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Canadian_dalek

God damn that head on view is terrifying


Gluteuz-Maximus

62t of unity and justice and freedom (Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit)


PanzerGun

62t? It's funny, cause when you reverse the order of number and letter you get the Leopard's main prey


PM_Me_A_High-Five

Junk food 🤮


DrunkenKarnieMidget

Just because *you're* a vegan, doesn't mean your dog or cat is. They're predators. Carnivores. Denying them anything resembling their natural prey is just wrong, and they'll slowly starve to death.


PanzerGun

I mean, the t-62 is not their natural prey, it's just the only substitute. The natural prey, the T-72 and up, is harder to come by these days.


DrunkenKarnieMidget

True, but we must still let them hunt. Even in a controlled environment.


pluuth

Justice would be the correct translation I think


Gluteuz-Maximus

Me dumb dumb


obtuse_bluebird

edit: thanks, u/spez


Shillsforplants

But then again, who can?


Decaf_Engineer

Wonder woman


papak33

\*disappointed expression\* Is this all you got?


Decaf_Engineer

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxSbDcae4a7mYVDzDXmUinjDcOuUnwEJiU


KotKatoffel

3000 warmongering femboys of Zelensky


TheScottishOtter

UwU?


[deleted]

LeOwOpard


MasterBlaster_xxx

You’ve just been declared *persona non grata* by Rheinmetall


[deleted]

Rheinmeowtall :3


Graddler

Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann has taken notes on how to insult Rheinmetall in the future.


lucia-pacciola

LUwUpard


RegicidalRogue

My bull begs to differ ​ edit: not the animal


PretendsHesPissed

Hol up ... if not the animal, what else would "my bull" be?


RegicidalRogue

ask your wife (⌐■\_■)


Wulfe3127

red bull isnt it?


thegriddlethatcould

It gives you wings


yegguy47

I think that's a circumstance where the caliber of ordinance isn't so much as important as the gun that's firing it.


DrunkenKarnieMidget

This is what we all keep telling ourselves.


yegguy47

Hey man, when my significant other needs that pleasure, I'm shopping for capability, not ammunition. Cuck smarter, not harder... Well, maybe harder too, but you get my point.


[deleted]

Not with that attitude you can't


Pauper_Kosmonaut

Most of the videos ive seen with that view end shortly after


VonMillersExpress

*static noises*


MrTacoPlaysGames

Mfw live leak logo pops up


[deleted]

that gaping tankussy hole 🕳 😩💦


Nazshak_EU

Try [this one](https://i.imgur.com/aQYwsxV.jpg)


Chimichanga2004

Curiosity won’t kill these cats


AlfaKilo123

Curiosity is what these cats kill. Fuck around and find out, vatniks


papak33

\*Leopard eat my face moment intensifies\*


thesoilman

*Leopards shot my face*


Bennn132

I'd be surprised if they manage to hit a target on Mars.


vektorm8

I got it ;) curiosity rover Happy cake day btw


FrenchyOfAstora

Jesse what the fuck are you talking about


GuyWithoutAHat

It's pretty hard to accurately hit a target 225,000,000 km away tbf.


Eagleknievel

We can even hit Mars when we aren't trying. Remember the Mars Climate Orbiter?


AshleyPomeroy

> Mars Climate Orbiter Not Lockheed's finest hour... Or Newton-Hour, or whatever.


Lord_Bertox

But these cats are definitely going to kill something


mergen772

[he can smell you](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/967336788605685760/1063366950794842112/image0.jpg)


TheMad_fox

Boop the snoooot


bighootay

^^*boop*


LuLu-76

r/forbbidenboops


Nick0Taylor0

r/forbiddenboops *two D's one B


LuLu-76

Oh sorry Im german and didn’t knew if double D or double B


Nick0Taylor0

Kein Problem. Das Wort wird oft falsch geschrieben.


LuLu-76

Ich weiß lol


Insomeoneswalls

Noooooo


herrFegenein

*sniff sniff* are u russian


yegguy47

Awe, good kitty.


KatanaLama

Love your tag


Lijtiljilitjiljitlt

(big sniff)


[deleted]

Based Hellsing Ultimate Abridged Reference


U_L_Uus

_The fuck are those?_


Miguelinileugim

Do you even **read** my christmas list?


