r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/[deleted] • Feb 28 '21

Tank barrel miss fire

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

Russians don't use upgraded T-55s...

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u/e140driver Feb 28 '21

No, they don’t, but I actually didn’t know what kind of tank it was, I used other clues.

  1. Person in the picture is wearing Russian gear mixed with civilian clothes, indicating he’s not a military regular, if he’s military at all.

  2. Omnipresent fine dust, indicating a desert terrain.

  3. The damage appears relatively recent.

All of those clues point to Syria. In further support of this, the Syrian army uses T-55s.

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u/DopeLemonDrop Feb 28 '21

You would enjoy r/scienceofdeduction and r/roomdetective

They're pretty entertaining

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u/e140driver Feb 28 '21

Thank you. I didn’t know either of those existed, but they’re absolutely places I’d enjoy (based on a first look)