The Russian Turtle Tank Might Actually Work

11 comments

1. No, it doesn’t.

2. No it doesn’t

3. If it’s job is looking ridiculous, limiting capabilities and doing nothing, then yes, it works.

4. “the lumbering turtle tanks, and their mostly blind crews”. ruzzian “perfect” idea! Best of the best. I’m waiting for a video of how FPV destroys it

5. I look forward to seeing them crashing into the crowds on May Day parade

6. Check out this video. Looks at how many hits the Turtle was able to take.

   https://www.reddit.com/r/RussianWarFootage2/s/WQegxvFzhx

7. Gotta get a good one (FPV explodeycopter) in under the edge and blow the panels off… then have at it…because I’ve sat here in my wank-pit on my fat arse analysing all possible permutations of drone attack…and I say you need to do some high-explosive up-skirting.

8. The t-series got scared of small commercial drones with a rpg rocket taped on them. Because they have a habit of cooking their crew and flying turrets all year round.

9. We keep seeing prototypes of things and saying “boy that looks stupid” and laughing about it, but true to the theme I’ve been seen increasingly over the last year this is a product of our hubris. We need to be taking these things seriously rather than each imagining we’re level 19 expert engineer battle commander generals with +3 attack and +4 defense against Russians. Russia has a live testing studio in Ukraine, we keep getting warnings from our higher ranks in the West about needing to be ready for conflict with Russia in the next decade or two, they’re now able to build and develop their military under wartime economy without alarming the West or their own population (because it’s “*just* for Ukraine”), and they’re developing logistics and economical routes that circumvent any dependence they’ve had on us. This is *extremely* dangerous and they’ve succeeded in convincing us that it’s laughable and they could never become a threat. Even if the combat clips *we’re privy to* make Russians look like dunces, the fact is that they’re building up and we are still talking about whether or not we really, really, truly need to. Straight tortoise and hare story unfolding in front of our eyes *and we’re not the tortoise*.

10. It’s a big sacrafice of viability and Turret rotation for protection against fpv drones

11. The Germans laughed at the poor welding on the T-34, they were basically single use vehicles. They stopped laughing when thousands of them charged in.

    If anything this reminds me of the StuG III, a specialized design that maximizes efficiency in its role and in changing battlefield conditions. Now it seems Abraham tanks are being withdrawn from the front for fear of drone attacks, even if they don’t destroy them outright they can still hit tracks, sensors, open hatches, supply operations…

    Better question might be why didn’t Ukraine come up with this first. Don’t be surprised if Russia deploys thousands of unmanned turtle tanks out of nowhere, Javelin launchers are pretty useless if used against waves of $10k tanks.