 Editor in Chief Bill   | 24 Jun 2024 8:13 p.m. PST |
Denys Davidov, in his vlog post today, reports that some people are referring to the Russian 'turtle' tanks as 'homosexual tanks'. He says the origin of this is a mistaken translation of the Russian term! link |
| OSCS74 | 25 Jun 2024 6:32 a.m. PST |
Do tanks identify as nonbinary? Asking for a friend. |
35thOVI  | 25 Jun 2024 6:44 a.m. PST |
How do you refer to them? He/she/them/they?
Also since they were not invited over the border, do you refer to them as illegal tanks or undocumented tanks? 😉 |
 20thmaine | 25 Jun 2024 8:17 a.m. PST |
Well, thanks for clearing that up Bill *rolled eyes emoji* |
 Legion 4 | 25 Jun 2024 8:24 a.m. PST |
I'm shocked ! Shocked I tell you !!! |
| Grattan54 | 25 Jun 2024 10:11 a.m. PST |
I thought they were just friends. |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 25 Jun 2024 10:28 a.m. PST |
Not "gay." But should only be described as EFV's--"Emigrant Foreign Vehicles." Yeah, saw the same entry by Our Friend, Denys, and had to laugh, too. TVAG |
 McKinstry | 25 Jun 2024 11:32 a.m. PST |
FWIW – Russian ships are always referred to as male |
| 35thOVI | 25 Jun 2024 12:04 p.m. PST |
" Russian ships are always referred to as male" Until an anti-ship missile, shakes a few nuts loose? 🤔 |
| JMcCarroll | 25 Jun 2024 1:50 p.m. PST |
Tip your waiters – 35OVI will be here all night! |
| Legion 4 | 25 Jun 2024 6:05 p.m. PST |
Well they may not be "gay" but just generally pretty happy. Until the shooting starts, of course. |
| Nine pound round | 25 Jun 2024 7:11 p.m. PST |
No, but they are willing to learn. |
| Zephyr1 | 25 Jun 2024 8:58 p.m. PST |
I'd say it depends on the paint scheme… ;-) |
| Legion 4 | 27 Jun 2024 9:04 a.m. PST |
Good points guys ! Then those pretty rainbow flags will have to be issued ! 🌈 Maybe the same people who made all those Palestinian flags could be contracted to make all those rainbow flags too ? Probably made in China, I'd guess … |
| HMS Exeter | 27 Jun 2024 10:44 p.m. PST |
They may not be gay, but if painted in pastels they could, at least, be festive. |
| Legion 4 | 28 Jun 2024 7:01 a.m. PST |
Very true !!! Pastels always look like it's party time ! FWIW – I have no pastel-colored clothing … Or anything in rainbow colors either. Just say'n … |
| 35thOVI | 28 Jun 2024 8:23 a.m. PST |
So if these gay tanks decide they are really misgendered, would they have their cannon surgically removed? Would the military pay for the operation? 🤔 |
| Augustus | 29 Jun 2024 6:58 a.m. PST |
What if the tank doesn't feel that it is a tank and wants instead to be known as a fighter? Does it get moved to the Air Force or does it remain in the Army? Can it use hangars like the rest of the aircraft or does a special motor pool need to be built? What if the tank considers itself a submarine? THEN what? We've had tanks as aircraft, but not submarines! This could completely change the way TO&Es are looked at…thus deserves massive redefinement. |
| 35thOVI | 29 Jun 2024 8:22 a.m. PST |
Augustus: Who are we to judge "it"? Bigger question: What color will need to be added to the rainbow flag to represent "these"? 🌈🤔 Things are all so confusing. 🫤 |
| Legion 4 | 29 Jun 2024 9:09 a.m. PST |
Just because you want to be ham sandwich does not make you a ham sandwich … 🥪 |
| HMS Exeter | 29 Jun 2024 9:56 p.m. PST |
More than a few of the Sherman waders on D-DAY ended up being submarines. |
| Legion 4 | 30 Jun 2024 9:38 a.m. PST |
Yeah … saw that … now & then they even recover one. |
