Russian army challenges US Army to tank biathalon

[TheMightyFavog]

http://en.ria.ru/world/20130810/182693682/Russia-Challenges-US-in-Tank-Biathlon.html

Blurring the line between sports and warfare, the Russian army premiered a new sport – tank biathlon – and invited US crews to compete.

“We’ve invited our American colleagues to participate…and our invitation was accepted by US Secretary of Defense [Chuck] Hagel,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Saturday.

Italy and Germany also agreed to send their teams to compete with Russian and US tank crews, Shoigu said, adding that the event will take place sometime next year.

Russia will host the world’s first ever tank biathlon championship next week. The country’s best tank crews will compete against each other at a firing range outside Moscow, the winners then taking on competitors from Armenia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan.

This is the most awesome idea for a sport ever...

[denbot]

1. Artisus weeps..

Every M-1 Abrams crew member I've known, knew in their heart of hearts they could best soviet crews in the field. Fortunately they never had the opportunity until now.

[Aristus]

5. Hey, I would have been happy to do it within the bounds of friendly

competition, like this.

I weep that I won't be able to...

[cliffordu]

2. NOW we're talkin'!!!!!!!

Fuck. I'll get the goddamned cable again to watch this!!!!!

[rug]

3. They should start off with skeet shoting.

[Aristus]

4. Ah, the occillating-turret French AMX-15.

Classic!

[TheMightyFavog]

6. Although the ballet portion of the competition's going to be tough

look what we're up against:

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. Mid-70's Europe, Amedrican tanks were FAR superior to Russian ones -- by FAR. Problem was...

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... and these numbers are kinda arbitrary, but they illustrate the point -- Russian tanks outnumbered
those of NATO by about 5-to-1. War game models showed that, without a nuclear deterrent, it might
have taken the Russians a week or two to roll through Europe and reach the Atlantic seacoast.
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Once, during our main annual NATO war games, they gathered our tank company on a hilltop and
this bigwig general touched down in a helicopter to give us a pep talk, He told us that our regiment
had gone up against three Russian regiments and we had decimated TWO of them. WILD hooting and
cheering!!!
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What kept going through MY mind was this: "The third regiment, General... the third one. What
about that THIRD fucking regiment?"
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He had been giving a pep talk to a hilltop full of "dead men".
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the h

[Hayabusa]

8. Now that's a real Blitzkrieg.