The Russians are know for never phasing out military hardware. When a new tank came out they sold off some (like t-74s to Iraq) and the rest they mothballed and stored. While they did have a huge tank build up during the cold ware i bet that a significant proportion of those 21,000 tanks are more than 30 years old.
Ha! Eligible!In N.Korea, "eligibility" is "breathing" and "voluntarily joining while a gun is to your and your family's heads." (not sure if I did the possessives correctly in that one, though.)
"They sent them streaming into Chechnya and it took them years to just destroy a few cities. And unlike Afghanistan, the americans were not even helping the other side."You actually have no idea what the war in Chechnya was like, do you? Yes, tanks are not very effective when you're fighting guerrilla forces inside cities... Also, destroying cities was never a problem for them. The Russians are extremely good at that. Grozny looked like Hiroshima after a couple of weeks of aerial, artillery and rocket bombardment, just like Berlin after WW2. Just like us in Iraq, the Russians ran into a bit of trouble (obvious understatement) AFTER destroying and occupying those cities.
Lol, on the contrary, Greece has over 2,000 tanks (no BS). I wonder how old some of that info must be...Anyway, the thing that really surprises me is that the Hellenic Air Force is 2nd in number of fighter aircraft in Europe -see for yourself (!) (12th worldwide). Okay, considering how much Greece spends in a year for such a small country, I wouldn't be surprised if the figure surpassed Spain's and Italy's, but I didn't expect it to be higher than France or Germany's! According to the table it's only surpassed by UK - I wonder if this is true.
temporalOct 12, 2006
The Russians are know for never phasing out military hardware. When a new tank came out they sold off some (like t-74s to Iraq) and the rest they mothballed and stored. While they did have a huge tank build up during the cold ware i bet that a significant proportion of those 21,000 tanks are more than 30 years old.
jessicafappitOct 12, 2006
Ha! Eligible!In N.Korea, "eligibility" is "breathing" and "voluntarily joining while a gun is to your and your family's heads." (not sure if I did the possessives correctly in that one, though.)
willcode4beerOct 12, 2006
They've got to have a few, I remember pushing a few Canadians out of a C-130 at Ft Bragg
willcode4beerOct 12, 2006
you would be surprised at how close you can be to a nuclear explosion and survive.
babywookieOct 12, 2006
"They sent them streaming into Chechnya and it took them years to just destroy a few cities. And unlike Afghanistan, the americans were not even helping the other side."You actually have no idea what the war in Chechnya was like, do you? Yes, tanks are not very effective when you're fighting guerrilla forces inside cities... Also, destroying cities was never a problem for them. The Russians are extremely good at that. Grozny looked like Hiroshima after a couple of weeks of aerial, artillery and rocket bombardment, just like Berlin after WW2. Just like us in Iraq, the Russians ran into a bit of trouble (obvious understatement) AFTER destroying and occupying those cities.
Closed AccountOct 28, 2006
The U.S. was only out of debt for 6 years thanks to a Mister Andrew Jackson.
johnnie12Mar 18, 2007
Lol, on the contrary, Greece has over 2,000 tanks (no BS). I wonder how old some of that info must be...Anyway, the thing that really surprises me is that the Hellenic Air Force is 2nd in number of fighter aircraft in Europe -see for yourself (!) (12th worldwide). Okay, considering how much Greece spends in a year for such a small country, I wouldn't be surprised if the figure surpassed Spain's and Italy's, but I didn't expect it to be higher than France or Germany's! According to the table it's only surpassed by UK - I wonder if this is true.
brainvdmFeb 8, 2008
Ahahahaha!epic fail.