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smoke grenades (upload.wikimedia.org)

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[–]Lillipout 45 points46 points ago

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"Sir, We're under attack by flying donuts!"

"We all knew this day would come. Someone wake the President."

[–]runtheplacered 22 points23 points ago

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"And get me the biggest cup of coffee you can find. I'm dunking these sonsabitches."

[–]Chunkysoup666 0 points1 point ago

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So this is why our country is obese, defense against flying donuts... it all makes sense now

[–]HelloMcFly 1 point2 points ago

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"So you like donuts, eh? Well, have all the donuts in the world! A-hahahaha!"

[–]MaeBeWeird 157 points158 points ago*

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This photo is from Exercise Cobra Gold in early February 2011, in Thailand. This was III MEF but more specifically, 2nd tracks, Charlie Co., from camp lejeune in the tracks you see.

Those are, indeed, smoke grenades in the air.

Source: my husband is a 2141 (he repairs these vehicles), he was on this deployment for half of last year in Thailand and Japan. These three tracks are being controlled by men he works with on a daily basis.

thanks to Michichael, this is the post when my husband posted this photo 2 months ago, the photographer linked his Flickr account on there if you want to see more from Cobra Gold

And the marines.mil post on this photo. Also states in it that these are smoke grenades.

[–]lolicats 20 points21 points ago

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im guessing it's not like bf3 where i can just spot weld the AMTRAC back to full

[–]MaeBeWeird 18 points19 points ago

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Haha, no... but that's actually his least pet peeve over the AAVs in that game (well, that is to say, he understands its a game and doesn't care if it seriously oversimplifies what he does at work). The view from inside is just way wrong lol.

Otherwise, he was quite excited to find out they were being used.

[–]Lilday 4 points5 points ago

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I like how you actually sound like you're interested in what he does, rather than just pretend to be.

[–]MaeBeWeird 18 points19 points ago

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I try, he affords me the same courtesy. This way we have a lot of subjects to hold conversations on. It gets stale just talking about the kids.

It helps that we both love learning, no matter what we are learning about.

[–]OIP 10 points11 points ago

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This is nice and made me smile.

[–]JesusWuta40oz 2 points3 points ago

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Heh or as I like to call them "fucking bullet magnets"

[–]Strlngarcher 7 points8 points ago

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Lol I was looking through the other pic and noticed Col. Neary. He was my BC for Fallujah and Ramadi.

[–]Sayadabadass 6 points7 points ago

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Were you in East Ramadi? I was there in 05'-06' with the 101st.

[–]Strlngarcher 0 points1 point ago

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I was with 3/8 in early 06'. Started at Blue Diamond but then was at Op Horea, and that shit hole op way out there by the hospital after we took that. We worked with the army quite a bit though.

[–]Sayadabadass 0 points1 point ago

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I was really close to you then. Our main base was the combat outpost right next to Camp Corregidor. I spent most of my time either at TCP-8 just down the road from the Hospital, or at OP Hotel along route michigan, not too far from Horea. My humvee actually got hit by an RPG right in front of Horea, next to saddam mosque. 296 was the intersection I think. Pretty crazy place Ramadi was.

[–]Strlngarcher 0 points1 point ago

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I was at TCP-8 a few times. Im pretty sure my platoon were the first Marines to show up there, before the hospital take over. It was that shitty little house on that fucking dirt road that was a bitch to drive on at night cause of the dust. I remember Hotel as well, never went there myself but I was behind it all the time on that fucking road Racetrack and intersection Firecracker. Got into a pretty long firefight there too. Yeah Ramadi was the fucking wild west man.

[–]Airazz 6 points7 points ago

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Ahh, the magic of Reddit...

[–]ofsinope[S] 3 points4 points ago

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Awesome, thanks! Also in that marines.mil link, there is a much higher resolution version of this photo.

[–]PartyBusGaming 3 points4 points ago

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2141

Tell your husband that in a year, he'll be in a kickass BattleField game.

[–]SergeantJinto 3 points4 points ago

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Said husband here. Would you care to elaborate on that? Now I'm curious!

Edit: Oh, DUR. Now I feel stupid. I completely forgot that one of the BF games was BF2142.

[–]PartyBusGaming 2 points3 points ago

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Don't feel bad, it was a really terrible joke.

[–]MaeBeWeird 1 point2 points ago

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He made the "not bad" face. Lol

[–]Lele_ 1 point2 points ago

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Does the US army train in Thailand? Why is that?

