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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·6 days agoYes. The thing was to showcase 250 years of American Army, not modern shit.
minus-squaretwice_hatch@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoI would have loved it for historical interest if anyone else was President :(
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agonah military is demodernizing to WW2 tanks, Make Tanks Great Again?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 days agoQ: Is that a WWII tank? A: Sure, man. Q: Cool, what kind of tank is it? A: Sure, man. Q: Um, I’m just trying to find out what kind of tank it is. A: And I’m telling you. Sure, man.
minus-squareEldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoNo, it’s an American one. The Firefly was a British variant.
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 days agoBritish are always too cramped in their turrets, Irish too (Stephen Daedalus being a prime example).
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoApparently they had to rent them from movie prop houses.
Is that a WW2 tank?
Yes. The thing was to showcase 250 years of American Army, not modern shit.
I would have loved it for historical interest if anyone else was President :(
nah military is demodernizing to WW2 tanks, Make Tanks Great Again?
sherman
Q: Is that a WWII tank?
A: Sure, man.
Q: Cool, what kind of tank is it?
A: Sure, man.
Q: Um, I’m just trying to find out what kind of tank it is.
A: And I’m telling you. Sure, man.
Is that a firefly quote?
No, it’s an American one. The Firefly was a British variant.
British are always too cramped in their turrets, Irish too (Stephen Daedalus being a prime example).
Saul Goodman
Apparently they had to rent them from movie prop houses.