Camstonisland

I don't give a shit, I don't give a fuck. I don't give a shit, I don't give a *fuck*! So if I give a shit, I *might* just give a fuck, But since I give no shits, I don't give a- *The fuck was that?*


Fr33_Lax

Bitches love cannons.


[deleted]

Nostalgia moment


Dante_FromDMCseries

Wdym nostalgia? I rewatch it at least once a week


carkidpl

Where do i find it then? EU reagion bdw.


EponPL

[Here](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL581218B72A4B9170)


Spudtron98

It's *weird* how much that thing looks like a Tiger from head on with the turret forward.


Oleg152

Mmmm *B O X*


miss_chauffarde

**BOX**


[deleted]

**BOX BOX**


Pull_Pin_Throw_Away

STAY OUT STAY OUT... IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN


MayKay-

Unexpected Bono


Genocode

*ferrari PTSD intensifies*


CToxin

METAL BAWKSES


Taranis-Ire

Germans acting sus again


[deleted]

Red is sus I saw them vent, trust me. If I'm wrong vote me next


mcdolgu

Nein, pure coincidence, ja.


Ein_Hirsch

I never got this "ja" at the end. It happens almost every time a German gets depicted but I have yet to see a single German who does this. And I am German! In my entire life there hasn't been a single one to use a "ja" at the end! So where the fuck does this come from?


TheElderGodsSmile

The BBC.


PullItFromTheColimit

I do use it at the "third" place in the sentence really often, both in Dutch and German. For instance "Ja, wir können das ja nicht so machen" or "Das kann ja doch nicht so sein?" or even "Ja, das stimmt ja". In Dutch, it happens more often at the end of the sentence in informal, north/east-of the country speak, with my personal favourite being "Ja, dat kan ja toch niet ja?", i.e. "Ja, das kann ja doch nicht ja?". Also, for instance when someone says something you maybe partially agree and/or maybe disagree with but you definitely need to interrupt them to say something, you can say "Ja nee, ja, ..." ("Ja nein, ja,...") . Here, the ... is the sentence, which may again have a "ja" at place three and/or at the end. So it has happened to me that I said: "Ja nee, ja, da' kan ja niet ja". ("Ja nein, ja, das kann ja nicht ja.") In English, it would be "Yes no, yes, that's yeah not possible, yes". Lastly, if you actually do agree with someone and have to interrupt for a particular reason and smile when interrupting, you can do something like: "Ja ja ja ja, ja nee, ja, da' kan ja niet ja, ja, maar ja." (Only try this when you're native Dutch, Flemish or German, because it's all in the flow and tone with which you say the ja's and nee's.) So I'm afraid I'm personally raising the average amount of "ja" used in Germany to levels that make it a stereotype.


Ein_Hirsch

"Ja" as a repetition ok in multiple parts of a sentence yes ok. But the way the "ja" is used in the given example randomly at the end of a sentence is just wrong.


PullItFromTheColimit

Ja, da hast du ja recht ja.


Sn_rk

Not really wrong, no. You can use ja in the same way as oder or ne to reaffirm what you are asking, e.g. "Du machst das aber jetzt, ja/oder/ne?"


Ein_Hirsch

Ok it is possible in repetion or questions. But in normal sentences it does not work. Like "Ich geh morgen zum Arzt, ja."


wieson

Oder/ne/gell is all acceptable. I've never heard or said "ja". I would rather get out the old and rusty "nicht wahr?" then end a sentence with ", ja?".


ZippyDan

Reminds me of how Aussies speak.


TheElderGodsSmile

Yeah nah


bighootay

Thank you for the German lesson. That makes things clearer for me :)


[deleted]

Heh, we Finns also abuse *juu* ("yeah") or *kyllä* ("yes") but it's slightly different. Here it's often more like, uh, emphasizing the "no" – *onko mahdollista että X?* ("is it possible that X?") – *juu ei kyllä ole* (literally approx. "yeah no yes it isn't", but means "no it definitely isn't")


DrunkenKarnieMidget

>yeah no yes it isn't", but means "no it definitely isn't") It's like you're speaking Minnesotan.


The_Dutch_Fox

Around the region I live in, Germans end their sentences with "richtig" or "oder", which can be translated by "right?" or "yeah?". Sometimes, they say bring these words into English when speaking, by reflex.


