Modelling armour in Ukraine crisis

Even if the quality is poor, there is more than enough there to act as a good deterrent and slow movement down or channel vehicles onto a kill box… Or just plain route denial…

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I came across somewhere that showed a light tank could possible push them away. They are not deployed like the siegfried line was built. The german ones were poured in place and fastened I think. I had a video showing them being craned into place and just one man spinning it into place.

heck I remember a video of a truck bouncing all over the a dirt road while taking these out to wherever. Just saying these have a very low practical solution compared to the german version. wheeled vehicles yes. But Combat engineers would problem solve this issue pretty quick.

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Frenchy I dont know why, but almost half of your pics dont show on my browser for some reason.

Those obstacles are not so easy to push around as you might think. And yes, combat engineers can move them out of the way pretty quick, if you have combat engineers handy, if they are willing to go out and actually do it, and if the area is not under arty or drone observation/attack.
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okay here we go, coffee spit moment. Shows the russian version. So yes, easily pushed out of the way.

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So if you look at the 1 minute mark this is how the german ones were done. just in the open fields they filled in the joining supports. They are all poured together.

I guess these pics must come from Facebook. Some remainl visible whereas others “disappear” rather quickly (“url expired”) . Grab them (if needed…) while you can !

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The purpose of such obstacles is rarely to prevent movement - it is to impede it. Slowing the enemy advance down to deal with it is exactly what you want. These pre-registered targets place them in the line of fire from weapon systems ranging from machine guns on up to tube and rocket artillery.

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Another view of the Russian fuel truck

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I only know because I have had it on my PC for years
The only pics of the recent conflict are from this thread, but it was kind of distinctive with the guy throwing his arms in the air😂

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The answer to the BMPT mystery is that Russia only has 9 of them.
4 were sent to Ukraine.
So in the beginning when you saw all those BMPT’s, it was the same 4 being filmed over and over again.
Now they are being hoarded for fear of loss or capture.

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Nice photo of the back blast!

Well it seems the answer to my question posed about a week ago about what the driver and commander do if the weapon is fired gun front. It seems they get out! Which I imagine is a very good call on their behalf.

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Ooook…I knew they didn’t have many but I imagined at least a few dozen since it’s not a completely new vehicle,4 it’s basically just a propaganda operation or little more…thanks.

Found this on Reddit. I would think this may be the driver & commander. Looks like the same wagon.

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