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Started by Tank, June 22, 2010, 04:19:20 PM

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#15
June 24, 2010, 02:48:43 PM
F15 and Mustang. You have to go to 9 minutes for the formation flying.

[youtube:3754ib18]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1koMMCRkM6A[/youtube:3754ib18]
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Thumpalumpacus

#16
June 24, 2010, 05:12:00 PM
This thread wins.
Illegitimi non carborundum.

Asmodean

#17
June 24, 2010, 05:32:51 PM


Dollar for dollar, I don't think you can find a much better long range rifle  :pop:
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Thumpalumpacus

#18
June 24, 2010, 06:02:04 PM
When Ma Deuce talks, everyone listens:

Illegitimi non carborundum.

Tanker

#19
June 25, 2010, 07:19:22 AM
Dang most of my personal pics are too big and I don't feel like resizing so here's one I had already fixed. Im on the left my Tank Commander in on the right and the beautiful and battered D-32 is behind us. Most of the steaks and discoloration are actually battle damage. The brown stains behind me are acually rust from IED's blasting the paint off there's also a few decent dents and gouges but my butt is in the way.
"I'd rather die the go to heaven" - William Murderface Murderface  Murderface-

I've been in fox holes, I'm still an atheist -Me-

God is a cake, and we all know what the cake is.

(my spelling, grammer, and punctuation suck, I know, but regardless of how much I read they haven't improved much since grade school. It's actually a bit of a family joke.

Asmodean

#20
June 25, 2010, 07:24:32 AM


Nebelwerfer, baby! :D
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Tank

#21
June 25, 2010, 09:40:34 AM
[youtube:16ypfn8i]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMcVIfebarM[/youtube:16ypfn8i]
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Thumpalumpacus

#22
June 25, 2010, 09:44:48 AM
Quote from: "Tanker"Dang most of my personal pics are too big and I don't feel like resizing so here's one I had already fixed. Im on the left my Tank Commander in on the right and the beautiful and battered D-32 is behind us. Most of the steaks and discoloration are actually battle damage. The brown stains behind me are acually rust from IED's blasting the paint off there's also a few decent dents and gouges but my butt is in the way.

Thanks.
Illegitimi non carborundum.

karadan

#23
June 25, 2010, 12:43:42 PM
Quote from: "Tanker"Dang most of my personal pics are too big and I don't feel like resizing so here's one I had already fixed. Im on the left my Tank Commander in on the right and the beautiful and battered D-32 is behind us. Most of the steaks and discoloration are actually battle damage. The brown stains behind me are acually rust from IED's blasting the paint off there's also a few decent dents and gouges but my butt is in the way.

Wow!!

How does the tank stand up to the dust? Do you have to do any maintenance yourself or do you just drop it off to the engineers to deal with?

that is one heck of a machine to be in charge of. Hope you have air-con :)
QuoteI find it mistifying that in this age of information, some people still deny the scientific history of our existence.

Asmodean

#24
June 25, 2010, 02:43:52 PM
Because of rather oversized fuel intake systems, tanks that do not have turbine engine can stand up to quite a lot of mistreatment and still keep running... As far as I know, that is.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Tanker

#25
June 27, 2010, 02:06:09 PM
Quote from: "karadan"
Quote from: "Tanker"Dang most of my personal pics are too big and I don't feel like resizing so here's one I had already fixed. Im on the left my Tank Commander in on the right and the beautiful and battered D-32 is behind us. Most of the steaks and discoloration are actually battle damage. The brown stains behind me are acually rust from IED's blasting the paint off there's also a few decent dents and gouges but my butt is in the way.

Wow!!

How does the tank stand up to the dust? Do you have to do any maintenance yourself or do you just drop it off to the engineers to deal with?

that is one heck of a machine to be in charge of. Hope you have air-con :)

Not so well in the dust but managable. The worst is the air intake for the turbines it has three 45 pound 4 ft tall air filter and despite a reverse air jet built inthey need to be banged out  when they reach 60 lbs or more which means every other day or so.(or every day during dust storm season)

You do a great deal of maintnence yourself if you use a tank for 24 hour it may need 3 to 6 hours (or much more) of maitnence much of that is assisting the mechanics do the specialised jobs they are trianed for but much is the crews responsability to fix. I was the gunner so number 2 of 4 on the machince. Howerver supply, maitnence, and crew training all fall under the gunners job title. They don't really have A.C. there is a turret fan to cool the computers but it does little. We do use the N.B.C. system for cooling... well relative cooling it blows about 85f degrees in the summer but that feels cold compared to the 140f degrees the tank gets inside in the same season.

32 is the tank in the center you can see the damage a little better from this angle.

And the second picture is track getting switched out on... well someone from my platoon's tank.
"I'd rather die the go to heaven" - William Murderface Murderface  Murderface-

I've been in fox holes, I'm still an atheist -Me-

God is a cake, and we all know what the cake is.

(my spelling, grammer, and punctuation suck, I know, but regardless of how much I read they haven't improved much since grade school. It's actually a bit of a family joke.

KebertX

#26
June 27, 2010, 02:57:54 PM
[youtube:3c61b8gi]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8W6_0UcQWA[/youtube:3c61b8gi]

What does this have to do with Atheism... Or happiness?
"Reality is that which when you close your eyes it does not go away.  Ignorance is that which allows you to close your eyes, and not see reality."

"It can't be seen, smelled, felt, measured, or understood, therefore let's worship it!" ~ Anon.

karadan

#27
June 27, 2010, 11:19:02 PM
I can't imagine having to operate in that heat Tanker. You have a difficult job to say the least!

What is that battle damage from? IED's?

Hopefully you have ear protection.

Full respect to you sir.  :hail:
QuoteI find it mistifying that in this age of information, some people still deny the scientific history of our existence.

Gawen

#28
June 28, 2010, 06:38:49 PM
Ehh...I'm all about WWII. This new stuff takes all the fun out of war ...*just kidding*.  
The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not.
"When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

Tank

#29
June 28, 2010, 07:03:49 PM
Tiger

[youtube:28m04fbk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzLRbDzk3mk[/youtube:28m04fbk]
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.
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