YOU WILL BE CRUSHED

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    (CW: non-visible death) https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/17mbn8h/going_face_to_face_with_a_merkava_tank/

    The video this is from is remarkable. He runs up on two tanks, places the grenade under one's turret, runs back to his tunnel, pulls out an RPG, fires that at the other which makes it apparently cook off immediately, and then he jumps back down the tunnel.

    edit: And the tunnel is just a hatch in a random bush. Any bush in Gaza could be a fighting hole large enough for anti-tank infantry.

    • PointAndClique [they/them]
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      11 months ago

      I was a bit confused by the order of events, I thought he launched the RPG at the tank he'd just stickied? The nade was planted to disable the reactive armour of the tank before the killshot. Is that not how it went down? If it was both tanks then hot damn.

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        I can't tell with all the dust, but assuming he returns to the same position as the start it seems like he points the RPG to the left of the first tank where the second tank is. The explosion seems like it's further off in the distance than the tank he grenaded. The placement of the grenade is to blow the turret off or at least stop it mechanically. It looks like he's trying to jam it in the gap between the turret and body.

          • happybadger [he/him]
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            11 months ago

            It's good shit. I don't think I've seen individual action like that from any Ukrainian or Syrian footage. He's doing video games. Absolute video games.