Yeah, my reading of the T-80 was "crap, that M1 Abrams is a really nice tank -- we need a better one, build it!". And then the usual Soviet shenanigans produced the T-80.
The tailgate on the technicals says "TOYOTA" (or most of it, the last bit is obscured). Yeah, I really like technicals, I was reading some articles about how people spruce up their vehicles and how they get pretty attached to it. I'm sure it's nice, you live in some African warzone and you can just roll up, fire off a belt of ammo to make sure no one messes with you, take what you want and then go tearing out of there. The jet fighter pilots of African brush wars.
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Date: 2012-04-30 12:47 pm (UTC)Yeah, my reading of the T-80 was "crap, that M1 Abrams is a really nice tank -- we need a better one, build it!". And then the usual Soviet shenanigans produced the T-80.
The tailgate on the technicals says "TOYOTA" (or most of it, the last bit is obscured). Yeah, I really like technicals, I was reading some articles about how people spruce up their vehicles and how they get pretty attached to it. I'm sure it's nice, you live in some African warzone and you can just roll up, fire off a belt of ammo to make sure no one messes with you, take what you want and then go tearing out of there. The jet fighter pilots of African brush wars.
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Tom