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No, that won't even tickle a tank.

by Tommstein 4y ago

hutzlibu 4y ago
It could destroy some sensors and even the tracks if lucky, but I think parent poster meant the burried mines.
1letterunixname 4y ago
Before the M2 Bradley, US APCs generally lacked meaningful armor. 50 BMG would sail right through.
- rbanffy 4y ago
  IIRC, the Bradley got armour because it looked too much like a tank and that made it a more valuable target. Isn’t targeting APCs considered a faux pas in war, a little less bad than hitting an ambulance, but still not nice?
  - nordsieck 4y ago
    > Isn’t targeting APCs considered a faux pas in war, a little less bad than hitting an ambulance, but still not nice? It is not a faux pas - they are legal targets. Not sure what you mean by "not nice". All of war is "not nice". Unless you're Pyro from TF2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I
    - ukuina 4y ago
      That level of hallucination is certainly going to come in handy when creating military LLMs!
      - TeMPOraL 4y ago
        I'm already imaging the integrated helmet AR HUD, with a (remote-operated) switch that just appends "in the style of Pyro's hallucinations in Team Fortress 2" to the prompt for the transformer sitting between your eyes and the helmet cams...
  - Tommstein 4y ago
    > IIRC, the Bradley got armour because it looked too much like a tank and that made it a more valuable target. They have meaningful armor because they're actually IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicles), not plain APCs, they're designed so the soldiers can fight from inside them, which is hard to do from inside Swiss cheese. > Isn’t targeting APCs considered a faux pas in war, a little less bad than hitting an ambulance, but still not nice? No, there's no military on Earth that's going to let the enemy peacefully transport their soldiers around in APCs if they can help it.
  - samastur 4y ago
    Clearly not from practice and hard to see why since their whole point is transporting enemies where you don't want them.
- Tommstein 4y ago
  Ancient APCs (the Bradley has been in service for over 40 years) ain't tanks though.

No, that won't even tickle a tank.

hutzlibu 4y ago

It could destroy some sensors and even the tracks if lucky, but I think parent poster meant the burried mines.

1letterunixname 4y ago

Before the M2 Bradley, US APCs generally lacked meaningful armor. 50 BMG would sail right through.

rbanffy 4y ago
IIRC, the Bradley got armour because it looked too much like a tank and that made it a more valuable target. Isn’t targeting APCs considered a faux pas in war, a little less bad than hitting an ambulance, but still not nice?
- nordsieck 4y ago
  > Isn’t targeting APCs considered a faux pas in war, a little less bad than hitting an ambulance, but still not nice? It is not a faux pas - they are legal targets. Not sure what you mean by "not nice". All of war is "not nice". Unless you're Pyro from TF2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I
  - ukuina 4y ago
    That level of hallucination is certainly going to come in handy when creating military LLMs!
    - TeMPOraL 4y ago
      I'm already imaging the integrated helmet AR HUD, with a (remote-operated) switch that just appends "in the style of Pyro's hallucinations in Team Fortress 2" to the prompt for the transformer sitting between your eyes and the helmet cams...
- Tommstein 4y ago
  > IIRC, the Bradley got armour because it looked too much like a tank and that made it a more valuable target. They have meaningful armor because they're actually IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicles), not plain APCs, they're designed so the soldiers can fight from inside them, which is hard to do from inside Swiss cheese. > Isn’t targeting APCs considered a faux pas in war, a little less bad than hitting an ambulance, but still not nice? No, there's no military on Earth that's going to let the enemy peacefully transport their soldiers around in APCs if they can help it.
- samastur 4y ago
  Clearly not from practice and hard to see why since their whole point is transporting enemies where you don't want them.
Tommstein 4y ago
Ancient APCs (the Bradley has been in service for over 40 years) ain't tanks though.