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So it begins
Oct 3, 2022 1:47 PM
OlTsv
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So it begins
Columbus43219
*sighs* Fires up Age of Empires.
strongp
Historic bronza cannon from donetsk, with a scrap vale of at least $25k so no surprise there - rest of train is full of washing machines
ronangelo
Are they fighting against the Ottomans?
adarcine214
Russia, so low on supplies that they're grabbing the decorative cannons in the Kremlin.
GentleTex73
At this rate all Russian soldiers will be issued broad swords. Why not?
Cargobiker530
Putin told them to deploy the "Tsar Bomba" and some wank remembered a workaround.
PrastaryOrk
It's actually the Tsar-Cannon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Cannon
KOKBLOKR
Now all they need is a Soldier card and Horse card and they'll get that boost in troops they need.
CaptianToast
When you’re playing civ 5 and send that unit you forgot about to the front lines.
hillbarry53127001
Are they about to go medieval on their ass
ThailandExpress
cannister shot is no joke
mrose50
It is if you have drone guided artillery.
HollerinAtTheVoid
Wait, doesn’t that count as 5 armies?
eversincetheaccident
Looks like they enlisted Wile E Coyote
nobletrex
According to Risk rules, this cannon is 10 armies and -very- intimidating.
TendeAltumAndLoose
The Intercontinental Balistic Missile of it's day
ReverseTrapTsukasa
Now we know what happened to Humpty Dumpty...
Conz
I don't think that's a cannon .. i think that's a weapon container on a cannon carriage ..
thebigtoto
Well if the Ukrainian play wood elves they are fucked, empire has very strong artillery
LowlevelRebel
Looted
8FootedAlgaeEater
Is Wile E. Coyote in there?
Evo435
ballsoutflyer
*1812 Overture intensifies*
HaniiPuppy
As performed by the Portsmouth Sinfonia.
ThailandExpress
For the Youts *Warning Digitally recorded cannons* https://youtu.be/nMkC07PmaWA
iDrawStuff
*BOOM!*
TheobromineAddict
The lack of tie-down straps makes me suspicious (LOL).
SynphulWendigo
What are they going to do? Fire confetti or even worse, maga t-shirts at the ukranian soldiers?
Navrodel
No matter which one of us wins, the ground we're standing on will crack and blow away.
Jamnew60
Leftover from Napoleon’s invasion.
Idontneedrealfacts
That Canon is far more reliable than the trucks and tanks they are sending now
Nonopicard
Must be the tactical nuke delivery device. Now with a range of up to 200 meters!
TheVampireDante
If they can get the fuse lit...
lildumptruck
It’s not going off. Sergei! Stick your head in the barrel and see what’s going on!
happywalker
::whistles nonchantly:: :-P
CplBUSMC
This is what happens when you give plutonium to Florida Man.
Radix865
As insane as it is, it was actually mass produced and even deployed. Never used obviously but had cold war gone hot it definifely would.
happywalker
not as insane as https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/nuclear-chickens/ :-P
brucom
Pushka.
PrastaryOrk
Tsar-Pushka.
Megamastermetamememaker
???? * Tchaykowsky rejoicing*
GrandPubabofMoldistan
The most American song. Only a real American would see orchestral music and add artillery
loismustdie
You realize it signifies the REAL war of 1812, being Russia repelling Napoleon's invasion? The British/American war was a minor sideshow {+]
loismustdie
skirmish on the international stage at the time, given the US was a totally insignificant military power then.
somethingsomethingwittyhere
Hurro
1812 Overture is a pretty ballin song.
Quixus
That's the one from V for Vendetta, right?
ImNewandDontKnowWhatToDo
you are not wrong
loismustdie
Yes, you are correct.
Hurro
I don't know it from V, myself. It could be in the movie.
ColoradoCattleCo
Did you just wing it on spelling Tchaikovsky or is that how it's spelled in some non-American place?
RoutemasterFlash
Cyrillic letters don't necessarily correspond 1-to-1 to Latin letters, so there is often more than one 'right' way to spell Russian (and >
RoutemasterFlash
Ukrainian etc.) names/words. E.g. Tsar, Tzar, Csar, Czar.
WannabePirate
I think this is the real version: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский (source: Wikipedia)
Icanhearwhatyouresayingandtheanswerisno
Oh yeah? What did you just say? Well, you too! And the pig you rode in on!
Megamastermetamememaker
Tchaikovsky in French, Tschaikowsky in German, and who knows how in other languages...I'm too drunk to care...
TomiraB
Czajkowski in Polish.
magicrhombus
French is the most sensible one to use though, as it was the language of the educated in Russia at the time, though he also spoke German.
swedeonamoose
Tjajkovskij here.
imadethisaccounttotellyouthis
I just roll my face on my keyboard and hope autocorrect gets it.
splinkles
Looks like Ukraine might be coming into some material to make their own equivalent to the Victoria Cross
newsguycraigevans
I understood thar reference
Putitinyomama
Quick, ask the Germans to open their storage unit
ZackWester
whats the range?
smashpro1
24 miles.
fernwehmunich31415
29 miles. The shells also weighed 7 tons.
Greyeyes1973
All the range
tuckerx78
Yes.
TheNoggle
Paris Gun is hilarious from an engineering perspective. You use bigger ammo with each shot because the barrel is expected to stress deform
VictusVonGuyver
And you needed an entire infantry company and a freight of trains in order to operate it. You also needed to assemble and disassemble >
VictusVonGuyver
The gun in order to move it. Also there had to be support equipment too. An engineering marvel yet an idiotic weapon outside of shock value.
GuyFromDeathValley
Pretty sure we can't lend the schwerer Gustav anymore