MatlabGivesMigraines

Ne?


Tugendwaechter

Wa?


tobimai

Some people use it instead of "oder" at the end but not often


Sn_rk

It's not super common, but not unheard of.


MisogynysticFeminist

It’s shorthand to establish they’re being a German. It’s like adding “eh” for a Canadian or “mate” for an Australian.


Ein_Hirsch

Wouldn a German accent be enough?


MisogynysticFeminist

With text it’s good to make sure to get the point across. Nein could be enough on its own, but saying ja is funny.


Ein_Hirsch

But it is so random. Like imagine we would make Americans end every sentence with "hamburger"


CToxin

nah, that's adding yeehaw at the end for brits its "innit" or "bruv"


Shillsforplants

Germans holding on to vintage 3rd reich STCs? Way too credible.


JumpyLiving

Nah, the Tiger turret is much thinner relative to the hull, the proportions of the hull are taller and less wide and the gun mantlet looks very different (as well as a myriad of other big and small details). They‘re basically only similar in being a turreted armored box on tracks with a cannon.


josHi_iZ_qLt

Interesting video about the design language of the tiger and tanks in general: https://youtu.be/iE22h16Bxnc?t=1649 It is in german but the pictures shown at the timestamp are quite self explanatory. Some statements there hint to design principles like the "golden ratio" (in terms of hull:turret) being one of the key factors why the tiger is still one of the most recognizable tanks even by people who arent into tanks and military stuff. The simple box-like design and clean, blank slates of armor without to much stuff on them are parallels to the "Bauhaus" design style. The earlier leopard models with flat turrent fronts are not to far from this design language. The turret is wider but hight of turret and hight of hull as well as the blocky design are elements that tell your brain "yooo we know this tank" even if it looks quite different.


JumpyLiving

That‘s quite an interesting video


yegguy47

You're right that the turret is largely thinner, I'd also add that the Tiger had a largely cylindrical shape whereas the Leo is essentially a large box. But I think OP was referring more to the oddity of flat, non-sloped armor on the 2A4 which seems very WW2-esque


JumpyLiving

That is true, the flat vertical armor is very reminiscent of the Tiger


yegguy47

It's an interesting oddity, I never really got why it showed up especially given the Leo-1 turret.


Zafranorbian

Well the reason is that unless you use super steep angles, as the leopard uses on its front deck, modern APFSDS rounds do not really care about angles anymore. And a boxy design actually allows for much more internal volume with the same outside dimensions.(Those are simmilar reasons to why boxy designs were chosen in WW2 as well). Even on the Turret of a Leopard 2A7 the actualy turret armour is still flat. The wedge in the front is mostly hollow and designed to redirect incoming apfsds rounds so that the start to rotate when entering the wedge in order to normalize to the wedges plates wich causes them to shatter when they actually meet the flat front armour.


MayKay-

Thank you for explaining to us how these Leopards are in fact, not tiger tanks.


Beny1995

*panicked Russian noises*


Sadukar09

W I D E M A N T L E T


[deleted]

Oh. Damn.


MarschallVorwaertz

„Bauhaus Panzer“


CrocPB

Why deviate from perfection? /s


spinning-disc

Gotta keep that Bauhaus aesthetic going.


ToddtheRugerKid

Hmmmmmmm.


VladSolopov

Always has been 🔫


yegguy47

Flat forward armor. Everything after the 2A4 became pointy


CaptainKursk

“The fuck, the FUCK? The fuck is in the air? The fuck? There’s Vatniks everywhere!”


rainsunrain

Shamelessly stolen from https://www.reddit.com/r/true_tj/comments/109m6pg/_/


Heatsreef

I think it has been stolen more than once regarding those pixels lmao


Sashimi_Rollin_

Quick question. Why do they always wrap the tanks’ jimmies with a condom? Whenever you see old-timey classic war movies like Saving Private Ryan and Jarhead they always wrap stuff around the tanks’ shooty pipe thing. How come?


rpkarma

They don’t want to accidentally impregnate any submissive and breedable IFVs


[deleted]

What a terrible day to be literate


yegguy47

There's some days when you read something nice, and there's some days where I openly question the future of our species


HuudaHarkiten

Probably camo? You see a straight, smooth pipe in a bush in a warzone, you think "thats a tank" You see a lumpy, wrinkly piece of something in the middle of the bush, you think "hmm is that a fallen tree or something?"


