Some ppl know their vehicle's limits and clearances some are like this guy. The only reason he got this is because a month ago he can openered his box trailer on a 12'6" overpass lol
It's cool. We keep buying those cause for "national security" we have to keep the plant in continual production, so there are like 4000 of them mothballed in the desert somewhere and we give them away to our allies like they're suckers at the barber shop.
It's a good gun, with a lot of commonality with other common vehicles. Newer variants can emplace and open fire in under thirty seconds, fire four rounds in a minute, and rapidly displace to avoid counter-battery fires. Supposedly with the correct ammunition it reach out 40-100km as well as theoretically be used to shoot down ballistic missile warheads on the way down (which is a crazy idea, and crazier if it's actually viable).
Right I am agreeing with you. I learned earlier that I was wrong for thinking it was a tank. I'm not military and therefor didn't know it wasn't a tank. I just wrongly assumed anything with a large gun/cannon and tracks was a "tank"
I mean if you weren't the 10th person to say it 🤷 I'm sure the scoll isn't that deep. It is also a cross post so not much I can edit. Unless you are military this IS a tank lol. Big rotating gun/cannon on tracks= TANK. I'd venture to guess 75% of ppl would call this a tank.
Well I'm even more impressed. I guess I was just a dumb American bc I would have called this a tank. I learned something since this post thats for sure. Again sorry for being an ass and the assumptions I made.
Kind of pedantic for the general public, but it's a self propelled artillery piece. The M109 Paladin is nowhere near as armored as the Abrams, but it has a bigger gun for indirect fire like more traditional towed artillery
Pretty much. The Paladin can reach 30ish km away with 155mm shells, and is only armored enough to stop shrapnel from counter battery artillery fire, but would be destroyed by a direct hit from something like a tank. The Abrams tank has a range of about 5km with 120mm shells, but can absorb a direct frontal hit from another tank, rpg, etc (it may or may not be functional depending on where it was hit, but the crew should still be alive)
Who makes out on the scam? Driver gets a new truck but loses his job? The trailer got stuck on the tracks because of low clearance issues. Happens a lot actually
Lowboy trailers designed to haul super heavy stuff can get high centered aka stuck on even small grades and raised railroad crossings are one spot where this can happen.
Of course data about these raised areas is known and haulers and truckers are supposed to use this info when route planning — when they don’t, this is what can happen …
We should have been firing trains at them the whole time.
Agreed 👍
Did the trian stay on the tracks? That is wild.
What is wild is that the tank moved only a little. I guess being 70 short tons had something to do about it.
Still that is going to be expensive. Just the barrel is probably 100k
That's an M109, they're lightly armored, only weigh about 24-34 tons depending on variant.
Isn’t it junk? Like a park sculpture.
Artillery... Looks fine actually.
/r/thatlookedexpensive
Fair I didn't know about that sub lol
Why does everybody get stuck on the f****** railroad tracks for fucksake
Low clearances on trailers and drivers not knowing their limitations
Panicking and wrong collateral damage calculation. It's happening constantly.
You can’t park there! Yikes
r/youcantparktheremate
Weve all done this before in gtav.
Meh, some good quality buffing compound and you would never know.
You ain't lyin'
A main battle tank is probably the only thing ever found on train tracks that could survive a collision with a train.
That's not a tank, it's an M109 Self Propelled Howitzer.
Naw that thing is completely fucked, gonna be parted out for sure
Actually, it is a howitzer. Still looks expensive.
This happened in GoldenEye.
He should know better with that lowboy. They get high centered in parking lots.
Ya buddy!
So many truck stops say “No Lowboys”
Even with a dry cargo van there were times I got out three or four times to make sure my jackstands would clear the rails.
Some ppl know their vehicle's limits and clearances some are like this guy. The only reason he got this is because a month ago he can openered his box trailer on a 12'6" overpass lol
I went under a 13’ 4” overpass in Lexington KY without damage once, I went so slow
It was my assigned route and I saw a couple day drivers pull it off.
20 PSI in the tires?
That was the old brain teaser. When I suggested it to guys already stuck they thought they would just be in more trouble.
Ya that was more of a joke than suggesting that's what you did lol
So you think you can tank?
I can tank this load in the shitter for sure!
Hello? A1 Towing? Can you move an M1A1?
Yep we do it cheap don't worry!
It's cool. We keep buying those cause for "national security" we have to keep the plant in continual production, so there are like 4000 of them mothballed in the desert somewhere and we give them away to our allies like they're suckers at the barber shop.
