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2022-03-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Man on tractor stole Russian tank (Video)

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Posted by Woodrow 2022-03-01 00:29|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 That is just plain fun.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-03-01 08:47|| 2022-03-01 08:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Imagine having to explain this to your commander.

Posted by Chris 2022-03-01 08:48|| 2022-03-01 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 One heckuva war souvenir there.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-03-01 12:35|| 2022-03-01 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Influencer in Russia goes viral demonstrating how to drive an abandoned armored vehicle

Posted by Skidmark 2022-03-01 12:54|| 2022-03-01 12:54|| Front Page Top

#5 I never thought you could put one of those in neutral.

Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-03-01 14:19|| 2022-03-01 14:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Tracked vehicles need a neutral just as much as wheeled. Replacing tracks is one example.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-01 14:40|| 2022-03-01 14:40|| Front Page Top

#7 ^
Yeah, I have an mini ex and Bobcat. Let the grease out to take off tracks and fill to tighten. No neutral, just never thought of military vehicles.

Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-03-01 15:02|| 2022-03-01 15:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Some have neutral steer -- one track in neutral, the other powered -- for tighter turns.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-01 16:32|| 2022-03-01 16:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Who is the man running after it?

Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-01 17:21|| 2022-03-01 17:21|| Front Page Top

#10 From the Times of Israel:

Ukrainians joke about tax implications of captured Russian tanks

On the Facebook page for the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, authorities announce that captured Russian tanks do not need to be declared to tax authorities because “this shit isn’t worth enough” to report. (The minimum is 100 cost of living units, a unit being 248 Hrevniya (about $8), it notes.)

The tongue-in-cheek post, which authorities say does actually reflect current national tax policy (which may change after the war), notes that the equipment is tax-exempt because it was acquired to due to being a result of the “Russian aggression.”

“Thanks to the bravery of the defenders of Ukraine, the enemy’s equipment usually gets to you already damaged and so there’s no way to assess the value.”

“So the Russian tanks can fuck off ~~submit a declaration~~,” the salty-tongued authority says.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-01 18:15|| 2022-03-01 18:15|| Front Page Top

#11 Pausing at the 1/2 second mark, I'd say that is Carl, and that the headline should be "man with..."

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-03-01 18:36|| 2022-03-01 18:36|| Front Page Top

#12 Rob Crawford, i thought you could have treads going in opposite directions and spin?

Posted by ruprecht 2022-03-01 19:27|| 2022-03-01 19:27|| Front Page Top

#13 From my limited time in the Ukraine rural areas. The general attitude towards abandoned stuff, heh now it's mine!

Posted by Woodrow 2022-03-01 19:47|| 2022-03-01 19:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Nothing runs like a , er, tank

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-03-01 22:01|| 2022-03-01 22:01|| Front Page Top

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