[–]VonBargenJL 3 points4 points ago

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We go all over the world training with other countries' forces to cross train culture and skills. Yearly exercises in the Philippines, Korea, now setting up a rotation with Australia. even russia once in a while. all to do that, and generate mutual respect for each other and make friends politically.

[–]Lele_ 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you for the answer, I was genuinely curious. And sorry for confusing US Army and the Marines!

[–]VonBargenJL 2 points3 points ago

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Just remember, were the ones that get things done and have the best looking uniforms ;)

[–]MaeBeWeird 0 points1 point ago

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It's the Marines, and they were training with Thai Marines and using Thailand for practice with their AAVs... beyond that I don't know much but if you look up Cobra Gold there's a lot of information on this.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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question: in a real life combat situation, would those APCs ever be that close? Seems they could be taken out by a single missile strike... I remember reading a while ago that the Navy refers to this as a "bullseye formation" and in reality the warships would be kilometers apart.

I was wondering if the same principle would be in play during a ground engagement.

[–]SergeantJinto 1 point2 points ago

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True. The only time we're this close is training and photo-ops. In a real life combat situation, there'd be about 50 meters of dispersion between each vehicle or so, depending on the maneuvers they are making.

[–]HashRunningRapist -1 points0 points ago

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It would need to be a GIANT ass missile to take them all out. I know that's a gross oversimplification but that's the simple truth. Source: I used to be in Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (where we rode in LAV's, obviously completely different from this vehicle but similar principle) and it would take a SCUD missile hitting amongst them to fuck them all up.

[–]Rock0rSomething 1 point2 points ago

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1 round of DPICM would do it, actually.

[–]HashRunningRapist 0 points1 point ago

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How many of those do you think the insurgencies have? Not really applicable in the style of warfare for which those AAVs are training for.

[–]Rock0rSomething 0 points1 point ago

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AAVs rarely deploy to COIN fights...and never to Afghanistan, AFAIK. They're tied to MEUs, who are prepared for a wide range of contingencies. These particular dudes are conducting a theater security cooperation exercise, not really training for anything specific. Good observation, though, and I agree with it.

[–]HashRunningRapist 0 points1 point ago

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They deployed to Iraq extensively, but I think you're right in regards to Afghanistan.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Good point. I guess it depends on the enemy you're fighting, and what weapons they are able/likely to use.

[–]ladyklr 0 points1 point ago

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He's full of shit, AAV's have paper thin armor compared to an Abrams. Ask Bravo Co 1/2 how the tracks they were in did during the battle of Al Nasiriyah.

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[–]HashRunningRapist 0 points1 point ago

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I didn't say it can really take a hit, I said to get ALL three with one shot like the post I replied to suggested would need a big ass explosion. Source: having been in many IED strikes and RPG attacks. Slow your roll dude, I was al-Anbar 06 and 07 and Afghanistan in Marjeh 2010-2011. I'm not a fucking boot.

[–]Datastream 19 points20 points ago

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Be advised enemy AMTRAC sighted, over.

[–]audilovers 3 points4 points ago

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This is what I've always imagined fart bombs look like

[–]prometheus1981 26 points27 points ago

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"RAMIREZ! PLANT SOME C4 ON THOSE TANKS!"

[–]Dobbsfollower 1 point2 points ago

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Or you could dunk a sock in axel grease and fill it with comp-b.

[–]PabloRamirez 1 point2 points ago

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No.

[–]Humpy1988 10 points11 points ago

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are awesome

[–]Topper_Bottoms 2 points3 points ago

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You should crosspost this on /r/PerfectTiming

[–]Zelleth 0 points1 point ago

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Well, they do stay in air for a few seconds.

[–]totalbollocks 10 points11 points ago

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Looks like a tv sci-fi movie about invading dirty space anus's

[–]DrDragun 21 points22 points ago

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"Earth is in a-hole lot of trouble"

[–]ofsinope[S] 4 points5 points ago

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I don't mean to dump all over you, but that pun was really shitty.

[–]tyelr 2 points3 points ago

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We're fighting flying shit saucers now? God help us all...

[–]grimatongueworm 1 point2 points ago

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Didn't the director of Battle for L.A. see some live fire exercises and became so enamored with the smoke rings that he had is visual guys add a shit ton of them to the invasion scenes. I think I heard an interview with him and he alluded to this.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217613/

[–]BadOnamonapia 1 point2 points ago

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Did anyone else think "beep, Kaboom, boop?"

[–]WaltherRathenau 1 point2 points ago

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No. I said "poof, poof, poof". You might say that's pretty unimaginative. But I'd counter, saying that I found something good and stuck with it. Because I am not afraid of commitment.

