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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUmm....this is interesting Russian military equipment. Looks like it's made outta Legos
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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦
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Yes, Russia is really using this in the battle of Mariupol.
I repeat: this is real.
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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦
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Yes, Russia is really using this in the battle of Mariupol.
I repeat: this is real.
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Bigger question: can you tow it with a tractor?
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Umm....this is interesting Russian military equipment. Looks like it's made outta Legos (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2022
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. More stellar russian engineering?
The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)2. Looks Like Part Of An Old-School Armored Train, Ma'am
Ahead of the engine, to engage partisans operating against the rails.
Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)5. That's what it looks like to me, too.
Im an overweight, out-of-shape life-long civilian, but the thought of rolling over IED-laced trackage or past civilian/partisan bush-whackers hiding in the foliage makes me shudder.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,454 posts)3. If I had to guess, it's a sacrificial anode.....
Something long and weighty.....that's meant to bear the explosive power of mines, triggered by weight. Engines preserved. Bet they don't move too fast.
Whiskeytide
(4,461 posts)4. Looks like Lincoln Logs to me. n/t
Deuxcents
(16,187 posts)6. Blow up the rail tracks..sabotage as many as possible
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)7. Jeeezus. Decades ago, had a Russian made guitar distortion pedal that looked like that.