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Russia sending tanks across border into Ukraine, Kiev says
LA Times ^ | 12 June 2014 | Sergei L. Loiko, Carol J. Williams

Posted on 06/12/2014 2:04:49 PM PDT by CMB_polarization

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To: CMB_polarization; Jet Jaguar

Obama Administration To Gut The Military Because Of Sequestration

Sequestration now! Sequestration tomorrow! Sequestration forever!

41 posted on 06/12/2014 3:42:21 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Jim Robinson

Didn’t the Ukraine announce within the last week that they’d settled everything with Russia?

Gotta love that Kerry diplomacy.


42 posted on 06/12/2014 3:43:35 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: CMB_polarization
In the words of the immortal Gomer Pyle, USMC:

“Surprise, surprise, surprise!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_1Pw1xm9U

43 posted on 06/12/2014 3:51:15 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: CMB_polarization

And so it begins.

Thanks feckless leader!


44 posted on 06/12/2014 3:54:26 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: CMB_polarization
It wasn't Putin tanks. You'd know if it was.

Ukraine has accused Russia of allowing separatist rebels to bring three tanks and other military vehicles across the border into the east of the country to fight the Ukrainian army.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-13/ukraine-russia-tensions-tanks-rebels/5520282

45 posted on 06/12/2014 3:56:37 PM PDT by McGruff (I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.)
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To: CMB_polarization

The wheels are coming off this bus pretty quick now.


46 posted on 06/12/2014 3:57:05 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs (.)
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To: SkyPilot; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Ping to 41.


47 posted on 06/12/2014 4:01:56 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: tcrlaf; caww

Apparently this is one of the three tanks. Great for commuting.

https://twitter.com/MiddleEast_BRK/status/477195258150027264/photo/1

Maybe someone can id the model.


48 posted on 06/12/2014 4:09:07 PM PDT by McGruff (I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.)
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To: RinaseaofDs

Putin watching the action in Iraq and adding the pressure to us. Watch North Korea and China too. Thanks Obama! We are being invaded too if you look to the southern border, only no tanks are involved. Again, Thanks Obama.


49 posted on 06/12/2014 4:11:45 PM PDT by taterjay
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To: CMB_polarization

Obama is now more flexible.


50 posted on 06/12/2014 4:17:18 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: CMB_polarization

We’re being attacked by kids on our southern border. The Middle East is exploding. Europe has been over run by muslims. I don’t think Putin is concerned about anything but a powerful Soviet Union.


51 posted on 06/12/2014 4:45:15 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: tcrlaf
"Wouldn’t a T-72 have a large flash suppressor?"

Tanks don't have flash suppressors. The thing seen at the end of some tank barrels is a muzzle brake which reduces the recoil of the main gun. The other thing is a bore evacuator which prevents noxious gases from entering the crew compartment when they open the breech to reload the gun.

Bore evacuator:

Muzzle brake:


52 posted on 06/12/2014 5:10:19 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

How the heck do you get a 40-ton tank off of a barge? You can’t just roll it off, and you would need a big-ass crane.


53 posted on 06/12/2014 5:18:44 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

They must use some form of anti-gravity device. Only one thing is known for sure: no way, no how, no sir, those tanks could not have come from Russia. Putin told me so, and he is my God (along with Uncle Joe, Lenin and maybe Krupskaya).


54 posted on 06/12/2014 5:25:44 PM PDT by Agog
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Russian thugs aren’t the only people in the tank for Putin.


55 posted on 06/12/2014 5:42:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: 1rudeboy

See? It gets dumber the more you dwell on it. I think he made it up on the fly.


56 posted on 06/12/2014 5:54:03 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: McGruff

Several days ago, 3 or four T-64’s were abandoned outside of Lugansk by their Kiev crews during a firefight. Could these be those?

I would think that they would have been kept local, although there have been pics and tweets in the last several days showing recruiting for the “Donetsk Armored Corps” and “Air Force”.


57 posted on 06/12/2014 6:16:27 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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"How the heck do you get a 40-ton tank off of a barge" The same way you get any heavy truck off of one. You drive it off. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KKMBIEMadcc/SWtxWc6XjVI/AAAAAAAAF9c/NPLtw7gycoQ/s800/Jan%2011%20003a.jpg">
58 posted on 06/12/2014 6:26:15 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf

Don’t see anything weighing 40 tons, there.


59 posted on 06/12/2014 6:28:20 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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“Don’t see anything weighing 40 tons, there.”

You’re right. Rail cars weigh up to 90 tons, which is much more than 40 tons.


60 posted on 06/12/2014 6:30:59 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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