The Old Hack

Well, yeah.  Suspension is the most important thing for cross county at speed.

Can I believe someone who claims to be an expert on the Dunning-Kruger effect?
 

It was either a machine gun or a short 37mm gun, not a 20mm.  Fun fact: It's called FT-17 because that's what the Americans called it. "French Tank, Model 17"

I don't recognize the ancient armored vehicle. The vintage appears to be not much beyond WW I. The suspension is particularly primitive, and the armor does not look like it would hold up against a 50 cal. It might be best utilized as a decoy while you are running away.

Russian reinforcements for the Ukraine front getting ready for action.

Technically it does, I suppose...

One T-34 in the Moscow May 9th parade.  Might as well not have any tanks.  They have, at last count, 30 functional T-34 (bought from Laos just for parades).  No T-14, none of the "modern" APC/IFV.  As a victory parade goes, this was close to not having one.
https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1655843168225488899?s=46&t=axBHjyvbThecDAhWKWTJNw

On a related note, the anti-war pro-Putin faction in Denmark has come up with an amazing new argument.
One side effect of Denmark sending as much gear as possible to Ukraine is that when we replace it, it is generally with newer and better materiel. I mean yes it is not great that it is old stuff the Ukrainians are getting but at least they are getting it right away. But Denmark still needs vehicles and weapons of its own and replacements obviously tend to be more modern.
The Putinists are referring to this as 'stealth mobilization' and is warning that this will lead... to Denmark taking a more aggressive stance against her neighbours.
...
...dafuq?
Denmark is literally the smallest nation in all of northern Europe with the possible exception of Luxembourg. I don't think we've waged a war of expansion since the 17th Century, and the ones we fought in then did not end well. Well, yes, Luxembourg is smaller than Denmark but I do not quite see the Danish Army beat aside the Germans and the French on our way there. I swear to God, the Putinists have lost control of their single brain cell and it is desperately hiding from them now.
 
(In my teens I did once formulate a plan for Denmark regaining control of southern Sweden, but it involved airdropping large amounts of Schnapps and beer over strategically important junctions and then moving in with truckloads of more booze we would hand over for free. I figured we would be greeted as liberators because of Sweden's near-Prohibition level control of alcohol sales. Sadly, my plan never gained much traction, though my military acquaintances did say it was a lot less likely to lead to mass casualties than conventional warfare.)

So in order it was:
One T-34
Some GAZ Tigrs and other 4x4s
Six Z-STS armored trucks
A BTR-82
Iskander launch vehicles
S-400 launch vehicles
Yars launch vehicles
And three Bumerangs, each with a flag of one of the branches of the armed forces

On a related note, the anti-war pro-Putin faction in Denmark has come up with an amazing new argument.
One side effect of Denmark sending as much gear as possible to Ukraine is that when we replace it, it is generally with newer and better materiel. I mean yes it is not great that it is old stuff the Ukrainians are getting but at least they are getting it right away. But Denmark still needs vehicles and weapons of its own and replacements obviously tend to be more modern.
The Putinists are referring to this as 'stealth mobilization' and is warning that this will lead... to Denmark taking a more aggressive stance against her neighbours.
...
...dafuq?
Denmark is literally the smallest nation in all of northern Europe with the possible exception of Luxembourg. I don't think we've waged a war of expansion since the 17th Century, and the ones we fought in then did not end well. Well, yes, Luxembourg is smaller than Denmark but I do not quite see the Danish Army beat aside the Germans and the French on our way there. I swear to God, the Putinists have lost control of their single brain cell and it is desperately hiding from them now.
 
(In my teens I did once formulate a plan for Denmark regaining control of southern Sweden, but it involved airdropping large amounts of Schnapps and beer over strategically important junctions and then moving in with truckloads of more booze we would hand over for free. I figured we would be greeted as liberators because of Sweden's near-Prohibition level control of alcohol sales. Sadly, my plan never gained much traction, though my military acquaintances did say it was a lot less likely to lead to mass casualties than conventional warfare.)

"Gonna hang out here in the living room in the sunbeam.  Then I might get up on The Human or help him on the desk" - Explorer the Cat.

"Shouldn't you get dressed before you start using the flashy thing?" - Explorer the Cat.
 

***The Edema Chronicles for May 9, 2023
Today's weight, taken at around 2:22 a.m., was 318 lbs.
For reason why I skipped Monday's post, see Sunday's post. I wound up going to the doctor Monday. They're giving me some sort of compound cream that might help. It'll come in the mail.

They have canceled the parade in about a dozen cities for this year.  I'v also heard that they aren't going to have any modern military stuff in the Moscow parade.

Given the way their 'special military operation' in Ukraine is going, I personally would suggest they make it a defeat parade instead.

The Ukrainian government has said that it wasn't them.  If I was going to make a symbolic attack on Russia/assassination attempt on Putin this time of year, I would wait until the May 9th victory parade.   Then you will know exactly where Putin will be and when. A short range loitering munition/suicide drone should be able to deal with him.  Granted it would need to be fairly self guiding as the amount of ECM being used in Red Square is rather high.  At least GPS is being jammed for a about a half mile radius.
 

Yeah that would be a good idea.

I'm pretty sure it was intended that way.
A bit of context, Al Jaffee passed away recently, so it is an homage.

That’s more apoplectic than post-apoplectic.

That sounds more than a little frightening. I am glad nothing bad happened. I am also glad you got some obviously badly needed sleep.
Please take care.

Just living with out my meds will distract me enough to not keep up with a project.  Witness my various game projects.