Just need to patch up the fuel tank first 
H.P.
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Thatās what you have tractors for. 
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Yeah, I just read that after I went back in and looked at the clip. I am sort of shocked that it seems a lot of kit is being just left - no attempt at recovery, no local guard force to look after it. I know all the moral rumours and 2nd echelon units and supply chain issues etc etc, but this is a bit of very high tech kit, going for reportedly around $13million per vehicle ā¦ youād think it would be looked after a bit betterā¦
I can imagine if I was its commander and I reported back to the Battery commander ā¦
āSir, I am reporting back inā
Batt comd, " wheres the wagon "
me - " uhmmm I left it in a field"
BC - " and the weapons/missiles & sensitive technical material in the control section ???"
me - red faced and beginning to worry ā¦" uhmmm in the field ? "
BC- " Please tell me you battlefield destroyed it to stop the enemy getting hold of it ???"
Me - " Uhmmm could you repeat the question please ā¦ I feel a bit weak and my head hurts, I need to see a doctor ā¦
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You donāt report backā¦ā¦ either captured or 
. If you do report back, position overran and could not hold. We damaged the fuel tank so they cannot drive away.
They donāt seem to have a good combined force plan. Like in sports when a superior team doesnāt practice or plan for playing a team deemed lesser and gets thumped early on. Who knows how the rest of the game goes.
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Hi H.P
itĀ“s not SA-N-4. SA-N is a designation for a naval missile. ItĀ“s Gecko, but SA-8.
Lol classic! One of my all time favorite shows.
Thanks H.H. The SA-N designation looked weird indeed. Iāve edited my post and Iāll pay more attention next time
H.P.
@Frenchy and everyone else, has anyone seen the Ukrainian T-84 Oplot-M in the crisis?
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Hub leaks all lined up vertically? Iād rather think thatās where Ukranians took turns pissing on it.
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Or that high-state of Russian maintenance coupled with Chinese rubber bearing seals and tiresā¦
Looks like Putin is getting his rubleās worth of āgoodā Chinese manufactured goods. Whatās the Russian equivalent to āHarbor Freightā? LOL!
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lol ā¦ could well be, they are very uniform ā¦ but then the āleakā looks like it originates behind the hub ā¦ and they are all clean or rather still dusty on the actual hubs ā¦ either solution works though 
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Current events remind me of this clip - a band of thugs trying to take what they want from the āweak.ā
Great line at 1:58.
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Lol yes harbor freight!
Is that an in house American joke ?
I suppose so, a store that sells cheap tools from China.
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LOL! Yes, sorry. It is a high-context US reference, as explained by Sean.
āHarbor Freightā is the store chain name. Cheap, poor-quality (mostly) Chinese tools is their stock in trade. Itās also known as āHorrible Freightā amongst tool-snobs, like me.
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Yeah thatās it. I did but a small pancake compressor and nail gun to put up moldings in a few rooms I was redoing and the thing works great. Not something a contractor would use though.
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Harbor Freight is a great place for cheap stuff. Just donāt buy anything your life would depend on - like jack stands!
Or anything that you would depend on - like their airbrush!
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Good point Matt lol
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Exactly. I buy sanding belts, flap sanding discs, 4 1/2 cutting wheels, air power tools and compressor fittings, even my media blaster. My compressor however is Craftsman, as is my drill press and most of my workshop tools. Battery operated tools are a mix of Craftsman and Ryobi.
I will say I hit Harbor Freight pretty regularly for expendables. Plus you get a free brick of batteries nearly every week. Granted, theyāre not the best, although the remote on my TV has been using the same ones for quite some time. (Smoke detectors use the best nine volts I can find though) I have enough double Aās and triple Aās to get me through the zombie apocalypse.
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