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The B-47 has always been an advanced and cool aircraft. Definitely ahead of it's time! Just a great plane!
Stratojet: Meet Your Boeing B-47 - Restored Color - 1954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilu3NSvl3Ow
He isn't very clear is he, but based on what I heard he said:
22 rds in the carousel (for the auto-loader)
17 rds in storage compartments inside the turret
2 rds in the external storage compartments (probably in the turret bucket on the back)
41 in total
I checked my old Janes Main Battle...
Inside the Tanks: The T-72 - Australian Armour & Artillery Museum
Short video that shows inside and outside of the T-72. Just a basic walk around highlighting some points.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krp2y88nNCo
Yeah some of it is a bit of a soap opera, so I just skip those parts.
Seeing the tank plant and how they are rebuilt is interesting. You get some close ups of inside & outside and get shown what it takes to rebuild them.
For example, watching how they paint them is very different - just...
Ep 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMiJr6Ckrug
Ep 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER6LV0BSCuU
Just for a qucik contrast - here is the one for rebuilding the M1A1 in Ohio and Alabama.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaVQ9WqxiBc
Here are more of the 12 episodes.
Search for Tanks Born in Russia and you'll find all 12 of them if you want to see them in order.
Ep 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orZ-HKzFT1w
Ep 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay4MQxvEHyw
Ep 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFFa4ngZXT0
Ep 9...
Here is episode 2 - it doesn't want to show up above.
Here you see them pull out the 125mm smooth bore cannon and the shell rack is shown. Hadn't see that part before...pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsqIG1CvQg
Here is episode 11... They aren't in order as best as I can...
Here is another series you might like, it shows Russian T-72 tanks being rebuilt. There are subtitles in English and the announcer is speaking in English so you can follow along.
You get to see the plant and follow along with two guys that work there - both are trying to get the one full time...
The Russians design their aircraft so they can operate on rough air strips. I believe they add that to protect the fuselage from debris and prevent anything from entering the intakes.
It is a fairly common feature on their aircraft with side intakes.
Don't know - I didn't realize this was happening to that many of them. Looks like a lot of the previous videos are gone and the youtube accounts closed.
If I can, I will edit my posts to remove the dead links.
Russian off road military trucks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wazHX0u0tdY
KAMAZ 4x4 / 8x8 Trucks - the guys driving these are probably having fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-B_eI53zV0
Russian vehicles at a recent military display - tanks and other vehicles firing...
More on the Su-34 Fullback! Hope you enjoy these as well.
This one is quite good. Nice air to air and cockpit scenes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEm3FQnTL7U
This one is okay - quality isn't the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dAI8YRZrAI
Another one - in Russian but worth a...