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Aug 21 6 tweets 3 min read
Another crash at the tank biathlon this morning as the Iranian crew crashed into the Zimbabwe crewed tank, forcing them off the track.
#Zimbabwe #Iran
It was another bad performance from Zimbabwe, their main gun target shooting was very poor. (They’re trying to hit the red targets)
The commanders shooting target was a disaster as the commander was unable to load the machine gun and discarded the ammunition without firing at the target.
The race was another interesting one though, South Ossetia had an incident in the tank trap which left part of the side skirt hanging off, the side skirt hanging off then caused them to hit almost every marker on the following lap.
The Iranian driver wasn’t slowing down for the tank track obstacle either on their last lap.
And there was another technical fault in the race as the Zimbabwe team was unable to communicate with their commanders/spotters which resulted in a Russian technician having to fix the problem on their last lap.

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Aug 21
Sudanese tank crew at the tank biathlon had a disaster on the tank trap obstacle throughout the race, their last attempt resulted in destroying the side skirt and getting stuck.
On their first attempt on the first lap, one of the tank traps wasn’t on the ramp resulting in a significant drop into the tank trap.
On the second lap they crashed into the wall which damaged the side skirt and left it hanging off.
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Aug 20
A complete disaster for the Armenian crew at the army games in Russia as they crashed into the Laos teams tank on the final lap where everything went wrong for the Armenian team.
#Armenia #Russia
The Armenian driver then took a wrong turn onto a penalty lap despite not being given a penalty. The tank then went off the track and stopped where the driver and commander got out to clean the drivers viewing block.
They then continued to drive for a few meters before once again stopping to clean the drivers viewing block. The driver then decided to take a shortcut across the grass to get back onto the correct track where they knocked down every marker on the hill obstacle
Read 4 tweets
Aug 20
Venezuelan 3rd tank crew took part in the tank biathlon at the army games in Russia this morning, it was Venezuelas best performance so far but they still finished last. Almost 11 minutes behind 3rd place and 16 minutes behind the leader of their race,Kazakhstan
#Venezuela
The first main gun target shooting only had 1 target hit with 2 of the shots being very short.
They then reloaded and hit a second target but still missed the third.
Read 7 tweets
Aug 19
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
Read 6 tweets
Aug 18
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.
Read 4 tweets
Aug 16
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 Image
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.
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