Experimental Soviet jeep with a mounted anti-tank gun for airdrop with paratroopers, WW2, 1943 or 1944?
Experimental Soviet jeep with a mounted anti-tank gun for airdrop with paratroopers, WW2, 1943 or 1944?
The Muscovites might drag one out of a museum and deploy it in Ukraine.
19 2 ReplyAfaik Russia pretty much ran out of air assault troops a few months into the war. We've been doing it WW1 style since
10 0 ReplyMy uninformed opinion would probably be that someone somewhere realised that air assault is no longer viable, in light of a lack of Russian air superiority. And in general, the VDV has always been more of a ‘somewhat decently trained conscript force’, which only has an overall better image because they undergo slightly more training than their ‘normal’ conscripted brethren
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What are the bicycle wheel looking things on the front?
12 0 ReplyProbably for if they need to dismount the gun and transport it separately
14 0 ReplyI think this is it. It looks like those wheels are attached to split trails with spade ends, that are kind of draped onto the hood of the jeep.
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Clearly they are two tactile unicycles. /s
9 0 ReplyWhat do you call two unicycles, peasant?
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In case they need to invade Copenhagen
2 0 ReplyJust guessing: maybe for driving on railroad tracks.
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Fuck it, we're doing it live
10 0 ReplyWho is steering? Don't care, get it moving.
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Russian "creativity" doesn't seem to have changed at all in the last 80 years.
9 1 ReplyOf all the wacky ideas, ain't gonna fault 'em for this one. Frankensteining equipment together is a universal military tradition.
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Found a picture of the same gun on a Harley Davidson https://old.reddit.com/r/shittytechnicals/comments/hwpre9/a_37mm_recoilless_gun_mounted_on_soviet_lend/
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