Tanks vs Jeeps Race
This one can only be called only in Russia. In Novosibirsk city they have a race between off-road cars and tanks.
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You have rednecks in Russia too?!!
Outstanding!!!
20 years ago they were more than rednecks, they were totally red so I guess not all the red has been washed away yet…
pervy
GO TANKS GO! BLOW THE JEEPS AWAY (literally)
I like that not only does this Russian village have a large number of tanks, but they all seem to be meticulously maintained.
Where else, other than Russia, could you see such a large variaty of tanks going head to head in a race?
Alice, TX, for one. They only had one tank (diesel-powered M4) on display when I was there, but Commemorative Air Force flew in a bunch of warbirds - F4U Corsair, TBF Avenger, B-25 Mitchell, L-2 Grasshopper - all meticulously restored to flying condition. Sure, the Zero and Nakajima B6N they flew mock combat against were replicas, but, then again, so are tanks depicted above.
There are also many Russian birds that have been restored and flying. A Fully restored MiG-3 flew at MAKS last year.
Yeah. One. And a MiG-3, to boot. Should have restored something that is truly exciting - Il-2, Pe-2, Yak-9, even La-5 would have probably been a better choice.
The MiG-3 is interesting and rare, but yes, I would like to see any of those you mention flying again, particularly a Peshka. There is at least one Lavochkin flying, either a La-9 or 11.
it is easier to russian to build tanks rather than luxury off road cars!!!
That looks like a T-34/76 and a czech 35-t
In Russia, every village has a couple of tanks ^^
Waiting for us?
yeah. yellow scum!))
Well, for one thing, those “tanks” are, in fact, replicas. Amazing as they are, but still not the real McCoy. For the other, IIRC, the owner/builder of those got a royal ass-raping by the local traffic authorities - for operating offroad vehicles offroad, without on-road tags. Rumor has it that it all happened because he dared to beat a local mayor in a race.
Do I need to restate that Russia has a “too-much-government syndrome”, probably in its fatal stages? Despite the fact that symptoms are largely contained at the moment, I wouldn’t want to be there when shit hits the fan.
You can restate if you want, but most people are getting wise to Friedmanism style privatization. The shit has already hit the fan back in the 90s. Remember?
Yeah, I remember. I was there. And from my first-hand experience, I would say that things got a lot better after said substance hit aforementioned device. Need to elaborate?
In any case, it’s the bureaucracy I am referring to. If government/mafia alliance backed off, Russia would have caught up with Latvia by now, maybe even Portugal. And, the biggest mistake of the 1991 was that we didn’t string a bunch of Commies/KGB types from lampposts…
Looking at the third last photo… Are the houses very modest there. Where I live, homes in that condition would be condemned.
I like the older wooden houses and the snow. It reminds me of the winter scenes in the movie about Doctor Zhivago, who was portrayed by a famous actor who, according to some very observant cinema critics, looks very much like me in the ruggedly handsome way, especially when he smiles and melts the hearts of the Russian ladies.
Who knows how many creamy Russian blondes wait for us behind the walls of these houses?
My new house looks not much better, even if it’s really new (completed November 2007). Who cares? A 60-cm thick wall (full brick plus heat insulator plus full brick) is a 60-cm thick wall even if it lacks some painting.
> Looking at the third last photo… Are the houses very modest > there. Where I live, homes in that condition would be
> codemned.
Perhaps looks can be deceiving. Those houses are keeping out the winter weather in Novosibirsk, which, as anyone from that area would be glad to tell you, is a non-trivial task. You would be glad to warm yourself in one, in that part of the globe, during the month of January.
Too bad that the photographer didn’t clean his CCD from all those dust spots…
Whacha say `bout?
Yes, they are good. I can sell these good tanks to friendly nations of South America. Lowest comission!
The biggest mistake was listening to American economists.
OK, John Maynard Keynes, your plan?
A mixed economy seems to work reasonably well.
Yeah, works reasonably well to stifle competition, sure.
No, it stifles concentrated wealth and power.
Support your assertion with evidence…
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The biggest mistake was going along with the policies of western economist.
Oh no, “Reply to this comment” is broken again.
You and I have been through all that several times. On one occasion the comment thread disappeared into infinity.
How about the relative merits of the T-34 (how could you tell it is a replica?) vs the “Jeep”?
Fair ’nuff, I am no economist. I am even willing to admit that mixed economy does work, as long as the amount of “mixing” is kept to a minimum (case in points - British Railways nationalization, a disaster if I ever saw one).
It’s a GOOD replica. I wouldn’t know from looking at pics. Discussion here. Discussion of assraping tank builder got is… somewhere on grani.ru
British Rail privatisation was the problem.
What was the problem?
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