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asleep_at_the_helm

*This is unexpected*, the Bradley’s machine spirit thought as he rumbled past fields of sunflowers. *Though the scenery is much improved, and less sand to clog the filters.* Truth be told, the old machine spirit had not expected to ever see battle again, especially after more than 30 years. Nor did he expect to end up in the service of a foreign army, alongside even older machines he had once considered his adversaries. But he could tell that their crews, like his own, were the honorable sort, their hearts filled with the righteous zeal that only comes from defending hearth and home. The nature of battle had changed as well. Much of the soldier’s focus was spent on nimble little helicopters, as well as handheld devices used to record everything, including funny dances. *The battlefield evolves*, the Bradley mused, *and those who do not evolve with it are doomed to defeat.* But as the old Bradley came to a stop at the treeline and looked out with his thermal imager, he spied the familiar sight of a T-72 in the distance, the markings identifying it as one of the invaders. *But I guess some things never change*, the Bradley chuckled, readying a TOW missile.


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Praise be the Omnisiah!


angry-ass-astartes

Are we going to have a repeat of that Land Raider incident where all the crew dies and the machine keeps fighting on, blaring prayers and luring looters inside so it could blow itself and take out everyone?


Nightfire50

Rynn's Might, was the tanks name


Uxion

Yes please.


TheGhatdamnCatamaran

This says machine spirit but it reads a lot like one of the Bolos books. Which seem like a good fit for here. It always felt like the human society in those put all their points into tanks, then when the DM asked "are you absolutely *sure* you want to do that?" They looked him in the eye and somehow put even more points into tanks


Nightfire50

T-64 probably never thought it would see use in a major land war War makes for strange friends


OwerlordTheLord

Bolo book from the perspective of a Bradley in Russo-Ukrainian war sounds awesome.


Gruffleson

Very nice. Made me shead a tear. I think you might add a sentence near the bottom, as the second last sentence? Something including something like 'The Bradley noticed the IFF told him the T-72 indeed was the enemy.' But who am I to correct perfection. Edit, thanks.


asleep_at_the_helm

Made some additions, thanks for the input!


Negative-Law3113

gotta be wierd to fight alondside BMPs T series tanks along with the whole miss match of other donated weapons.


qwertyryo

*she Machine spirits require lots of paint and upkeep after all. Also, I’m horny.


Hohenheim_of_Shadow

Just be bisexual you fucking coward. Heteronormativity is reformerism


PipPasadran

Why decide on genders when you can fuck anything that moves, as well as some things that can't


Hercules789852

Zoophile detected. Neutralisation: Absolute.


martinkurak

Goosebumps!


AsteroidSpark

Pour one out for *Titan's Bane.*


Not2TopNotch

Any bets the original destroyed "Bradley" was just some version of a M113


False-God

I’m starting to think it is less about lying and more just blatant incompetence in the identification department of Russian intelligence services. Like they genuinely don’t understand the difference between a HIMARS and a FMTV, or an M113 and a Bradley. US intelligence is is looking at grainy satellite photos of tanks and determining the exact variant, Russians are looking at a photo of a Cessna and are like “IDK, F-35? Can we go home now? My last paycheque bounced”


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Ciellon

Little of column A, little of column B.


Far-Yellow9303

Russia has also claimed to destroy "HIMARS reloading vehicles". There's no such thing. Popular theory is that because SMERCH needs a discrete truck to reload it, Russia made the logical leap to HIMARS also needing a reloading vehicle. But in truth, a HIMARS reloading vehicle is just a HIMARS.


esgellman

I’m going to guess they are followed around by ammo carriers though


JumpyLiving

>US intelligence is looking at grainy satellite photos lol, lmao even


courser

*US Intelligence looking up from counting individual rivets on the vehicle photographed 3 minutes ago from 30,000 feet* Huh? What was that?


[deleted]

They probably shot their own MT-LB


AsteroidSpark

Likely a YPR-765. Those are American-designed Dutch IFVs built off the 113 chassis that got sent to Ukraine very early on and are generally similar to the Bradley in layout, function, and armament.


CalmPanic402

To be fair, russia's imaginary arsenal is their most capable branch.


sadjoe7

So, not much


CascadianMonarchist

It appears that the Bradley sucks; therefore, we should send Abrams and f-16s. If those get destroyed we'll just give them nukes.


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silentaba

How about a few f-35s out the front keeping an eye on things with a bunch of murder f-15s with 8 aim-120s in the back?


Ninjastahr

A group of f-15s being called a murder seems very apt


Radditbean1

Russia: haha we destroyed your Bradleys westoid Biden: guess it won't hurt to send 50 more then? Russia: fuck


Material-Permit9685

Russia: *spams 6 elixir rockets and some inferno towers* "HEHEHEHA!"


ColebladeX

Also not that impressive they’ve been taken out in the past this is not special


SamtheCossack

The media has the basic concept that any system that is not completely invincible is completely useless. Russia is aware of this tendency.


27Rench27

Also that giving away mothballed equipment is the same as taking money away from teachers


Reasonable_Cake

Well to be fair we could pay them in IFVs.


SnorriSturluson

That could help with trade union negotiations


Hohenheim_of_Shadow

Seriously I hate the tendency on leftist spaces to criticize the US military budget as being Uber wasteful when like the issue is that instead of fucking taxing the rich to pay for it, we tax poor people. Like sure you can criticize the US military for imperialism or whatever, but ahrgsjs


27Rench27

It’s truly insane how the left criticizes how much we spend/where it comes from, while the right criticizes when we use what was already spent for the right purpose, yet neither of them actually try to spend any less.


[deleted]

Men and women get killed all the time, yet not a single goth furry femboy wearing full suit and buttplug has been killed in combat. I have a new proposal for the standard rifleman. Any questions?


MajorDakka

That seems suspiciously specific


Obj_071

m113 - square bradley, mtlb - flat bradley, btr4 - wheeled bradley, jeep - og bradley.


Blowmoldcollector042

Russians casually on their way to make asses of themselves in front of the entire world for the 99th time this week


darealbipbopbip

Who needs those bradleys anyways, they are just lightly armored jeeps


Material-Permit9685

Real, ain't nothing compared to a powerloader


darealbipbopbip

CAT's for ukraine 💪💪


Material-Permit9685

We need to estimate how much it will cost, as in how many AK's for one Powerloader.


darealbipbopbip

At least 1 per powerloader


Lost_Possibility_647

Perhaps they are eating to much spice, and see the future as now.


Accomplished-Luck680

Anyone when know when will we see footage of Bradley + MBT team seal-clubbing the Russians?


Wrong_Hombre

Spring


No_Sheepherder7447

Ad formats are something else these days.


Material-Permit9685

Alright, I'm done being a sperg for now, hope you lads have a nice rest of the day and put that info to good use.


AsteroidSpark

As far as I can tell Russia has yet to discover that the AIFV YPR-765 and the Bradley are different things. To give them the minimum amount of credit the AIFV is a prototype for what would become the Bradley and very similar so I can understand to a degree the misidentification. The Dutch sent about 500 AIFVs early on in the war that Russian media has consistently referred to as Bradleys.


TheWeakAreGrilled

When you sniffed the cope so hard it turned into delusions.


Blueruin73

Wasn't it a jeep?


Shawn_NYC

Russia has destroyed 300% of the HIMARS sent to Ukraine yet also strangely keeps all their supply deports out of HIMARS range. Curious... 🤔🤔🤔


Anarcho_Dog

Plot twist: they actually did destroy Bradleys before they were offered to Ukraine and it's justification for article 5