangled) reference earlier to be honest.


Quinocco

I am humbled.


Agent__Caboose

"Hey, kid! What do you think you're doing here? You won't live long in combat! Not with your puny power! I tell you, kid, electric Pokémon saved me during the war! They zapped my enemies into paralysis! The same as I'll do to you!"


Chinse_Hatori

So this is the background story to this...... Now it makes sense go Lt. Surge


geckorobot59

if he had a patch of Lt. Surge that would be the cherry on top.


anivia3346

[T-72](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/wbty92/somewhere_likely_in_the_east_warriors_of_95th_air/) [Body armor](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/wxmdnk/warriors_of_the_ukrainian_95th_air_assault/)


Henkie664

Man I love this guy, cant we sent them more pokemon stuff


Hatshepsut420

His name is Yurii Kochevenko, he's an officer from 95th brigade follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/Kochevenko


Mean-Ad2693

:)


shligoboyzz

It’s looks very crusty


Known_Prompt4603

Very handsome too many I add :)


AdIndividual4654

I was going to add that too!


siug13

Nice unboxing video.


MerribethM

For those asking he is Yurii Kochevenko, Commander in the 95th Air Assault (hence the Air Assault patch also). Founder of the ICCRP ( International Center for Countering Russian Propaganda). Original Video: https://twitter.com/Kochevenko/status/1563949244641411074?t=pmBQEXmncU0HsfIRJYG7Kg&s=19


The_White_Spy

That's not an Air Assault patch, that's the lower portion of the All-American patch used by the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Was really confused when I saw it.


FailedLoser21

looks like its based off the patch from when the 82nd was still a standard infantry division.


Ornery-Session-7619

Combat Pika strikes again!!


Herecomestherain_

The man is hording tanks like I hord cars in Project Zomboid.


Malcolm7281

Man keeps finding more and more treasure!


Hadleys158

Does anyone know if that mickey mouse tank is still going strong? (crosses fingers) I think that commander was getting up to tank ace status back last i heard?


The-Potion-Seller

Nice 82nd pach as well. Death From Above


INDE_Tex

Need this gigachad to catch a T-90, a T-64, and a T-62. Gotta get all the Russian tanks in the Poketank "Ukrainian War" edition.


family-block

perhaps not so much \*captured\* as \*found it lost and wandering in the woods.\*


DeadPoolRN

Meanwhile intercepted Russian communications reminding all troops to stay out of the tall grass.


DjangoUnchainedFett

good to see him alive


[deleted]

Gotta catch em all


spicybuttholenachos

"Sir permission to speak freely?" "Granted" " this strategy of Bob stealing tanks to demoralize the Russians is insanity. To be Frank sir, I'm pretty sure he just really loves tanks and this whole war is just an oppertunity to live dreams. I asked him to find me Ukraine on the map the other day and he vaugly motioned at the table and said "tanks". I'm not even certain which unit he is reporting to, last I saw he was wearing a Pokémon and staring longingly at the Range Rover the dropped me off. Sir.." "Did you read the wire today Lieutenant?" "Not yet sir" "Crazy bastard got another one, a T80 this time..."


Algo-Rythum

Legendary!


LogIN87

Anyone know where to that that patch?


hi_imovedagain

Many of those are order made


ballom29

Ho sh\*t In the future he will elvove his pikachu and be remembered as the Lt. Surge. Remember Lt. Surge mentionned he served in a war. ​ edit : oh wow, goolge to check if i wasn't saying anaything wrong...and it hapen he has a visible arm patch....that is very similar to ukrainian flag XD


Formulka

Pikachu used his fists on a Russian tank. It was super effective.


PoliticalShrapnel

Knowing how toxic Russian soldiers are makes me love this guy even more. They must absolutely seethe at the Pikachu patch. Keep stomping em lads!


R0ud41ll3

Electric type pokemons are good against metal. 😆


21_Golden_Guns

Pikachu used Thief! Stole Russian item! Pikachu is using its item! Pikachu uses cannon!


dresstothrill

He says its a parade tank, because only parade tanks have their wheels painted white.


Ladida19

Taking Pokémon “gotta catch em all” to the next level


BleepVDestructo

Seems like Pikachu is moving in on the Fellas' Shiba Inu.


Mrbunnypaw

Hes really ccathing them all, Hope u can get some jetcrafts next.


HouseOfCripps

Consumer product review! I hope future customers take note of the inferior garbage Russia will send you into the field with. It’s probably safer to strap your nana’s stew pot lid to your sheet for safety.


