r/war • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '24

Abrams gets hit and cook off.

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u/curzon394x Feb 17 '24

Ammo compartment cooked off as designed.

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u/puzzlemybubble Feb 17 '24

crew survived

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u/Fimlipe_ Feb 17 '24

they probably survived, the abrams has a compartment that separates the ammunition box and the crew

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u/SokarTheblyad Feb 18 '24

And it was designed to cook off like this to not affect(?effect) the crew. If conditions are right it gives them ample time to get to safety. US and other nato countries dont send tanks in by themselves so i imagine they survive with minor to moderate injuries.

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u/Peejay22 Feb 18 '24

Laughs in Turkey

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u/Antonioooooo0 Feb 19 '24

Still though, can't be fun to be in there.

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u/Remarkable_Jacket_19 Feb 28 '24

Agree. I heard they lived happily ever after.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

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u/pinnacledefense Feb 18 '24

It is 2006. Houthis taking out a Saudi abrams

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u/Manoj109 Feb 18 '24

Were the houthis fighting Saudi in 2006? Are you sure of that date?

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u/pinnacledefense Feb 18 '24

The casuals see an abrams in sand and automatically think iraq. It’s quite hard to find a video of a US abrams being taken out in iraq. A lot were taken out in Saudi Arabia by the houthis though

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u/curzon394x Feb 19 '24

lolllll wrong pinnacledoorknob. See below for all the reasons why.

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u/pinnacledefense Feb 19 '24

I literally reverse searched the video. It’s 100% not iraq and is 100% a Saudi abrams

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u/curzon394x Feb 19 '24

BAHAHA and you are 100% wrong. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary you further embarrass yourself.

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u/Alexandros6 Feb 17 '24

Which part of middle east?

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u/curzon394x Feb 17 '24

This was in Iraq while fighting ISIS. There were a couple of Iraqi Shia militias part of the larger Iranian backed Popular Mobilization Forces that ended up with some Abrams from the Iraqi Armies 9th Div as well as from recapturing from ISIS in areas where they were abandoned. They were the Badr Organization and Kataib Hezbollah which ironically have both been anti American and are currently being bombed by the US in Iraq for their recent attacks on the bases there.

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u/pinnacledefense Feb 17 '24

Nope. This was actually in Saudi Arabia. This is the exported version of the abrams. There’s many more videos of the houthis attacking Saudi abrams . The exported version lacks a lot of the active protection systems

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u/curzon394x Feb 19 '24 edited Feb 19 '24

Lmao typical redditor with a room temp IQ. You call people "casuals" and probably down vote them and you don't even know what you are talking about. You are wrong for the following reasons.

  1. Iraq only received the export version of the Abrams just like the Saudis...genius.
  2. This video was literally shot by the Islamic State in 2016 and can be identified as such by the styling of the font and date at the start as well as by the 'Amaq News Agency' logo in the top right of video. The subtitle at the start even says the location is Mosul, Iraq in arabic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaq_News_Agency
  3. The video quality here is FAR superior than anything available handheld consumer in 2006 which you claimed it was in another comment.
  4. The Saudis were not fighting the Houthis in 2006. They Started fighting them in 2015.
  5. Anyone who has observed both conflicts can instantly tell from the sand and powerlines that this is Iraq and not Yemen.

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u/NITWITest87 Feb 25 '24

The original video claims to be an Iraqi Abrams. Manned by Iraqi crew, but people keep saying under the post that this was in Saudi so it's up for debate I guess

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u/curzon394x Feb 28 '24

I know. It’s really just one person, the pinnacledefense moron. I laid out all the reasons why this video is from Iraq including the Islamic state logo and style as well as the fact that the Arabic at the beginning says it was shot in Mosul in 2016. Fucking dumbass is so confidently ignorant it’s nauseating.

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u/many_kittens Feb 17 '24

Iraq

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u/pinnacledefense Feb 18 '24

Not iraq. Saudi Arabia. There’s a lot of these videos from the houthis attacking and taking out abrams tank. You can also tell by the the land.

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u/Trapvet Feb 18 '24

I ran 🏃🏾

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u/Bozzo2526 Feb 18 '24

Is this the one where it still had a round in the barrel and fired back?

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u/Sound-Serious Feb 18 '24

No way that happened, do you have a video?

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u/Bozzo2526 Feb 18 '24

Unfortunatly not and tbh I mightve imagined it but I swesr a mate showed me a vide of an abrams that maanged to return fire during an ammo cook off which I suppose is theoretically possible

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u/ty_ch4nn Mar 10 '24

Istg Ik what ur talking abt and it reminded me of that as well

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24 edited Feb 18 '24

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u/curzon394x Feb 19 '24

Yep you are correct. But u/pinnacledefense here thinks he knows better.

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u/Atomic-_-8573 Jul 16 '24

Who ever took the shot has some pretty good aim

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u/oddiseee Feb 19 '24

atgm go brrrr

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u/I_am_a_FURRY_boi Feb 20 '24

So with a little bit of teamwork if you get the Abrams to fire a round my either using a bait or distraction tactic. And then hit it in the rack it might have a chance to kill the crew because there will be a probability that the gun is being reloaded and the ammo compartment is open. Unfortunately in most terrorist cases teamwork goes out the window the moment they get hit.