Queen Catherine  | 31 Jul 2017 6:00 a.m. PST |
they look like MBTs that have had turrets removed and are the largest APCs I've ever seen. Page is Russian, so I can't tell what it says about them.
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| PzGeneral | 31 Jul 2017 6:16 a.m. PST |
Kurganets-25 IFV?
link I'm no expert, just a guess…. |
| sidewinderscott | 31 Jul 2017 6:34 a.m. PST |
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| Queen Catherine | 31 Jul 2017 7:05 a.m. PST |
Why would they have Israeli and Russian gear on the same column? Surely they must be all one or the other…and they look the same to me. |
 javelin98  | 31 Jul 2017 7:22 a.m. PST |
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| Cold Warrior | 31 Jul 2017 7:28 a.m. PST |
It's actually a Finnish APC known as the Janne Niinimaa (hero of many winter battles) in service exclusively with the Teppo Numminen Brigade based in Karelia…. |
 optional field | 31 Jul 2017 8:01 a.m. PST |
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The Israeli's captured a fairly large number of Soviet tanks in 1967 & 1973. They were conditioned and put into service with various modifications, and most recently that has seen them reconfigured (with the turrets removed) as very heavy APCs. It shouldn't be too surprising that the page is in Russian, as a fairly large number of modern Israelis are from the former Soviet Union, and spoke Russian natively. More than a few of those immigrants still feel more comfortable speaking Russian than Hebrew. Thus the page being in Russian shouldn't be too surprising. Having said all that I cannot confirm they are Israeli. I can just verify that as a plausible answer. |
| paulgenna | 31 Jul 2017 8:31 a.m. PST |
They look like the Namer to me as well. |
Darkest Star Games  | 31 Jul 2017 8:59 a.m. PST |
@Cold Warrior: ya killin me! Seen him play when he was on the Stars. Good times. But just to add verification: those are indeed Israeli Namer APCs… And for carrying just 9 infantry men they're HUGE! |
| Barin1 | 31 Jul 2017 9:22 a.m. PST |
Correct. these are Israeli APC's and soldiers.
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| Cold Warrior | 31 Jul 2017 10:38 a.m. PST |
Sorry…bit of a facetious mood this morning…. :-) But yes, as I had stated in my original post, they are Israeli Namer's based on the Merkava tank chassis. |
| shaun from s and s models | 31 Jul 2017 11:58 a.m. PST |
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| BenFromBrooklyn | 31 Jul 2017 12:34 p.m. PST |
Those are all Israeli. There are Hebrew letters on the vehicle on the far right. No one else uses that! |
| twawaddell | 04 Aug 2017 11:45 a.m. PST |
Just a suggestion but can you copy and paste the Russian text? If so you can plug it into the Google Translate app and get some idea of what it says. Translations can be garbled somewhat so your mileage may vary but you can get the gist of what it says. |
| soledad | 04 Aug 2017 1:10 p.m. PST |
The trooper to the right looks fairly well fed… |
| Queen Catherine | 24 Aug 2017 5:24 p.m. PST |
USA isn't the only army having problem getting soldiers trimmed down…I think he's holding a bag of kosher chips, actually. |
