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rain_gryphonI'm amazed to learn that the Soviets fielded remote controlled unmanned tanks in WWII. When I first saw that earlier on wikipedia, I thought it was a hoax, but googling on 'teletank' brings up a host of supporting documentation, so...
I'd consider myself to be more knowledgable than average about the history of the Second World War, but this is absolute news to me. The rationale of doing it to reduce Soviet casualties is in sharp discord with my notion of communist morals - the Soviets always seemed willing to me to send their men in waves, and overwhelm with sheer numbers.
I'd wondered back during the bombing of Libya why no-one had ever tried remote controlled tanks, as that seemed an obvious idea to me.
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In the process of searching for that post, I was reminded that on April 13, 2011... I was thinking about Trump for President. I don't even recall what prompted that.
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And, I shall smugly note that I called this one exactly correct. Once we got what we wanted, they can butcher one another to their heart's content.
I'd consider myself to be more knowledgable than average about the history of the Second World War, but this is absolute news to me. The rationale of doing it to reduce Soviet casualties is in sharp discord with my notion of communist morals - the Soviets always seemed willing to me to send their men in waves, and overwhelm with sheer numbers.
I'd wondered back during the bombing of Libya why no-one had ever tried remote controlled tanks, as that seemed an obvious idea to me.
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In the process of searching for that post, I was reminded that on April 13, 2011... I was thinking about Trump for President. I don't even recall what prompted that.
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And, I shall smugly note that I called this one exactly correct. Once we got what we wanted, they can butcher one another to their heart's content.