All I read was we a re suckers
This is not an M1, it's an M109, which is a self propelled artillery piece. The Army has about 1200 of them.
Thanks for the clarification. I read up, looks like NATO has ordered and received about 7700 over it's service life!
It's a good gun, with a lot of commonality with other common vehicles. Newer variants can emplace and open fire in under thirty seconds, fire four rounds in a minute, and rapidly displace to avoid counter-battery fires. Supposedly with the correct ammunition it reach out 40-100km as well as theoretically be used to shoot down ballistic missile warheads on the way down (which is a crazy idea, and crazier if it's actually viable).
GUNS!
TBH those seem to change a lot
So, how is the truck driver going to pay for a $30 million tank?
'Surance!
GAP Insurance.
Oh this is 100% the engineer's fault they hit the truck! 🤣😂🤣😂
Lately I've been told I have to add this /s even with all the laughy faces after my comments
Trank.
Now Ukraine and Russia are using trains to take out tanks …
Lol
That is a howitzer, not a tank.
Isn't classified as such because it has minimal armor. I got the lesson futher down.
Okay? I was a 13bravo cannon crewman on an M109-A4, which is very similar to the vehicle in the video. It’s a self propelled howitzer.
Right I am agreeing with you. I learned earlier that I was wrong for thinking it was a tank. I'm not military and therefor didn't know it wasn't a tank. I just wrongly assumed anything with a large gun/cannon and tracks was a "tank"
M109 Paladin Self-propelled Artillery. Not a tank
Maybe the school bus rule is the way
Stop at the tracks get put check clearances and get back in if all looks well?
I'm the battlefields deadliest weapon, bitch!
Never bring a tank to a train fight
Fair but don't bring a train to a cannon fight either
And the US Army reckons the Australian Army are hard on tanks. We got nothing on this!!! 🤣
Aetna, ya ain't gonna believe it.
No you did not hit a tank. You hit a 155mm M109 self-propelled howitzer.
With this being a cross post I wasn't allowed to change certain things my apologies
Good try though.
This is not a tank, it's a self-propelled gun.
As discussed below
not a tank ...
As previously stated and explained well done thank you for reading before reacting lol
So now you are expected to dig through all previous comments before you can comment... nty. Fix or Edit your post if you care that much.
I mean if you weren't the 10th person to say it 🤷 I'm sure the scoll isn't that deep. It is also a cross post so not much I can edit. Unless you are military this IS a tank lol. Big rotating gun/cannon on tracks= TANK. I'd venture to guess 75% of ppl would call this a tank.
17 down ....
I added an edit to what you replied to. Sorry if I was a dick. It just got old as the alerts hit. My apologies
ya np, it happens.
Were you in the military? If so I do thank you for your service.
Not American, and no, not part of the military.
Well I'm even more impressed. I guess I was just a dumb American bc I would have called this a tank. I learned something since this post thats for sure. Again sorry for being an ass and the assumptions I made.
They killed a train crew a few weeks ago with a large cylinder. There may be some serious insurance consequences after it’s all settled.
Damn. Took out the entire flasher stanchion.
Still.
Not.
A.
Tank.
I don't get this? Admittedly thick on some things especially on-line.
Kind of pedantic for the general public, but it's a self propelled artillery piece. The M109 Paladin is nowhere near as armored as the Abrams, but it has a bigger gun for indirect fire like more traditional towed artillery
So this is long range behind the lines where as the Abrams is front lines with armor?
Pretty much. The Paladin can reach 30ish km away with 155mm shells, and is only armored enough to stop shrapnel from counter battery artillery fire, but would be destroyed by a direct hit from something like a tank. The Abrams tank has a range of about 5km with 120mm shells, but can absorb a direct frontal hit from another tank, rpg, etc (it may or may not be functional depending on where it was hit, but the crew should still be alive)
Looks like an insurance scam? How can this happen?
Who makes out on the scam? Driver gets a new truck but loses his job? The trailer got stuck on the tracks because of low clearance issues. Happens a lot actually
Somehow looks like an insurance fraud. Who the fuck parks a tank on the train tracks.
Lowboy trailers designed to haul super heavy stuff can get high centered aka stuck on even small grades and raised railroad crossings are one spot where this can happen.
Of course data about these raised areas is known and haulers and truckers are supposed to use this info when route planning — when they don’t, this is what can happen …
ThIs is in the pilot car as well.