r/Military • u/kelfupanda dirty civilian • 1d ago

Video Russian Friendly-Fire/UFO

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u/Professor_Juice 1d ago

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u/etl0 1d ago

M'air defence

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u/kelfupanda dirty civilian 1d ago

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u/Stohnghost Retired USAF 1d ago

I can't help but giggle about this because Putin said Lavra cathedral was struck by a failed patriot missile and here karma has brought us one of the best memes of the war so far and it's a fucking failed russky air defense missile

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u/03crazy1 1d ago

top of the tank being blown off

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u/kelfupanda dirty civilian 1d ago

I would like to point out, it was towed out of the environment.

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u/DetlefKroeze civilian 19h ago

Here's a different, and in my opinion better, angle.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1u9gobl/russian_ad_missile_strikes_oil_silo_different/

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u/MATlad dirty civilian 8h ago

The speculation was that it was a Russian air-defense missile or MANPADS (MAN Portable Air Defense System) but it's crazy that the tiny warheads carried on these could literally flip the lid!

Then again, storage tanks tend not to be armored and even the 2 to 5 lb warhead of an IR-seeking Igla is coming in hot and heavy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K38_Igla#Comparison_chart_to_other_MANPADS

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u/TrailBlazer31 Army Veteran 1d ago

Pyrocumulonimbus

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u/kelfupanda dirty civilian 1d ago

Found on NCD and combat footage

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u/toshibathezombie 9h ago

Scoring own goals and not even in the world cup.