Not the worst thing to just randomly find I suppose?
Skeptic
· December 18, 2023 at 12:07 pm
That’s our crack military.
Reader
· December 18, 2023 at 3:22 pm
Well damn. I’d be grabbing one if i could.,
Finders keeepers
Big Ruckus D
· December 18, 2023 at 6:58 pm
Theo says “oh look, the civvies got themselves an RV”.
jimmyPx
· December 18, 2023 at 7:14 pm
Probably heading to Ukraine for the Russians to blow up.
Jester
· December 18, 2023 at 11:37 pm
Well that train that dropped those was not a military commanded train. It was sent on whatever the closest rail line so who knows. Look like Army owned flat cars however which could have something to do with it. The train likely is shutting down in emergency mode a ways up the track, I’d guess those cars broke off somewhere before the road crossing and finally stopped where their inertia was no longer enough to overcome the weight of the equipment.
Jester
· December 18, 2023 at 11:52 pm
And no, equipment being moved by rail is not right now a suspicious thing, most vehicles the military has are moved in this way. Cheap, faster than spending the fuel and troops time and it also saves wear and tear on the vehicles. I’m pretty sure those are US Army owned flat cars and equipment. They ship stuff out to training centers or for unit movements all the time this way. If you’d start to see long trains full of tarped vehicles that makes it less easy to identify what they are then I’d be worrying something strange might be happening.
Itziri
· December 19, 2023 at 2:32 am
Note how none of those have the 25mm gun fitted. They also likely have no co-ax, little to no fuel, and possibly no oil in the crank case. Shipping regs usually require vehicles to be drained of liquid POL for shipment. If they were fully fueled they would probably have the Class 3 Flammable UN Placard on them.
Divemedic
· December 19, 2023 at 6:01 am
They remove the barrels and store them in the troop compartment so they don’t get caught on anything in transit.
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pchappel · December 18, 2023 at 9:31 am
Not the worst thing to just randomly find I suppose?
Skeptic · December 18, 2023 at 12:07 pm
That’s our crack military.
Reader · December 18, 2023 at 3:22 pm
Well damn. I’d be grabbing one if i could.,
Finders keeepers
Big Ruckus D · December 18, 2023 at 6:58 pm
Theo says “oh look, the civvies got themselves an RV”.
jimmyPx · December 18, 2023 at 7:14 pm
Probably heading to Ukraine for the Russians to blow up.
Jester · December 18, 2023 at 11:37 pm
Well that train that dropped those was not a military commanded train. It was sent on whatever the closest rail line so who knows. Look like Army owned flat cars however which could have something to do with it. The train likely is shutting down in emergency mode a ways up the track, I’d guess those cars broke off somewhere before the road crossing and finally stopped where their inertia was no longer enough to overcome the weight of the equipment.
Jester · December 18, 2023 at 11:52 pm
And no, equipment being moved by rail is not right now a suspicious thing, most vehicles the military has are moved in this way. Cheap, faster than spending the fuel and troops time and it also saves wear and tear on the vehicles. I’m pretty sure those are US Army owned flat cars and equipment. They ship stuff out to training centers or for unit movements all the time this way. If you’d start to see long trains full of tarped vehicles that makes it less easy to identify what they are then I’d be worrying something strange might be happening.
Itziri · December 19, 2023 at 2:32 am
Note how none of those have the 25mm gun fitted. They also likely have no co-ax, little to no fuel, and possibly no oil in the crank case. Shipping regs usually require vehicles to be drained of liquid POL for shipment. If they were fully fueled they would probably have the Class 3 Flammable UN Placard on them.
Divemedic · December 19, 2023 at 6:01 am
They remove the barrels and store them in the troop compartment so they don’t get caught on anything in transit.
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