General AFV Thread

[Bronezhilet]

I said 6 kg, not .6 kg.

At detonation:

Highest point:

[Belesarius]

They are K1A1.

Welcome to SH.

[LoooSeR]

[Collimatrix]

Interesting view of mine-clearing operations.

 

SOP is to keep the turret pointed backwards or sideways, so the detonation of mines won't damage the gun barrel.

[ZloyKrolik]

Does anybody know if the M1 Abrams has a safety switch to disable the turret traverse when the drivers hatch is open?

 

I don't remember there being one, but it has been a long time since I was on an M1, and things do change.

[M48A5K]

K2 at ADEX 2015. I've already uploaded these on TN, but whatever 

 

 

 

[Toxn]

I said 6 kg, not .6 kg.

At detonation:

Highest point:

My mistake.

[Sturgeon]

[CrashbotUS]

 

 

The M109 crews used to do this to the noobs as well. 

Another thing I've seen people do noobs is the "soft spot" test. Give a new guy a ball peen hammer and a piece of chalk, Tell them to tap all around the vehicle and if the sound is different from the "given example" circle it and initial it with the chalk. 

Hilarity. 

[LoooSeR]

125 mm HEAT shell... Duma, Syria.

 

[LoooSeR]

Oshkosh with Rafael APS for light vehicles

 

 

[Khand-e]

Oh....OH my.....OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

 

[Collimatrix]

Meanwhile...

 

[LoooSeR]

What the?

[Collimatrix]

Traffic incident, somewhere in the Middle East.  Investigation ongoing.  I cannot say much more; cannot compromise the anonymity of my source.

[Bronezhilet]

Did people die?

[Collimatrix]

No, surprisingly no injuries.

[Donward]

Meanwhile...

 

 

"That shit'll buff right out. Hey, I know a guy who repairs AFVs..."

[Tied]

[ZloyKrolik]

The M109 crews used to do this to the noobs as well. 

Another thing I've seen people do noobs is the "soft spot" test. Give a new guy a ball peen hammer and a piece of chalk, Tell them to tap all around the vehicle and if the sound is different from the "given example" circle it and initial it with the chalk. 

Hilarity. 

 

They tried that on my buddy Ray when we got to our 1st unit out of basic. My gunner tried to get me with a "front slope adjuster" for the M60A3, my tank had a weak torsion bar on the front & it was a couple of inches lower than the tanks on either side of it. I got a noob to go to the POL point for some "laser juice" for the LRF. I told him he had to wear googles and the asbestos mittens to protect himself from "laser burns".

[Donward]

Apparently my little brother was told by his sergeant to get some chem light batteries. So he cut about 20 or 30 of the little breakable vials out of the chem lights and plopped them messily on his sergeant's desk.

 

That was the last time anyone tried to prank him.

 

When he was a sergeant, he gave a couple of plastic bags to a pair of new privates and told them they needed to get some emissions sample from the exhaust of their Humvee. So the guys walked the mile down to the motorpool where the guy there told them that no, they needed some other form of container for the exhaust so he sent them to another evil minded sergeant. At any rate, the poor guys hiked around Fort Lewis for like ten miles on a stoop and fetch mission of DnD - like proportions.

[LoooSeR]

M1A2 hatch. Interesting design.

[LoooSeR]

Trident Juncture 15

 

 

[LoooSeR]

Iraqi army M1A1Ms

 

[Toxn]

Iraqi army M1A1Ms

Does the black flag now come standard?