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Train vs Tank!

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    #2
    keithsfleet
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    Goldeneye?


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    Mr. Tezza
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    From the James Bond movie, not real... an old soviet tank vs an uparmoured soviet train... not a fair match, plus the tank broke up WAY too easily for my liking...


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    keithsfleet
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    I'm not an engineer nor a metal worker but I'd take an educated guess and say if that were to happen the tank wouldn't break up, it would twist and warp. I'd also say the train would derail after hitting a solid 15 tonne.


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    bobmac27
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    LOL I always wonder that. This is a scene from Gold finger FYI.


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    im invisible
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    tumblr_m7qn77XYUA1r3pbe7o2_500.png


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    Cookie_Monster
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    Mr. Tezza wrote: »
    uparmoured soviet train

    versus a steel plate covered UK class 20 actually...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_20

    Train versus Espace
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpD06P7kiI

    Train Versus Nuclear Fuel carrier
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHtRZ_k0s7M
    bobmac27 wrote: »
    LOL I always wonder that. This is a scene from Gold finger FYI.
    Goldeneye


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    MiCr0
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 6,265 CMod ✭✭✭✭MiCr0


    doesn't the train look like the eagle from the muppet show?
    sam-the-eagle.jpg


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    GAAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    MiCr0 wrote: »
    doesn't the train look like the eagle from the muppet show?
    sam-the-eagle.jpg

    Haha yeah, or the easter island lads....

    Easter-786539.jpg


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    Duggy747
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    Pfft, Tank Vs Helicopter is more fun:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF1s5q9lQNw


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    jasonb
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    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Pfft, Tank Vs Helicopter is more fun:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF1s5q9lQNw

    Well, if I were ever in a Helicopter trying to take out a Tank, I'd probably try my best not to fly straight at it, from the front, at a very low altitude. But that's just me I guess...

    J.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    keithsfleet wrote: »
    I'm not an engineer nor a metal worker but I'd take an educated guess and say if that were to happen the tank wouldn't break up, it would twist and warp. I'd also say the train would derail after hitting a solid 15 tonne.
    At 36 tonnes a T54 is really only a medium tank. Twice your 15 tonnes but not much more than half the weight of an MBT like the Abrams/Challenger/Merkava. Even the T90 scales in at over three times your 15 tonnes.

    Tanks are heavy.
    It's like having two fully loaded gravel trucks in something a lot smaller.


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