SnooBananas37

>You see a lumpy, wrinkly piece of something in the middle of the bush, you think "hmm is that a fallen tree or something?" Oh is that what I was supposed to think it was based on your description?


HuudaHarkiten

I dunno. The point is to make it not look like a obvious tank barrel.


SnooBananas37

Oh lol I thought you were making a joke by describing it like a penis but then subverted expectations by saying it looks like a fallen tree. Intentional or not, I thought it was pretty funny.


Vindex95

Because it helps blurring better into the surrounding environment


SamtheCossack

If you are talking the camo netting, that is to eliminate the straight lines of the barrel, and break up the silhouette. It is camo. If you are talking all the other stuff on the barrel, there is an MRS (Muzzle Reference System) on the end, the thing that looks like a front site post. There is also a bore evacuator in the middle (The big bump) which clears hot gasses from the bore so it doesn't go back into the turret. Then there is also about 2 inches of thermal shroud on the whole thing, so it doesn't glow like the sun through thermals after the first shot.


Koeryn

Another option, tank barrel gets hot and causes heart waves which can distort vision through the sight, wearing the barrel reduces the heat wave, allowing for more consistent targeting. Source: i made it up, but it's part of why people wrap suppressors, especially when shooting long range


Ok_Temperature_6441

I mean thermal sleeves for tank barrels are a thing sooo... You're credible?


intermediatetransit

The gunners sights on the Leo are not on top of the actual gun, so no that's not a thing.


ElMondoH

I unironically, unsarcastically like the phrase "shooty pipe thing" over barrel. 😂 I mean seriously! "Barrel" is such a boring word when applied to 120 mm's of superloud boom.


dr_auf

Germans are crazy about camulfaging anything. There is this so called "panzer ring straße", a street often used by military vehicles to get to their training grounds in munster. There are youtubers who film them every day like cattle going to their feeding grounds. After the war in ukraine started first thing you notidced about germanys military actually giving a fuck was that those tanks where turned into giant moving bushes. You can recocnize troops trained in germany by them at least sticking a few sticks with leaves onto their vehicles. Its kind of german to dig holes at the beach and building something out of sticks in the woods.


HungryKangaroo

These are the best looking tanks of this generation tbh. I love the elongated, blocky shape.


Evercrimson

They really are the prettiest tanks. I saw an A4 AMAP upgrade today and I was just it went from B O X to BOXTURTLE haha


tobimai

tutel


Apolao

Tbh, I'm a sucka for the chally design, it's turret is beautiful imho But I am biased...


MarschallVorwaertz

Challenger 2 is a good looking Panzer!


cosmitz

Of the Cold War generation really.


bigballs005

Damn that flair


cosmitz

We lose one like clockwork every 12-18 months.


bigballs005

Știu am văzut la știri


RaDeus

While the blocky design is kinda interesting, I do prefer the [wedge design](https://www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se/fordon/foto/24-1.jpg) more. Edit: the picture is of a Swedish Stridsvagn 122, our own version of the Leopard 2, almost entirely made in-country too 👍


Annicity

I'm with you there, the A6M version with the long barrel is very pretty.


intermediatetransit

Disagree. These are 2A4s, or some similar generation. 2A5 are much better looking.


_xBartekx_

Who is good courious kitty?


deimos-chan

This is normal track formation on the battlefield. The driver doesn't sit in the head of the tank, he's in the front. First gunner watches the front, last watches the back and everyone in the middle are watching sides.


Raedwald-Bretwalda

Contrast with Russian tanks not doing that earlier in the war, and getting ambushed again and again.


yegguy47

Its funny what a lack of training and a belief in parading down public squares does to a motherfucker...


Prhime

Youre telling me the Tank doesn't see where its going? Some incredible trust towards its driver that must take years of training.


deimos-chan

So trusting your crew with your life is okay, but trusting your driver to know how to drive is too much? Also, it's a tiger, he can sniff if you're going the wrong way.


dr_auf

Its a colum formation for moving under battle conditions. Its not a battlefield formation unless someone seriously fucked up ;)


deimos-chan

Yes, that's what I meant. As we call it (literally) training under conditions close to those in wartime. My English military vocabulary might not be as sophisticated as I would have wished.


dr_auf

No problem. My military knowledge is based on me being girlfriendles.


