I guess it's time for a war...

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 04/16/2018 at 13:45 • Filed to: None

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The tanks (or are those APCs?) are on their way through Saint Louis today...

HammerheadFistpunch > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 13:51

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M2 Bradley

McMike > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 13:52

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facw > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 13:52

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They are Bradley IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicle). Like an APC, but intended to engage in combat directly instead of just being an armored transport.

WilliamsSW > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 13:53

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Wow such traction

DipodomysDeserti > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 13:54

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Pretty steep grade on that railway.

Matt Nichelson > McMike 04/16/2018 at 13:55

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When bad Kinja meets good Kinja

HammerheadFistpunch > facw 04/16/2018 at 13:57

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or as some might say

“a troop transport that can’t carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that’s too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, and a quasi-tank with less armor than a snowblower but with enough ammo to take out half of DC”

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > McMike 04/16/2018 at 13:57

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$kaycog > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 14:00

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Impressive!

For Sweden > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 14:04

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Is Kansas getting uppity again?

facw > HammerheadFistpunch 04/16/2018 at 14:04

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Despite the movie (and the actual problems surrounding its creation), the Bradley did show itself to be incredibly effective in the first Gulf War. Seems like it hasn’t done as well in our endless counter-insurgency though.

HammerheadFistpunch > facw 04/16/2018 at 14:06

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It took out a lot of tanks, too bad the didn’t get the IFF markers worked out though, the vast bulk of its losses were on account of it looking like an enemy tank enough for friendlies to take it out.

user314 > DipodomysDeserti 04/16/2018 at 14:09

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That’s what they get for using Waze.

Thomas Donohue > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 14:23

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They are headed to DC for the great parade.

Wacko > Matt Nichelson 04/16/2018 at 14:23

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good Kinja?

I think you meant good oppo

Matt Nichelson > Wacko 04/16/2018 at 14:28

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It’s Monday and I am already over this week. Gonna have to forgive me on that one haha

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > facw 04/16/2018 at 14:37

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It was built to oppose a mass armored invasion across Europe, which is why it did so well in Gulf Wars 1 & 2. Despite the claims to the contrary, it excels at tank to tank combat. The problem is that the very things that make it good a tank to tank combat are liabilities in a counter-insurgency effort with a hefty dose of IEDs. Like virtually all armored vehicle, it has a flat bottom(to help keep the profile as low as possible), which “catches” the explosion of an IED(you want a V-shaped hull to push the explosive force to the sides). It’s main defense was meant to be speed and maneuverability.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > HammerheadFistpunch 04/16/2018 at 14:50

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So you’re saying it’s time for...Pentagon Wars?

Wacko > Matt Nichelson 04/16/2018 at 14:54

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cause there ain’t no thing as good kinja

ps. proof it ate my picture that i posted in that reply.

Urambo Tauro > McMike 04/16/2018 at 15:24

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Thank you for this

McMike > Urambo Tauro 04/16/2018 at 15:25

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I have that png on my desktop, just for occasions like this.

Urambo Tauro > McMike 04/16/2018 at 15:33

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Haha, I was hoping you did. I couldn’t remember off the top of my head if you’d done this before, but it’s perfect.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > McMike 04/16/2018 at 15:47

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Nice. On my desktop it rotates the images, sometimes, but it doesn’t seem to do it from the phone. Thanks Kinja...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > $kaycog 04/16/2018 at 15:48

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:)

Kinja’d again...

$kaycog > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/16/2018 at 15:50

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I couldn’t resist.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > For Sweden 04/16/2018 at 15:50

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I thought it was Oklahoma teachers that were striking. I guess De Vos must be going in with her staff to quell the rebellion.

arl > HammerheadFistpunch 04/16/2018 at 16:07

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Speaking of DC, I would love to crush some left lane hogs on the beltway in one of these. Not that it can probably go over 45mph, but a guy can dream.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > facw 04/17/2018 at 01:35

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Literally watched an EFP Pierce the troop cabin and detonated at neck level inside in Fallujah in 2007, gruesome shit. I would go anywhere on foot before riding around in fake armor