[–]Planet-man 1 point2 points ago

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  1. Leave Kokiri Forest
  2. Enter Hyrule Field
  3. Walk West(left)
  4. WATCH OUT!

[–]snyderjw 1 point2 points ago

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No no, do NOT smoke grenades. They are hard to light, and are far more lethal than even cigarettes.

[–]thersoiv 2 points3 points ago

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They look like fart donuts

[–]ofsinope[S] 1 point2 points ago

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Not sure why you're being downvoted. This is at least the second most-accurate comment on here.

[–]rockin_hokie 1 point2 points ago

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Cue the LOST sound effects...

[–]ChiefBromden -1 points0 points ago

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Ctrl+f LOST - yep. I'm not the only one. Thanks.

[–]Granite-M 0 points1 point ago

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Pop smoke!

[–]pandafood 0 points1 point ago

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Urge to eat them.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Not sure if game, picture or fotography

[–]Fantasticalism 0 points1 point ago

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Sky donuts.

[–]stroyer1 0 points1 point ago

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This is what happens when pigeons are fed rice.

[–]worker32 0 points1 point ago

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I don't see smoke grenades detonating. I see no bake cookies.

[–]probably_failing 0 points1 point ago

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Now I want a doughnut.

[–]johnnybigoode 0 points1 point ago

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You can make 'day fireworks' with these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUdgjHpKXtg

[–]wtfisthat 0 points1 point ago

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Smoke grenades? Bullshit. Forcefields.

[–]Epicman 0 points1 point ago

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Psh...ineffective smoke bombs...silly soldiers..you can't fly.

[–]Table_biscuit 0 points1 point ago

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Definitely thought this was going to be a picture of grenades fashioned into pipes before I realized this wasn't trees.

[–]Gseventeen 0 points1 point ago

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New wallpaper, thanks.

[–]SergeantJinto 0 points1 point ago

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Here's a higher-res version if you'd rather have that as your wallpaper.

[–]dumbgaytheist 0 points1 point ago

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I love you, Amtrac!

[–]BruschiOnTap 0 points1 point ago

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If this was in r/trees everyone would be in awe of those smoke rings....just sayin

[–]Bananana69 0 points1 point ago

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This guy must have an awesome pc to be able to play battlefield with graphics this realistic.

[–]jigby61 0 points1 point ago

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Donuts!

[–]necromundus 0 points1 point ago

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Just look at all that non-lethal shrapnel.

[–]winkyburger 0 points1 point ago

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I assume you got to this picture by reading about dye packs yesterday as well?

[–]dedtigers 0 points1 point ago

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mmmm Samoans

[–]wisewizard 0 points1 point ago

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Pop smoke instant cover save

[–]SergeantJinto 0 points1 point ago

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Pop smoke instant conealment save

FTFY

[–]thefinalfall 0 points1 point ago

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Or their more common name, fart cloud nebulas.

[–]hafti77 0 points1 point ago

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pretty sure the one on the right is the milky way galaxy

[–]TharsisRise 0 points1 point ago

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it reminds me of tubgirl. (shudders)

[–]TerryArchi 0 points1 point ago

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Dirt ufo's, we're screwed.

[–]lolmeansilaughed 0 points1 point ago

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They look like little rings of ground beef.

[–]nosKr 0 points1 point ago

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battlefield 3.....?

[–]S133py 0 points1 point ago

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The portals from the dark side are opening.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Are there any videos of these things in action?

[–]thattallfellow 0 points1 point ago

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How'd they make those cookies so big?

[–]KyroDCK 0 points1 point ago

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Smoke grenades, or flying chocolate donuts?

[–]merrywhoyear 0 points1 point ago

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Reminds me of galaxies.

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[–]grahamja 0 points1 point ago

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To my knowledge Marines don't have any ground launched air burst munitions. The Army has a 25X40mm air burst grenade, but that is not vehicle mounted like the smoke grenades being used here.

[–]Rock0rSomething 0 points1 point ago

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All of our ground based indirect fire assets (mortars, cannons, rockets) have explosive rounds with a fuze that makes it able to air burst.

[–]i_type_stuff -1 points0 points ago*

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looks like

fine, edit

[–]freemen53421 1 point2 points ago

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It's really not.

[–]Deadnettle -3 points-2 points ago

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The two types of smoke grenade posts on reddit:

  • This one (reaction: aww.... it's cute!)