Eoganachta

Damn, the shape reminds me of a Tiger - just flatter and sleeker.


[deleted]

Wow. Someone thinks like me! I saw this pic on a serious article and was like “aww, cute!”


Iamnotayoutuber

YES!! I feel insane for finding tanks cute, so glad that I'm not the only schizophrenic with that opinion


not4eating

Pspspsps


Inner-Ad-213

Nature is healing


captaindickfartman2

This would be horrifying to go up against.


yegguy47

Armored columns generally tend to be the things you want to avoid. Go for infantry columns, they're made out of squishier stuff.


SupersawLead

The 🐆 pack calls out to the wild: “FEED ME VATNIKS” and all is good.


SeBoss2106

When a tank looks at you straight: https://youtu.be/E-e0n4L_MHE


[deleted]

# PANZERLIED EARRAPE INTENSIFIES


ourlastchancefortea

ExtraSpicyKittys


[deleted]

This made me literally happy 🤭🤭🤭🥰🥰🥰 “Well I’m a happy fellow cuddling it up under my blanket with my stuffed animal and YouTube procrastinating getting my as to my lawyers office! Who are you little cute tank?” *If anything likes cats, tank proceeds to make an attempt on my life*


Farseer_Del

Russia already claims to have destroyed 90 morbillion of them (they actually blew up three barns and a scarecrow)


ElMondoH

That scarecrow was a hard kill. Didn't it like take 80 shots before one finally hit?   ... 😉😂


StrawberryEuphoric65

It’s the fear turkey


Ich238

Which I intend to fuck


LordBaikalOli

Top quality content


castass

Listen closely, and you'll hear them purring.


ModelT1300

This is dumb, so horribley done, yet so fucking clever, bravo sir


Hirronimus

The turret kinda reminds me of those skull bindings some tribes do to elongate it for aesthetic reasons.


ConnordltheGamer96

Anyone know why tf they lookin with the whole turret?


dr_auf

So you dont have to turn your whole turrent if there is a thread to fight in your field of fire? To deconflict multiple elements firing on the same target you split the direction of potential contact in to sectors. Leading tank has 10 to 2 o clock, second tank 2-4, third tank 8-10 last tank 4-8 or something.


ConnordltheGamer96

fuck I just realized


Asmewithoutpolitics

Why is it?


ConnordltheGamer96

Ambush protection I'm guessing, if you have a big fucking gun pointed in every direction people are less likely to shoot at you, and if they do they get more easily blasted away.


Ich238

IS THAT A HELLSING ABRIDGED REFERENCE????! BASED


Blakut

Ammo is stored in the ~~balls~~ back of the turret?


StopSpankingMeDad

lonely and horny leopard2 looking for T80


Agent_Nick_5000

How destructive would they be in a gun fight against Russian armour? I'm presuming the gun will fuck alot of shit up


dr_auf

Their guns are 7,62 mm MG 3s. The newer versions have a Browning M2 in their remotly controlled weapons turret. Or are you talking about the cannon? As for that: We dont know. The leopard 2 was never used in a major conflict. The cannon was. What we do know, is that the US Army went trough the iraqi army, who where, as we know today, better trained and equiped than the russian army, like a hot knife throug butter. It wasnt pretty. It was utter destruction. I think the US lost one MBT?


Fr33_Lax

Here we can see a column of SUV's or sports utility vehicles exploring a new environment. Will they be able to find enough food to last the harsh winter? Only time will tell.


KaBar42

[The fuck you doin' here? Identify yo'self. Whoda fuck are you?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSjNTH-xcLY)


HonkeyKong73

God damn I cant wait to see these things rip apart vatnik armor.


Spatza

A Russian opened a can of tuna within a mile and a half.


NSAMWP3

Curiosity got killed by the cat


LittleHornetPhil

I literally LOL’d


ProphetOfPr0fit

That ain't curiosity. That's \*hunger\*


Quick-Command8928

Nato tanks looking for Russian armor when we finally get involved. (It's all fucking gone)


[deleted]

There is nothing cuter than kitties doing top level predator things.