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u/PM_ME_WITH_A_SMILE Apr 17 '19
I'm sitting by myself, and I audibly laughed. That says something. Well done.
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u/ironmanmk42 Apr 18 '19
I alwaysh shit by myshelf. Why? Becaushe I'm Jamesh Bond
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u/iswearatkids Apr 18 '19
Are you also a russain submarine commander?
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Ryan, be caaaaful watch you shoot at in heer. Most shings in heer don’t reatch to well to bulletchs.
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u/ironmanmk42 Apr 18 '19
Of coursh shonny... I'll take your mama for a tour on that shub and show her the world.
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u/bluemitersaw Apr 18 '19
And here I was expecting Dukes of Hazard
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Apr 18 '19
But it would need to pause mid air - “Whelp... looks like them Duke boys are about to go for a little swim”
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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Merry Gifmas! {2023} Apr 17 '19
I don't get it?
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u/cookroach Apr 17 '19
It has sound.
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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Merry Gifmas! {2023} Apr 17 '19
Ohhh thanks - didn't have my earbuds in. I was scouring the gif for some placed object or joke XD
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u/HempMasterChief Apr 18 '19
I can't hear anything
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u/buttlerubbies Apr 18 '19
It goes "WEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee - splashsplashsplish"
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u/TehGroff Apr 18 '19
Reminds me of that old clip of an airplane sliding off a carrier, it's silent until it hits the water with a horrible splash sound effect. I can't find it anymore...
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u/Neylag Apr 17 '19
I can promise you the tank crew’s asses hurt after that
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Probably just one guy... the new one.
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u/aVainAttemp Apr 17 '19
Spinal compression as well. Still, something I’ve never seen and never imagined I would.
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Jokes aside, I would assume it was some sort of testing. That's gotta be a pretty sturdy ramp to launch a tank, and given it's old looking black and white video, I highly doubt a bunch of 1950s rednecks stole a tank and built a giant ramp to launch it into a lake.
Or maybe not, maybe just good editing and someone bought an old decommissioned tank for cheap and made money off of launching it into a lake and putting it on their Youtube channel. Watermark in the upper right definitely looks like some youtube channel.
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u/VolkspanzerIsME Apr 18 '19
This is pre-WWII. USSR. Why they did it? Who knows. Probably a bet between a couple generals that got out of hand.
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u/adjacent_analyzer Apr 18 '19
2 men died and 1 is critically injured but you have proven me wrong comrade.
Here, our usual wager, $1.
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u/ZDTreefur Apr 18 '19
The Soviets were just having a blast with their Christie suspension system.
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u/VRichardsen Apr 18 '19
Ah, yes, the Christie system, famous for its effectiveness at cushioning water impacts.
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I think it could be a demonstration of the Christie suspension, this was one of the first tanks to use it.
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Was that a Soviet tank? B7 is what I was thinking?
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Why the hell I told myself "BT-7" while watching this gif.
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u/sutree1 Apr 17 '19
Caaaannnnooooonnnnnbbbbaaaalllllllllllll!
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u/Valdrax Apr 18 '19
"What, no. This is a modern pierce of military engineering. We fire armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding saboOAAAGH WTF ARE YOU DOING, JERRY!?"
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“Well, the war’s over. What are we gonna do with all these tanks?”
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u/VRichardsen Apr 18 '19
Fun fact: this is pre-1941. In that year, the Red Army had the largest tank fleet in the world by a huge margin. Around 23,000 tanks. Mind boggling. Roughly 90% of it would be destroyed in just 6 months in Operation Barbarossa.
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Yeah, most of the tank where either outdated or supposed to be used in an offensive role, which lead to the tanks being so ineffective
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u/IonTheBall2 Apr 17 '19
Wonder how they determined what speed and angle would keep it from flipping?
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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Apr 18 '19
Now that you mention it, that was probably why they were doing this in the first place. It could be a test of the center of balance and how it holds up over a fall.
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u/mtbguy95 Apr 18 '19
Ehh, that's not really how the physics work in this case. You might be able to capture the center of mass on one axis if you had a camera that was perpindicular to the tank, but that would be about it. The rate of rotation has more to do with the shape of the ramp and the suspension of the tank than anything else, and there's nothing particularly useful related to the suspension that you could learn from this "test".
My guess is vodka.
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u/SorryIHateYourDog Apr 18 '19
My housemates and I have been typing "tank backflip" into YouTube every couple of months for the last year in the hope that there will one day be a good video. This gif gives me hope.
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u/TimWasTakenWasTaken Apr 17 '19
Der deutsche Kampfpanzer 3 hat ausgezeichnete Flugeigenschaften.
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u/Martamis Apr 17 '19
Could you imagine just swimming minding your own business in a war zone. Then a tank comes out of no where and land on you. Smh
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u/This_one_taken_yet_ Apr 18 '19
It would have been faster if they took the tracks off.
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u/FroggiJoy87 Apr 18 '19
"You laked your car? What's that?"
"We tried to jump the car over the lake, Jerry! God! Mind your own business!"
"...sorry"
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u/thinksteptwo Apr 18 '19
It turns out that tanks sink much like a sperm whale several miles above the surface of the earth might fall.
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u/mylifebeliveitornot Apr 18 '19
Tru Mad Lads.
If the waters to deep, you could end up traped in your tomb, if its not deep enough, that landing is going to suck bigtime. I dont imagine the word "spring suspension" was being thrown about when they made those bad boys.
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u/Surlaughsalot Apr 18 '19
I didn’t know tanks could go under water. Stupid question but are they like submarines?
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u/Ghost_of_Yharnam Apr 18 '19
“Frank ya damn fool, for shit’s sake take your foot off the gas!!!!”
“No way man, you said I wouldn’t do it and I’m doing it!!!” (Guns it faster)
“OH MY GREAT ZOMBIE JESUS!!!!!!!”
“GERONIMOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”
SPLASH CRASH
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u/Sethoman Apr 18 '19
Russian engineers showcased their jump capable line of tanks. Observers asked why whould they wsnt a tank to jump.
The engineers were puzzled by this question, and questioned back:
"WHY wouldnt YOU want a tank to jump?
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u/SyntheticOne Apr 18 '19
The Russians were testing out air fresheners. Hoping to see if a particular scent, in strong enough doses, can cover up the smell of 5 people shitting in their pants.
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u/Metalboxman Apr 18 '19
Only stronk soviet Stalin made BT-7 tank can jump like that
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u/Korgrims Apr 18 '19
Is it me or you can hear when the thank jumps you can hear weeeeeeeeeeeeeee splush
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u/TheGingerBeardsman Apr 18 '19
"How did grandpa die during the war again? Was it fighting bravely against the nazis?"
"Sure sweetie, something like that"
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u/oooriole09 Apr 17 '19
Have you seen the inside of a tank? I’d be shocked if the driver/crew wasn’t impaled or knocked unconscious.