this guy had all the time in the world to do what he was doing, he could hve had his lunch and he still wouldn't hve been spotted.what do ppl think?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cb4_1174174085
2007-03-17 19:48:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
whoaaaaaaaaa nice bang and bonfire,
2007-03-18 01:41:17 · answer #1 · answered by w.m.d's_bro 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with the rest. No tank would have been left in that position with no security and nobody at all around. Why would he be sneaking around toward the front of the alley in the most exposed position? Another thing is he is trying to be stealthy but has no problem splashing in the water. Odds are if this was real the dude would have put the explosives quickly and ran.
Plus as another said the explosives and the explosion looked hinky. The best way to disable a tank is by blowing the treads..... not right in the middle. It is obviously pure propaganda.
2007-03-18 05:50:21 · answer #2 · answered by jackson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what we were watching. Tanks don't as I understand it sit around all by their lonesome. As I understand it you can't see very good out of them so its not surprizing you could sneak up on a tank. Thats why tanks generally run in packs or with dismounted infantry.
There were several other strange things about it. Why two bombs. An anti-tank mine only weighs like 20 or 30 lbs. Lack of secondary explosions. If you've seen video of fully armed tanks going up there's usually secondary explosions from the ammo on board the tank going up. The last weird thing is that the video away for a second. After the blast there was smoke but no fire and just as the dust was about to settle the video started back up. At that point petroleum was burning all over the ground and on the tank. It looked like someone had put diesel all over the place and set it on fire. Still no secondary explosions.
2007-03-17 20:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Looks like an M2 Bradley (although it might be a Brit Warrior - they look pretty similar - I think it's a Brad though), not a 'tank' - It also looks abandoned.
NO motion, no exhaust, no guards, no overwatch, nothing. Also, once the mine was detonated, there was no local reaction at all - Nothing. No sign of anyone trying to get out of the vehicle, no sign of anyone in the unit trying to rescue the folks in the vehicle.
It's location isn't one where you'd put a Brad if you were using it - The rear troop door looks like it would just about hit the back wall if it were lowered. It DOES look like a nice parking space though.
If this wasn't a parked Bradley then that unit really screwed the pooch on security.
But like I said - judging by the video set up, the way he was moving (unconcerned about any noise, he even got sloppy about standing in the viewing prism's field towards the end) I think this was an unoccupied, parked Brad that the Jihadis blew to score some propoganda points.
Orion
2007-03-17 20:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by Orion 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Until we know who the vehicle belongs to and where it is there isn't a lot to comment on it could have been filmed in Saudi Arabia using a tank given by their government for propaganda.The man doesn't look the slightest bit worried about been discovered and the vehicle looks more like a prop on a film set than a vehicle on active duty.
2007-03-18 01:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not a joke (per se, at least) it's called propoganda-all that foreign singing in the background wasn't cos they couldn't download the A-Team music you know!
The fact that it is quite clearly abandoned from the get go is not the point.
Anyone out there who thinks that that's funny cos the occupants of the 'tank' were asleep or similar should have a serious word with themselves as regards their continuing to steal oxygen from the rest of us.
2007-03-17 20:49:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
First, that wasn't even a tank. It had tires, not tracks.
Second, we would never leave a vehicle unattended like that and leave it so vunerable to attack. My guess would be that it was an Iraqi Army vehicle that the insurgents managed to get their hands on (not too difficult get if you threaten to behead the Colonel's son or something similar).
Third, there was no one in the vehicle when they blew it up.
Based on all of that, I would say that it was probably a training video... to teach insurgents how to emplace IEDs beneath our vehicles. They would also use this little experiment to see what kind of damages would come from that kind of blast.
2007-03-17 20:04:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
That's Myspace for ya. My question is why that tank wasn't being protected and someone should be court marshaled for not being on watch. No excuse and you know it if you are really Army personnel.
2007-03-18 07:33:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Phony. First, seeing a tank sitting alone, by itself, no security. No way.
It could have been a terrorist blowing up one of their tanks. They do have them, you know.
2007-03-17 20:00:37 · answer #9 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Borat?
2007-03-17 19:51:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