DJDarrenSat next to one of those stupid big imported US tanks at a traffic light earlier. Had a fleeting thought that the roof of my Mini was about the same height as its bonnet.
And yeah, it was.
Those things are ridiculous.
Don Marticalling these things "tanks" is not fair to the tank. An M1 tank driver has better forward visibility than the driver of many full-size pickup trucks (source: https://twitter.com/FreckleEars/status/1624137853872574475 )
gom@dmarti Well, tanks are build to be very effective and useful. Observability is a huge part of that, especially if the stuff in front of a tank can kill you.
That the "cars" are not designed with that ways tells another story (about the owners).
@gom yes, tanks are designed with the assumption that the crew and the most likely nearby pedestrians -- friendly infantry -- are on the same side
Dec [{(
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Finland had a strategy which used this assumption against invading Soviet tanks during the Winter War (1939-1940).
"The essence of the policy was the separation of [tanks] from the infantry, as once on their own the tank has many blind spots and once brought to a stop can be disposed of at leisure."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail
"The most dangerous distance away from a tank is 200 yards; the safest distance is six inches." (1940).
