Russian tracked vehicle in Ukraine with "camouflage" that uses parts from what looks like a Combine Harvester

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ErosLaika@reddit

the wwii US ones were fucking insane. imagine youre on the mine clearing team and the sherman with spinning chains attached to its front throws a mine at your head.

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AWildAndWoolyWastrel@reddit

British, thankyouverymuch. The Sherman Crab was one of Hobart's funnies.

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PsychoTexan@reddit

Yeah the US used the T1E3 “Aunt Jemima” mine exploder.

The threat of getting crushed by ten steel slowly rolling pancakes might sound less scary but the fact that it’s tied to a fully operational and armed sherman is probably a bit more so.

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canray2000@reddit

At least SOMETHING good came from the Dieppe Raid.

Wasn't part of Hobart's deal, but would the Priest and Ram Kangaroos be considered Funnies, too?

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HaddyBlackwater@reddit

Hobart’s Funnies were amazing. Innovative for their time, useful, and provided development work for future specialized military vehicles.

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Axe_dude@reddit

I think they are talking about the giant pom-pom on its head, not the mine roller in the front…

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BoarHide@reddit

In? With great difficulty.

Out? As red rain going Mach 2

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Kaymish_@reddit

They probably squeeze up under the gap under the camouflage.

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No_Seat_4959@reddit

Seen on every male juvenile at the mall

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EnginerdWY@reddit

Everybody got that broccoli haircut nowadays

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Smart-Zucchini-5251@reddit

how effective is this? surely if it wasnt then they wouldnt do it

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CourageForOurFriends@reddit

I'm as pro-ukraine as the next bloke but can we stop making shit up?

It's not camouflaged, it's covered in metal wire 'bushes' to defend against drone attacks. And it's not got combine harvester equipment attached, they're mine rollers.

OP should quit pulling shit out of his ass.

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Inevitable-Regret411@reddit

Looks like all the stuff on the front is designed to clear mines in the path of the vehicle. Not sure if it would work though, anti tank mines normally require a lot of weight to set them off.

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typical pressure activated AT mines require around 400 pounds of weight to set them off. This is little enough force that if a fully kitted soldier steps on one at a run there's a risk of it firing. so mine rollers can be expected to reliably work on them. they'll also work on mines that trigger via other methods, like magnetically or tilt-rod activated.

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Bitter_Bandicoot8067@reddit

I don't know a lot about tanks, so forgive my ignorance. I would think that the large surface area of the tracks wouls reduce the psi load on the ground considerably.

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Foxhound631@reddit

conveniently enough, you can actually Google this. the published ground pressure of a Russian T-72 is .9 kg/sq cm. that's just shy of 13 PSI. Wikipedia's article on ground pressure says that a walking human puts out about 8-11 PSI, while an M1 Abrams tank puts out about 15.

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CHEESEninja200@reddit

if you look closer you can see there is a front blade attached to the wheels that is locked in upwards. I assume this is because they'd drop it down when near the front as it would slow them down digging into the ground constantly while maneuvering within the backline.

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Dpek1234@reddit

Now im thinking about cargo cults

Cargo cult mine rollers .... Lol

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Mrsuperepicruler@reddit

Half way between a hedgehog and a poofy royal guard's hat.

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RagingBillionbear@reddit

More glam metal mullet.

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ShadeO89@reddit

Mine roller and spike anti-drone armor

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ginger2020@reddit

This thing looks like it should be in a dieselpunk sci-fi shooter game...come to think about it a lot of stuff in the Russian invasion of Ukraine does. At the rate we're going, I am half expecting to see Ukrainians fighting souped up mecha-Vatniks

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OsoTico@reddit

Honestly, half expect to see the diesel-powered Nod machine gun cyborgs from Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun in the near future of this fight.

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Pristine_Tale7698@reddit

Nod is a really good comparison. Their tech is all over the place and inconsistent because of a lack of resources. Its why you have mobs of conscripts with ak47s variants then followed up by an Avatar mech.

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ginger2020@reddit

Wait, if we’re in the C&C timeline, does that make the Ayatollahs/Houthis/HAMAS the GLA?

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Dragon7722@reddit

Forever Winter.

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HATECELL@reddit

Dang, now I want to recreate this tank in Crossout

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Uberm331@reddit

Yes, the Russians are retarted, there is no point spending time putting cages or other material on the outside

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/s/WT2x8Viyfk

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thomasoldier@reddit

Thought I was on r/divorcedbirds

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Meneer_de_IJsbeer@reddit

Thats an afro wearing tank. I dig it

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sargeant_utestemme@reddit

Just another Ukrainian farmer hauling his crops to market

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MementoMori_83@reddit

That is a mine rollers. it triggers the anti tank mines so the tank is not damaged.

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Pratt_@reddit

It's not camouflage, it's to defeat FPV drones.

And it's not parts from a combine harvester, it's a mine roller lol

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BadWolfRU@reddit

parts from the combine harvester

Combined Mine Roller КМТ (not sure which exactly, looks like KMT-7 or KMT-8) with electromagnetic mine-seeker attachment ЭМТ

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Just-Sale-7015@reddit

Is EMT only a seeker/detector, not a trigger?

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rly_weird_guy@reddit

What are you talking about, you think they're disguising the tank as a harvester, and also putting a massive bush on top?

It's obviously an anti mine device

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HATECELL@reddit

I'm not 100% sure but I think this is either some form of mine roller (with the rollers triggering mines too early to damage the tank) or some road wheels for a mine plow (an instrument that digs through the dirt to detonate mines early)

But yes, some agricultural machines have similar wheels for transport, though I haven't seen them on combine harvesters

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jprefect@reddit

Еж

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aoroutesetter@reddit

These are metal cables that have been uncoiled. There’s close up pics of these on Twitter