  • and this one (reaction: war crime WMD used for genocidal ethnic cleansing by a racist apartheid regime)

[–]Im-postle-able 4 points5 points ago

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Those are slightly different kinds of smoke generating rounds. See the burning bits of phosphorus creating the smoke in your second pic?

One goes *BANG smoke*

The other goes *BANG smoke... and everything it touches is now on fire which can't be extinguished by water*

[–]knobblyer 1 point2 points ago

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also this one

[–]Celestium 1 point2 points ago

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The second one isn't a smoke grenade, it's phosphorus. This is what phosphorus does to skin(NSFL). So no, one is harmless smoke, the other burns you to death.

[–]RP_tipping_point 1 point2 points ago

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"White Willy / Willy Pete" - we used them in Iraq unfortunately. Some say there was a massacre in Falluja Iraq. There is video on youtube of what they did

[–]Casting_Aspersions 1 point2 points ago

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Not only are the chemicals/munitions totally different, it is a bit silly to compare something being used in a training exercise over empty fields with a "hot" conflict over one of the most densely populated areas on earth.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Giant brown snowflakes.

[–]akmjolnir -1 points0 points ago

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Cool. That used to be my job in the Marine Corps.

YAT-YAS.

[–]darkhorseguns 0 points1 point ago

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I wasn't tracks, but I was shit.

[–]MaeBeWeird 0 points1 point ago

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The men in the tracks are actually men who work with my husband, this was during his deployment to Japan and Thailand last year for Cobra Gold!

[–]imanerd000 -1 points0 points ago

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the tanks are fighting smoke alien invaders!

[–]isdevilis -1 points0 points ago

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it's too bad, those slow pieces of crap wont be there in time to get smoke cover...

[–]ColonolCool -1 points0 points ago

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He's just blowing smoke.

[–]iamalrker -1 points0 points ago

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Merry Christmas you filthy animal........

And a happy new years.

[–]homercles337 -2 points-1 points ago

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This is either awesome timing or a pshop. Nonetheless, fucking saved.

[–]zestyninja 1 point2 points ago*

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I think that it's a real shot that's had adjustments made in photoshop for it to "pop". Probably sharpening and contrast fixes, with some shadow details on the explosions brought out.

edit: the guy was shooting with a D7000, so it's pretty safe to assume photoshop was involved for retouching or processing.

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[–]Worrier87 1 point2 points ago

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To be able to hit large groups of infantry. Detonating explosives in the air will provide a larger footprint of effects. Just like artillery can use airburst on their shells.

[–]akmjolnir 0 points1 point ago

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Right, although that has nothing to do with this picture. Those are smoke grenades. Also, they probably will never be used in actual combat.

I base that opinion on the two times I was deployed to Iraq with my former AAV platoon.

[–]Worrier87 0 points1 point ago

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You're an idiot and a liar. Have you ever noticed the splash on the ground from the fragmentation? If they are in fact smoke rounds, that is the worst smoke effect I've ever seen. Ever hear of white phosphorus?

[–]akmjolnir 0 points1 point ago

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Why would they explode so close to the vehicle if they were fragmentation? You're wrong, and I'm correct.

If you have actual experience with these vehicles I'd love to hear it. Like I said before, this was my MOS in the USMC.

[–]DanielM4713 -3 points-2 points ago

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Isn't this the Quidditch training level in Harry Potter?

[–]diddywc -3 points-2 points ago

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Smoke grenades, or smoke grenades?

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la71vzAOtx1qcz1bno1_500.jpg

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[–]BoreasNZ 8 points9 points ago

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You're the second person in this thread to say it's not a smoke grenade without telling us what it really is.

[–]Lost_in_the_woods 4 points5 points ago*

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Redacted: I was wrong, you're right, he's the second

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/o9f6t/smoke_grenades/c3fg5el

[–]MaeBeWeird 7 points8 points ago

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Straight from a Marine who was working there, they are INDEED smoke grenades.

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[–]MaeBeWeird 1 point2 points ago

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First of all, I'm a she. The Marine who was working there was my husband.

second of all, it's not like there is no proof backing me up.

[–]ofsinope[S] 1 point2 points ago

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Ooh hi res version of the photo!

[–]Dongface 5 points6 points ago

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You did not tell us what they actually are and were needlessly rude. Thank you for contributing to overall social unpleasantness.

[–]seditious_commotion 0 points1 point ago

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_burst

He obviously didn't know, just remembered reading the thread before and wanted to be a dick and have an excuse.

I am not sure but I believe I remember reading those are dummy rounds just for the feel and sight.

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[–]throwweigh1212 1 point2 points ago

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Guess what? You're both.

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