Why is this still a conflict 60 years on.. “Rowland The Headless Thompson Gunner ” … [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWCK9zGynA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWCK9zGynA)
Bad ammunition? Can’t see any incomming.
War in Congo is hell…..anyone can set up mortars and whatnot one hill away and you just can’t see them until they decide to ambush you. I hope peace prevails in Eastern Congo, theres more than enough resources there to make the country bloody fukin rich
This is not a tank this is a artillery from the Soviet union
that’s a significant loss, 1/3 of their SPG park of this type destroyed. i think we can see their entire stock of 2S1 in this video
they also have 10 2S3
Camera man almost lost his head from the flying debris.
If that piece of metal had been a few feet lower it would have decapitated that line of people , in the blink of an eye there are lucky days for some and fkn terrible days for others who ever is in that vehicle.
That massive piece of metal… Holy. Any lower and gg those 3.
malfunction? what happened and why?
Who are these soldiers/militia? And who are the white people standing there?
general reached pop cap and needed to build a technical instead
i just discovered i have a 20 second attention span before i skip past the thing i came to see
Obligatory. Not a tank
Someone spilled gas in the engine housing
Barrel fatigue or North Korean ammo (euphemism for poorly stored or expired ammo). Take your pick. I’m going for barrel fatigue since maintenance and replacement barrels are almost non-existent in Third World armies.
That’s an artillery tracked vehicle. The barrel is probably beyond service life. Only so many rounds can be fired before replacement/maintenance is required. Anywhere from 1000 rounds and up depending on type…. or bad ammo. But seeing as it’s old soviet stock. It’s most likely both.
Weird shit going down in Congo right now. Was there in April – way, way too many white military age dudes hustling around in Goma. Military cargo flights all times of day and night. Fast jet passes. Helicopters. Drones. French and American best I could reckon. Occasional shooting at the drones.
Someone has found some giant deposit or regime change or something getting ready to go down.
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Not a tank, self-propelled artillery
What does this red button do?
Just more evidence the camera man never dies.
Why is this still a conflict 60 years on.. “Rowland The Headless Thompson Gunner ” … [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWCK9zGynA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWCK9zGynA)
Bad ammunition? Can’t see any incomming.
War in Congo is hell…..anyone can set up mortars and whatnot one hill away and you just can’t see them until they decide to ambush you. I hope peace prevails in Eastern Congo, theres more than enough resources there to make the country bloody fukin rich
This is not a tank this is a artillery from the Soviet union
Russian/Soviet **2S1** ***Gvozdika*** [self-propelled howitzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-propelled_artillery) blows up itself xD
Jaysssss
that’s 2S1 Gvozdika?
that’s a significant loss, 1/3 of their SPG park of this type destroyed. i think we can see their entire stock of 2S1 in this video
they also have 10 2S3
Camera man almost lost his head from the flying debris.
If that piece of metal had been a few feet lower it would have decapitated that line of people , in the blink of an eye there are lucky days for some and fkn terrible days for others who ever is in that vehicle.
That massive piece of metal… Holy. Any lower and gg those 3.
malfunction? what happened and why?
Who are these soldiers/militia? And who are the white people standing there?
general reached pop cap and needed to build a technical instead
i just discovered i have a 20 second attention span before i skip past the thing i came to see
Obligatory. Not a tank
Someone spilled gas in the engine housing
Barrel fatigue or North Korean ammo (euphemism for poorly stored or expired ammo). Take your pick. I’m going for barrel fatigue since maintenance and replacement barrels are almost non-existent in Third World armies.
That’s an artillery tracked vehicle. The barrel is probably beyond service life. Only so many rounds can be fired before replacement/maintenance is required. Anywhere from 1000 rounds and up depending on type…. or bad ammo. But seeing as it’s old soviet stock. It’s most likely both.
Weird shit going down in Congo right now. Was there in April – way, way too many white military age dudes hustling around in Goma. Military cargo flights all times of day and night. Fast jet passes. Helicopters. Drones. French and American best I could reckon. Occasional shooting at the drones.
Someone has found some giant deposit or regime change or something getting ready to go down.
Did the turret jammed or a faulty munition?
War thunder nerds. Filling comment section.
[Through sixty-six and seven](https://genius.com/3904755/Warren-zevon-roland-the-headless-thompson-gunner/Through-sixty-six-and-seven-they-fought-the-congo-war)
With their fingers on their triggers
Knee-deep in gore
For days and nights they battled
The Bantu to their knees
[They killed to earn their living](https://genius.com/4518857/Warren-zevon-roland-the-headless-thompson-gunner/They-killed-to-earn-their-living-and-to-help-out-the-congolese)