A complete disaster for the Sudanese tank crew at the army games in Russia. The tank driver got incredibly confused and drove into a field and kept driving, even driving over part of the track to continue into the next field. #Russia#Sudan
From the start of the lap it was clear that the Sudanese tank driver was going to be interesting to watch, he wasn’t slowing down for any obstacles.
Just before he drove into the field he went off the track by going around a corner too fast and ending up on the grass
On the next lap he lost control of his tank going too fast around a corner and dug the tank into the dirt, then blocked the track forcing South Ossetia to stop (South Ossetia were given another chance after their disqualification yesterday)
After going through the water section the Sudanese driver once again lost control of his tank, driving off the side of the track.
A crew of Russian soldiers drove out to the Sudanese crews tank after it was driven into the field and had to guide the driver back to the track
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A serious technical malfunction of a T-72B3 at the army games in Russia this morning. South Ossetia after loading ammunition and approaching the firing range had an out of control turret where the gun was pointed at the Zimbabwean crewed tank and back towards the stands. #Russia
The Zimbabwean teams tank was also stuck on the target range after its main gun became jammed, Russian mechanics and technicians had to drive out to the tank and clear the malfunction
South Ossetia eventually got disqualified as they were transferred into a backup tank and restarted the course, they reloaded ammunition at the main gun target position but an unknown failure occurred and they were unable to fire the main gun so were disqualified.
Venezuelas crew 2 participated at the tank biathlon at the army games in Russia today. They finished last again but with a time 5 minutes quicker than Crew 1s time a few days ago. Videos of the performance in the thread below. #Venezuela
Venezuelas tank crew 2 had a much better time on the main gun targets and they got 3 hits, however only 1 counted as the 1st shot exceeded the 20 second time limit, the 2nd shot was good but the 3rd shot missed, they reloaded and took a 4th shot but they hit the wrong target.
Whilst reversing off the firing stand they almost caused a big accident with the Kazakhstan teams tank as it passed behind them at high speed.
The army games are underway and the main event of the tank biathlon went very badly for Venezuela who finished 12 minutes behind 3rd place and 22 minutes behind first place, this is supposed to be a challenge for the best tank crews, below are the videos of Venezuelas performance
Firstly they failed their first attempt at the Main gun target fire, missing all 3 shots.
They then went to reload for a second attempt to hit the targets and once again they missed all 3 shots with the main gun. This got them a penalty of having to do 6 extra laps of the course.
The Trinidad Minister of Energy says a technical team sent by Trinidad & Tobago confirmed that the FSO Nabarima is no longer tilting and there is no water ingress into the vessel and its condition is safe, he confirms the tanker is currently being offloaded by PDVSA #Venezuela
He says the Venezuelans admitted to 2 problems onboard in recent months. There was a failure of the ballast system valves which caused a 7 degree tilt of the vessel, but this has since been repaired.
Venezuelan military identification guide. Here’s some identification tips for frequently seen Venezuelan military equipment and how to spot it when it’s being transported. As well as some identifying information on other Venezuelan military vehicles/aircraft. #Venezuela
First is the S-125 Air Defence system which are commonly moved around.
The below video is an example of what a full S-125 convoy looks like when being transported
Some identification points are the transloaders and the launcher vehicles. The launches vehicles usually travel without any vehicles and are quite recognisable, the transloaders are military trucks with usually 2 missiles on and are accompanied by multiple military trucks.