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It was not shelled, there was a small firefight involving a training building outside the reactor complex. Shelling means artillery. No artillery was involved.
by imwillofficial 5y ago
It was not shelled, there was a small firefight involving a training building outside the reactor complex. Shelling means artillery. No artillery was involved.
You did not “see the reactor get shelled live.”
- sillysaurusx 5y agoNot only did the reactor get shelled, and not only did I see it live, but I was so amazed at the Russians’ stupidity that I took screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/6T7p9BD https://imgur.com/a/6T7p9BD Those gigantic streaks in the lower right are shells from tanks. They certainly aren’t tracers from rifles.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoCould you elaborate why or how you determined/believe that they are tank shots, for the rest of us?
- sillysaurusx 5y agoIt’s easier to tell in video form. But basically you could see the shells come from the road in the distance (see the bridge?) all the way past the camera. The still frame probably makes it hard to see the scale. You’re right to press me for details on the “tank” part. I don’t know if the shots are from tanks. But they’re so large that it rules out foot soldiers, so it’s some kind of vehicle-mounted gun. It’s definitely not the kind of thing you want hitting a nuclear reactor.
- bewaretheirs 5y agoCould also be shots from weapons mounted on armored vehicles that aren't strictly speaking tanks. Ex-Soviet mechanized forces (both sides in this fight) field a bewildering array of tracked and wheeled vehicles that look more-or-less tank-like but aren't considered tanks because they are much more lightly armored. They're typically equipped with heavy weapons that are smaller or less powerful than tank main guns but larger than something that could readily be carried by a soldier or two. Tank misidentification satirized here: https://twitter.com/pascalheyman/status/1088555831187128321 https://twitter.com/pascalheyman/status/1088555831187128321
- kbelder 5y agoA good reminder that we should all be screenshotting everything of interest, just in case it won't be believed later.
- rossmohax 5y agoDid you confirm direction they are fired at?
- testrun 5y agoDoes it really matter? This is a firefight at a nuclear plant. An accident can easily gone either way.
- HPsquared 5y agoThe reactor buildings are to the left of the camera (out of frame).