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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Land => Topic started by: Story on May 16, 2024, 01:52:38 AM

Title: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Story on May 16, 2024, 01:52:38 AM
Separate from the Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration since it'd get lost there.

No idea who the watermark belongs to, but full credits to them.

(https://i.imgur.com/n3NHkhI.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/YCY40cq.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/CSTmfIp.jpg)

Gonna just provide links to the majority of the pics so as to save bandwidth.

https://i.imgur.com/zNeRcPn.jpg    https://i.imgur.com/HMOYfB3.jpg

Truely, garden shed style construction
https://i.imgur.com/skkqHkf.jpg      https://i.imgur.com/uyWq7QS.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/pkFOlMM.jpg    https://i.imgur.com/VSk8jMF.jpg    https://i.imgur.com/GqzW07w.jpg

Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 16, 2024, 02:48:47 AM
Anyone interested in these should watch this excellent video:

Turtle Tanks, "Cope Cages" & Modified Vehicles in Ukraine - Purpose, Evolution & Effectiveness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhfGspOIg24)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhfGspOIg24
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: apophenia on May 16, 2024, 05:13:32 AM
Anyone interested in these should watch this excellent video:

Turtle Tanks, "Cope Cages" & Modified Vehicles in Ukraine - Purpose, Evolution & Effectiveness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhfGspOIg24)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhfGspOIg24

Yup, excellent analysis from Perun as usual  :smiley:
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: raafif on May 17, 2024, 12:44:20 PM

another video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gWlb0N2jNc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gWlb0N2jNc)
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Story on June 19, 2024, 12:31:57 AM
Ukrainians with a captured shed
(https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/448583468_484631243941406_2364003099072367932_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=0z2Z1VUgnDgQ7kNvgFwkWZj&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AYAL9tWAMhjvRRDCmeUN_1LJ_bqlWg4NCvvlGCt2FGLErg&oe=66778123)
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 19, 2024, 02:28:19 AM
 :smiley:

More details here (https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukraine-captures-its-first-russian-turtle-tank)
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Frank3k on June 19, 2024, 02:36:44 AM
The correct technical term is "blyat-mobile".

They're starting to look like A7Vs... only full of blyat.
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 19, 2024, 02:40:20 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: apophenia on June 20, 2024, 01:51:04 AM
Ukrainians with a captured shed
(https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/448583468_484631243941406_2364003099072367932_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=0z2Z1VUgnDgQ7kNvgFwkWZj&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AYAL9tWAMhjvRRDCmeUN_1LJ_bqlWg4NCvvlGCt2FGLErg&oe=66778123)

Now, once the war is over, the chooks will be able to hit the road and see a bit of the world  :smiley:
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Old Wombat on June 20, 2024, 08:06:22 PM
When you slap that much armour over it, where is the point you stop calling it a "tank" & start calling it an "SPG"?

And, beyond that, when do you stop calling it an "SPG" & start calling it a "bunker"?

 ??? ???
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Frank3k on June 20, 2024, 11:28:41 PM
If you watch videos of these things in "action", the gun is limited to about the same range of travel as a SPG. Visibility is also very poor; FPG drones can get past the cope cages and the metal does a great job at reflecting the blast forces back towards the tank. Sadly, the shielding greatly reduces or eliminates turret throw events, so these tanks don't qualify for that competition.
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: ChalkLine on June 21, 2024, 05:55:46 AM
They usually have cameras all over them so visibility is achieved that way
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Story on June 21, 2024, 08:59:52 AM
When you slap that much armour over it, where is the point you stop calling it a "tank" & start calling it an "SPG"?

And, beyond that, when do you stop calling it an "SPG" & start calling it a "bunker"?

 ??? ???

It's not armor, it's plywood and sheet metal. Look at the interior shots I posted.
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Old Wombat on June 21, 2024, 12:49:11 PM
When you slap that much armour over it, where is the point you stop calling it a "tank" & start calling it an "SPG"?

And, beyond that, when do you stop calling it an "SPG" & start calling it a "bunker"?

 ??? ???

It's not armor, it's plywood and sheet metal. Look at the interior shots I posted.

Still limits turret movement & vehicle mobility, & still armour, only for bomb-drones not shells & bullets.
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Frank3k on June 22, 2024, 06:13:32 AM
Three Blyatmobiles got taken out one after the other earlier this week. Usually by one FPV in the front and one in the back, for less than $1000/tank, maybe less.
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Frank3k on June 24, 2024, 02:45:42 PM
Detailed walk through (or on) of a captured Blyatmobile: https://www.reddit.com/r/DroneCombat/comments/1dm8id1/aftermath_pimp_my_ride_footage_of_a_russian/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/DroneCombat/comments/1dm8id1/aftermath_pimp_my_ride_footage_of_a_russian/)

Basically, a poorly armored field taxi. "Blind, loud and stupid"
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 25, 2024, 01:32:55 AM
I like the term coined over on Secret Projects:  Hillbilly armour.
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Kerick on July 03, 2024, 11:54:32 AM
I like the term coined over on Secret Projects:  Hillbilly armour.

Hillbillies would be highly insulted being associated with something this stupid!
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 04, 2024, 03:11:55 AM
It depends upon what sort of hillbillies they are... ;)
Title: Re: Russians-in-Ukraine T-series Shed Tank build pics
Post by: Frank3k on July 04, 2024, 03:33:09 AM
They're Russian hillbillies. You don't see many Moskals from Muscovy or Saint Petersburg getting rapidly dismembered in a trench or atomized in a tank.