Why Russia is getting back 30 World War II tanks from Laos

CNN ^ | January 14, 2019 | Brad Lendon,

[Paal Gulli]

Best laugh I’ve had all day. Thanks!

[Paal Gulli]

"I picked Russian over French because, while I had many years of French (and Latin) and understood it fairly well even to 17th Century French, French was a ticket to Nam. So I opted or Russian ..."

French tanks are much easier to identify on the battlefield than Russian tanks. The French are the ones with the turret lying upside-down on the ground next to the tub.

[PIF]

Russian tanks are frequently found under water where they remained after having their snorkels ripped off during a river crossing - if you listened at the right time you could even hear the screams as the crew drowned ...

[Raymann]

I tried and the alphabet was very easy to pick. The rest though...

[PIF]

The rest ... one of my teachers wrote one word on a 6x4 blackboard ... maybe 3 inch high letters ... the word went from one side to the other plus another row and maybe a half more. One accent only, naturally the word declined ... don’t ask what the word was - I’ve long forgotten.