The military guys on this site will know more about this than I do, but I suspect this orc tank was well past it’s use by date when it was sent to Ukraine.
Another Russian Invincible Weapon
The military guys on this site will know more about this than I do, but I suspect this orc tank was well past it’s use by date when it was sent to Ukraine.
I’m no military expert, but I would guess that at some point, something got inside the tank’s gun from the muzzle’s business end, then when the orcs tried to fire, they found an explosive surprise from the jammed shot.
As to what jammed it? Well, maybe some mischievous Ukrainian took a big risk to sneak in during the night and shove a bit of scrap metal in with some super glue. I know it seems like it shouldn’t work, but there are some pretty strong glues out there, like “gorilla glue,” and if the metal was roughened by corrosion, then it would have a stronger hold. In the movie “Indiana and the Last Crusade,” the eponymous hero jammed a tank’s cannon with a rock, and after firing, the gun looked very similar to this one’s.
Of course, I know that a lot of things can be faked in the movies, but this seems like a plausible description to me.
Looks to me like a 2S19 Msta. They entered service in 1989.
This self-propelled howitzer is as Bill said.
The barrel was either too worn out from being fired beyond its useful life, or it had an obstruction in it. I tend to go for the first cause. I think we had an article before that described the problems with mega-fired gun barrels.
I guess those Lada barrels just can’t cut it in Ukraine. Looks like another oligarch will suddenly take flying lessons from his 9th floor balcony.
The orcs inside the tank must have had an interesting few minutes after that barrel got destroyed. 😂
I hope they wore their brown uniforms 😉
They might not have been brown to start of with. 😂
Bhaaaaaahaaaahaaaaaaa!
This is what happens when you fire through a barrel until they are so worn-out that the shells wobble inside of them, instead of being guided and turned on their own axis. Such worn-out barrels are also extremely inaccurate and have a shorter range. It also goes to show you the poor level of maintenance of the roach army.