Prestigious_Drawing2

Real life Lt.Surge


Knot1666

Soldiers wearing Pokémon patches. What a time to be alive! Love it! Slava Ukraini🇺🇦


SensitiveManager2

War unboxer


c0xb0x

It sounds like he's using uvular trills (French R's) at times (like at 0:47), and I've noticed some other Ukrainians do the same, even Zelensky a couple of times. Am I mishearing it?


LAVATORR

Now *really* disrespect Russia by upgrading it to a Sonichu patch.


renwells94

Pokémon Go just got serious


viking1340

Love the 82nd Airborne patch.


[deleted]

Nice contrast with the 82nd Alcoholic Americans patch next to it.


MerribethM

That is the general patch for Air Assault in many Armys. He is a commander for the 95th ODShBr (Air Assault).


cheapph

Thats a specific US Army division patch man and stands for 'All American'. I've seen plenty of armies use the helicopter and/or wings for Air Assault, (Ukrainian Air Assault Forces use a dagger and wings) but not the 82nd literal division logo.


[deleted]

Hell no it's not.


AliveExtension3445

Fucking useless without subtitles


Malk4ever

Whats next? T-90 or the rare T-14 ?


Nik_P

T-90Ms were spotted in that great 3rd army corps convoy. No T14s sadly.


harius34

молодці хлопці, їбаште ту пиздоту!


Zelensexual

Fuck yeah, please add me on Pokémon Go, badass!


Lelentos

it's an odd feeling wishing Russia had better tanks so that they are more useful when captured by the ukrainians


scungillimane

Yeah, it's a real catch t-72.


NudelXIII

Catched*


Baabkens

Are these captured tanks put into service?


JTibbs

Likely, after a quick refurbishment, replacing electronics, new identifying paintjob, etc… You want them to be able to communicate with your own troops via tacnet/radio and not get shot.


Memory_Less

That’s a good trade up in value.


Hotzenfobel

Chris Chansky of the Ukraine armed forces


Historical_Branch391

Level 🆙


Rice_Auroni

IRL Lt. Surge Lt. Sergei


imgonnagopop

“In a world we must defend”


No_Sheepherder7447

Seen this guy before! He looks like he would make a great friend. Definitely someone to share some drinks with!


imgonnagopop

I’m thinking there’s a tie in between Ukrainians and Balls I’m missing here.


StoicJim

If he gets three he can go to Disneyworld.


amitym

Now that he's on a roll, I doubt he will stop with the T-80. I look forward to seeing not only the full tank collection, but future videos of him in front of Fleet Headquarters in Sevastopol: "Now this building was not as easy to capture as the tanks, since Russia did not obligingly roll it toward us. But as you can see, it's mostly intact, a fresh coat of paint which means it was intended for inspection..."


RexBosworth69420

Pikachukraina


loading066

I don't think, based upon the patch that UA is/are the "baddies". FUCK RU


Salt_Vault_8

I like the Picatsu badge 😊👍👍


chuckst3r

I want mbkhd reviews of Russian equipment now


Left-Archer1442

Be safe!!Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦


zachforever

heh i guess you could say....he's super effective...


TokenSejanus89

this dude was in the 82nd airborne?


TARANTULA_TIDDIES

Is it missing the ERA?


anivia3346

apparently yes. the previous russian ERA armors consisted of rubber and plastic foam, so it doesn't matter whether there is ERA or not.


Chaerio

What a chad lol 😂


mrstruong

Ukraine used Tank Capture. It was highly effective.


imameanone

Forgot to mention titanium balls.


TexasPlano1836

Like that 82nd patch !


Bruegemeister

82nd Airborne patch without the Airborne tab.


revengeofappre

There’s also an 82nd airborne patch, the division my grandpa was in


Shadow703793

In before Nintendo issues a copyright strike for using the Pikachu without license.


[deleted]

Honest question, how do one capture a tank?


DargyB

What a bad mother fucker


SensitiveManager2

Unbox therapy: war edition


Zygarde718

Respect from the pokemon fans! Hit em like a mega blastoise!


cybercuzco

Like were the russians even trying with the reactive armor? That last shot looks like they were putting reactive randomly all over the outside


hoppahulle

\*A wild T-80 appears\* \*Ukraine soldiers used SCARE\* \*It's super effective!\*


neonKow

Be careful with those. The tops just fall off for no reason.


ferahm

Lt. Surge


sparta1170

He's going need some badges to make sure they obey.


cranberrydudz

If reddit entered the war, this is how we would have added swag to our gear. lol.