• Fisk400@feddit.nu
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    4 months ago

    There must be some kind of rule violation here right? There are tons of rules about only pointing your gun at people you are prepared to kill and acting as if guns are loaded at all times. Swinging a tank turret across the broad side of a civilian buss feels way worse.

    • RidderSport@feddit.org
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      4 months ago

      Not that I have any actual idea, but I recon any shell fired at that distance and that flimsy a target wouldn’t even lite the fuse.

      Also this was recorded at the annual day of the Bundeswehr, basically a promotional event to get people to join the armed forces. Not sure if pointing you’re 120mm barrel at their face does the job, but I was in the navy, so what do I know

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        4 months ago

        the tank shell probably wouldn’t notice the buss but I would notice the shell when it goes trough me and 3 other passengers.

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        4 months ago

        I mean any shell even if it’s fuse doesn’t activate will still do significant damage, killing multiple people from at least the shrapnel. At that range the overpressure would also be pretty dangerous probably.

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      4 months ago

      It’s pretty much impossible to move a tank anywhere without it pointing at something or someone. You can’t exactly point the barrel straight up or down to the ground. I imagine it’s probably a bit harder to accidentally fire a shell than the trigger mechanism of a firearm.

    • tabloid@feddit.de
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      4 months ago

      Let’s just say that sometimes that rule is violated when exercising in the public space. I have seen that multiple times and talked to some soldiers that confirmed that civilians sometimes unknowingly are part of an exercise, although you would never fire on them.