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It does seem to be a bridge too far for the Ukrainians. And kudos to the Kerch bridge designer for rapidly throwing up a bridge that is seemingly (to date) indestructible. Truck bombs, boat bombs, throw whatever you have at it, and it still stands and operates. I am reminded of the Thanh Hóa Bridge in Vietnam where as part of 1965's Operation Rolling Thunder the USAF targeted the essential bridge, launching hundreds of attacks but still took until 1972 to finally destroy the bridge - which the Vietnamese quickly rebuilt. Who would have thought that in today's age of PGMs a bridge can still hold out.
Sounds like an opportunity for a repeat of Operation Chariot, where HMS Campbeltown was filled with explosives. So, fill a grain carrier or other cargo vessel, sail under Russian colours under the bridge, abandon ship, blow it up.The real damage will be done by taking out a support strut/bridge pillar as that will be much harder to replace but that may be just impossible.
Arggh Matey, I be liking the cut o' yer jib! We takes one of their scows and we gets close to that foul, cursed bridge of Satan, we hoists the Jolly Roger!
Doh. Can't delete this darned accidental postIt must be. Though the Royal Marines make do with the British Army's Apaches. Here's the former RN assault carrier HMS Ocean.
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Izzat that what that was? I feared it might have been something more blackmail able.Oh dear, SaparotRob's been at the rum again, hasn't he? You know one sniff of the barmaid's apron and he's 3 sheets to the wind!!
In future posts, please remember to include the English translation.Arggh Matey, I be liking the cut o' yer jib! We takes one of their scows and we gets close to that foul, cursed bridge of Satan, we hoists the Jolly Roger!
I intended on posting a serious, sober reply, basically agreeing with The Admiral. Then the voices took over.Oh dear, SaparotRob's been at the rum again, hasn't he? You know one sniff of the barmaid's apron and he's 3 sheets to the wind!!
Oh dear, SaparotRob's been at the rum again, hasn't he? You know one sniff of the barmaid's apron and he's 3 sheets to the wind!!
Doh. Can't delete this darned accidental post
Perhaps, but I wasn't sure about the nature of this weapon. I thought it was a bunker buster. Certainly I don't think you would be driving a tank down a crater left by a WWII Tall Boy or Grand Slam.I'm not so sure. It's an air-burst weapon that relies upon a shock/pressure-wave for its effect. It doesn't leave a crater. Little Boy, over Hiroshima, detonated at 1800' AGL, and left no crater, despite being an order of magnitude more powerful.
The mines themselves making craters? Sure, small ones which are easily crossed by tracked vehicles, which were introduced by the Brits in 1916 precisely to cross cratered terrain. Broken terrain is why tanks were introduced in the first place.
Well, I've been making inroads on this during my counter clockwise circumnavigation of Vancouver Island..lOh dear, SaparotRob's been at the rum again, hasn't he? You know, one sniff of the barmaid's apron and he's 3 sheets to the wind!!
Here's the Russians showing how it's done.Arggh Matey, I be liking the cut o' yer jib! We takes one of their scows and we gets close to that foul, cursed bridge of Satan, we hoists the Jolly Roger!
Backspace over it in the reply box, and when the box is completely and entirely empty, press the "post reply" button. You'll get the "oops" message, but it should remove the accidental quote from your reply cache.
I learned a trick here on the forum. After you post you can go back and edit to change the image size. Like I just did below. I use this feature mostly when I want to post multiple images within one post and want them all to be the same size, and also to eliminate any huge images taking up the entire screen.My favourite rum bottle.
This was only made for a short time in the early 00's and I only bought this bottle after it went out of production. Surprisingly it was an excellent drop. I refill it with a very nice local bootleg drop.
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