"Why are they firing in the air?"

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A video appeared on the Web showing how a trio of Russian T-72 tanks make group jumps from trampolines at the training ground and, at the same time, fire shots into the air. Many Russian users of the social network "Vkontakte" were outraged by this spectacular sight.

It should be noted that it is not clear exactly where and when the shots were taken. However, some information resources suggest that this is one of the stages of the SSS "West-2021". The video shows a group of servicemen watching tanks jumping and firing into the air, helicopter gunships flying low in the sky, and supply trucks standing nearby. Perhaps the servicemen decided to mark the end of the next maneuvers in this way.




Teachings are teachings, but why are they firing into the air?

- asked Ardan Angarkhaev.

It's like the Koreans shot the sea

- joked Mihhail Lavinen, recalling the DPRK.

Why into the air. Immediately the rears are niggled. Ammunition delivery, replenishment. Well, the headquarters of the enemy is being covered in one fell swoop. Well, if you translate this into military action. And so. Simply spectacular. Jumping shot

- Dmitry Elsakov sarcastically.

Learning to shoot down planes from a cannon

- suggested Evgeny Shornikov.

But how does this help in real combat conditions?

- Pavel Sudakov asks.

It looks beautiful, but in fact it is window dressing. Just a shot while jumping. Going nowhere...

- noted Andrey Fab.

What are you pestering? We have such a military tradition - to jump on tanks. Soon 100 years will be

- said Ferre Animo, recalling how in the 30s of the twentieth century, Soviet designers and tankers tested BT series tanks, how obstacle-crossing tanks TPP-1 and TPP-2 appeared.

Friends, it is worth a lot to show off effectively in front of foreigners, and in front of your own too. It's the same as in the old days horse riding

- thinks Dobroslav Shmelev.

Demonstration of the capabilities of the tank and the skills of the crew, taking into account modern anti-tank weapons, speed is of no small importance for the survival of the tank

- noted Ivan Pukhov.

Maybe this is a hint of the possibility of shooting down a low-flying helicopter? True, there are guided missiles for this ...

- added one of the users.

Yes, guided missiles (shoot down a helicopter). But you don't need to jump for this.

- answered him another participant.

Most commentators have come to the conclusion that this is more like a show, which has no practical benefit.
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    1. +4
      19 September 2021 12: 23
      Even if they fired blanks, it was a demonstration of the capabilities of the stabilizer of a tank gun and, in general, the FCS (Fire Control System) of the tank to keep the "selected target" in such an extreme "jump" at high speed.
      Civilian spectators are probably deceived by the fact that after a shot, with the stabilizer turned on, the gun is immediately automatically set to the "loading angle" I already, thank God, forgot the exact numbers, although for a very, very long time I remembered all these tank parameters, the "scales" of our Soviet sights and the "rule of the thousandths" wink ) ?!
      1. +2
        19 September 2021 14: 32
        Hey! The task of such a blog-free blog is simple.
        To make people comment, increase attendance. Well, for God's sake, the main thing is that a small penny from advertising to the house

        fellow good drinks
      2. -2
        19 September 2021 19: 56
        Quote: pishchak
        This is a demonstration of the capabilities of the stabilizer of a tank gun and, in general, the FCS (Fire Control System) of the tank to hold the "selected target" in such an extreme "jump" at high speed.

        sorry, but there is no question of any stabilization in this case. This is clearly seen on the video when the tanks climb the springboard. The barrel of the gun does not track anything, it is lifted up into the sky when the tank climbs the springboard. And the stabilizer cannot provide anything in this case, the angle of entry to the springboard is greater than the angle of pumping of the gun in the vertical plane. Tanks do not allow you to mindlessly fight in hilly terrain - the vertical guidance angles of the gun are very limited (on the T-72 from -6 to +13, if I don't confuse it), this is not an SPG
        There can be no talk either about checking the LMS to keep some goal. What is the purpose, in the sky? Or the one that is not visible because of the springboard? What are you speaking about?
        Just amusing and ostentatious shooting. We decided to have fun in the end and just shoot.
        1. -1
          19 September 2021 21: 46
          hi Phantom, Plus for Observation and Inquisitive mindset, and for Uncompromising Striving for Truth! wink
          In this case, I also had my doubts, the barrel of the gun was too "dead", as if on a stopper, not the same as when the stabilizer works.
          Probably, there is also a hard emphasis on the breech so that in such a "dynamics", on a grand scale, not to knock off the cradle trunnion and not damage the vertical guidance mechanism (although, of course, the delivery link is provided for such cases) ?!
          After the war, my father learned from a simple infantryman to be an artillery officer, commander of a battery of 122mm M30 howitzers - as I remember now, he said that one combat shot from it (in the late 1940s-early 50s) is, for comparison, like a pair of new chrome boots flies away with a projectile ...
          1. -1
            19 September 2021 23: 42
            When in the mid-seventies he worked with M 30 at a school in Algeria, I also heard this expression fellow
            1. 0
              24 September 2021 17: 38
              hi I see, Pyotr Vladimirovich, that you also got it because of me, even for such a harmless addition! winked
              By the way, our fireman is the same, about "a pair of officer's boots" and 100 grams of metal of the barrel bore "flying away" with each shot, he told us about a rifled 100mm T-55 cannon, apparently he was taught that way too! smile
              * I put my Plus to you right away, so it won't be possible to fix anything here, but compensated for it from the Soul (especially since your comments are always sensible! good )! wink
              1. 0
                24 September 2021 18: 18
                I wish you a lot of competent, intelligent posts here. And there is absolutely nothing to pay attention to the poor Banderaites
                1. 0
                  24 September 2021 20: 34
                  Quote: Petr Vladimirovich
                  I wish you a lot of competent, intelligent posts here. And there is absolutely nothing to pay attention to the poor Banderaites

                  hi Judging by the early minus and your benevolent comment, someone stupidly monitors "all comments" and minus addresses, regardless of the content ?! what
                  I put everyone on the Plus, to whom I have not put it before, let the people not be sad because of the negative plague! smile
    2. +2
      19 September 2021 15: 56
      The shkolota watched the video with the tankers and decided to postbat, that's the whole story ...
      1. +1
        19 September 2021 18: 45
        Unlikely. The shkolota is so dumb that they can watch such videos every six months, as if they are seeing them for the first time. And immediately hype with your "witty" comments.
    3. 0
      19 September 2021 19: 23
      It would be better to envy in silence! And so everything is according to Zadornov.
    4. -3
      20 September 2021 09: 26
      Why are they firing into the air?

      It's like some weddings, it's the same. Ponty is our everything! There is nothing else behind these shots.
      1. 0
        22 September 2021 02: 40
        You must be a genius. How subtly noticed.
        1. 0
          22 September 2021 09: 45
          Maybe one of the miners will reveal the hidden secret of such shooting, or something like "there is drooling, but there is no sound."
    5. 0
      22 September 2021 06: 47
      Effectively! Beautiful. Well done tankers.
      1. +1
        22 September 2021 09: 49
        Effectively, I agree. Fine. To zhahnut you just need to press a couple of buttons. The meaning is very deeply hidden, so they are more likely to be young.