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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:34 am

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Postby Imperio Centroamericano » Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:41 am

I kind of like those flying tanks that the USSR supposedly tried but failed to make. The idea is just really silly.
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Postby Heloin » Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:52 am

The MacAdam Shield Shovel is a fun one and on the more on the side of just a poorly conceived idea. A spade with a swivel and a hole in it so you could dig with it or use it as a shield. Mostly used only by the 1st Canadian Division in the early stages of WWI and was quickly abandoned by the Canadian and British Armed forces since it was effectively useless.

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Postby South Acren » Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:56 am

I saw this and laughed. It is quite possibly the funniest and coolest military vehicle i have ever seen. I mean look at it. Its an armored tricycle.
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:58 pm

South Acren wrote:I saw this and laughed. It is quite possibly the funniest and coolest military vehicle i have ever seen. I mean look at it. Its an armored tricycle.
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Who developed it?
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Postby The Galactic Liberal Democracy » Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:01 pm

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
South Acren wrote:I saw this and laughed. It is quite possibly the funniest and coolest military vehicle i have ever seen. I mean look at it. Its an armored tricycle.
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Who developed it?

I think that’s the tsar tank.
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Postby South Acren » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:46 pm

Pax Nerdvana wrote:Who developed it?

The USSR I believe. One of the more...stranger tanks they came up with. Tzar Tank as Galactic said.
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Postby The South Falls » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:49 pm

My boy the PzKpfw VIII Maus. That shit looked and moved like a turtle, but had massive guns. That, or my favorite, the sturmtiger rocket mortar.
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Postby Heloin » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:50 pm

South Acren wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:Who developed it?

The USSR I believe. One of the more...stranger tanks they came up with. Tzar Tank as Galactic said.

The USSR not existed when the tank was built puts a hamper in that idea, the name should have clued you into that. The Tsar Tank was an early idea from the beginning of the war in the Russian Empire. The concept was scrapped when it proved to be useless against artillery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Tank

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Postby Washington Resistance Army » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:51 pm

The South Falls wrote:My boy the PzKpfw VIII Maus. That shit looked and moved like a turtle, but had massive guns. That, or my favorite, the sturmtiger rocket mortar.


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Postby The South Falls » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:52 pm

Washington Resistance Army wrote:
The South Falls wrote:My boy the PzKpfw VIII Maus. That shit looked and moved like a turtle, but had massive guns. That, or my favorite, the sturmtiger rocket mortar.


FELLOW SUPERHEAVY TANK FAN :hug:

Air attacks mean shit when you've got a maus with AA guns in sicko mode.
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Postby Andsed » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:54 pm

The South Falls wrote:
Washington Resistance Army wrote:
FELLOW SUPERHEAVY TANK FAN :hug:

Air attacks mean shit when you've got a maus with AA guns in sicko mode.

And AA guns mean shit when your out of oil. :p
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Postby The South Falls » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:54 pm

Andsed wrote:
The South Falls wrote:Air attacks mean shit when you've got a maus with AA guns in sicko mode.

And AA guns mean shit when your out of oil. :p

Oil means shit when you've got wood gas.
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Postby Andsed » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:55 pm

The South Falls wrote:
Andsed wrote:And AA guns mean shit when your out of oil. :p

Oil means shit when you've got wood gas.

Da fuck is wood gas?
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Postby Western Vale Confederacy » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:56 pm

The South Falls wrote:
Andsed wrote:And AA guns mean shit when your out of oil. :p

Oil means shit when you've got wood gas.


Wood gas means shit when you got expendable manpower

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Postby Bun Queen » Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:59 pm

My favorite weird weapon?

Well it would have to be this gun: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2mm_Kolibri

This gun was made during the Great War, but not alot of soldiers used it due to it only shooting tic tac bullets that couldn't kill anyone.
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Postby Valtrona » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:01 pm

South Acren wrote:I saw this and laughed. It is quite possibly the funniest and coolest military vehicle i have ever seen. I mean look at it. Its an armored tricycle.
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Now that thing is hilarious. Russia’s first attempt at tank making gone horribly wrong.

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Postby Western Vale Confederacy » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:02 pm

Bun Queen wrote:My favorite weird weapon?

Well it would have to be this gun: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2mm_Kolibri

This gun was made during the Great War, but not alot of soldiers used it due to it only shooting tic tac bullets that couldn't kill anyone.


Is that supposed to fucking kill me?

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Postby The South Falls » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:03 pm

Andsed wrote:
The South Falls wrote:Oil means shit when you've got wood gas.

Da fuck is wood gas?

Well, it's the German plan for wood-powered vehicles. It worked.
Western Vale Confederacy wrote:
The South Falls wrote:Oil means shit when you've got wood gas.


Wood gas means shit when you got expendable manpower

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Postby Bun Queen » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:06 pm

Western Vale Confederacy wrote:
Bun Queen wrote:My favorite weird weapon?

Well it would have to be this gun: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2mm_Kolibri

This gun was made during the Great War, but not alot of soldiers used it due to it only shooting tic tac bullets that couldn't kill anyone.


Is that supposed to fucking kill me?


To the Austrians yes, to others nope.
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Postby Western Vale Confederacy » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:10 pm

Bun Queen wrote:
Western Vale Confederacy wrote:
Is that supposed to fucking kill me?


To the Austrians yes, to others nope.


>has less energy than a punch

Wew, I could probably shoot it at my kneecap and I’d bounce off lol

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Postby Bun Queen » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:13 pm

Western Vale Confederacy wrote:
Bun Queen wrote:
To the Austrians yes, to others nope.


>has less energy than a punch

Wew, I could probably shoot it at my kneecap and I’d bounce off lol


Most likely XD that's what happens when you have a watch maker make guns for you.
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Postby The South Falls » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:43 pm

I'd be better off throwing that shit at someone than firing it.
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Postby South Acren » Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:46 pm

Check out these tanks...can we just have a sit down with Russia and tell them to chill?
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Postby Ifreann » Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:02 pm

Bun Queen wrote:
Western Vale Confederacy wrote:
>has less energy than a punch

Wew, I could probably shoot it at my kneecap and I’d bounce off lol


Most likely XD that's what happens when you have a watch maker make guns for you.

It wasn't made for the Austro-Hungarian government, and it certainly wasn't issued to soldiers. It was sold commercially at a time when pocket pistols were popular. And who better to make a little baby pistol than a watchmaker?
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