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[–] 89 points 3 years ago (23 children)

I don't know why people are clowning this, pay 10M for one military grade truck or pay 10m for 200 civilian grade trucks that can have inherent camouflage...

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  • [–] 81 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    Well, disguising military equipment as civilian vehicles just means any enemy is going to target civilian vehicles, but yeah can't argue with cost efficiency.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Unfortunately any large scale conflict with north Korea is probably going to require just that.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    Probably wouldnt be too hard, with North Korea being as poor and hard hit with sanctions as it is, there are few motor vehicles in the country, and in a war time scenario they would likely be using almost every single one (except for the personal vehicles owned by party elites) in a military capacity.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    NK already has mandatory military service for 10 years starting at 17 years old. If they went to war they could just draft literally everyone else. Doubt you could consider anyone but the children and the elderly "civilians"

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Probably because civilian trucks aren't as capable as military ones. Hence why none of the respectable militaries in the world go this route.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Well yes, kind of the point of guerilla asymmetric warfare is that you're not going to succeed using the same tactics as your enemy.

    The might of the US military still lost to a Vietnamese army using lots of civilian gear and struggled to manage a bunch of Toyota Hiluxs with light machine guns bolted on in Afghanistan.

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    [–] 45 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Lol, Putin getting these delivered tonight!

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    [–] 40 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This reminds me of that Russian parade a few months ago where they just rolled the same tank through a couple of times.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Reminds me of the game Mercenaries Playground of Destruction.

    Where one faction had slick military vehicles, while another one had pickup trucks with gun turrets.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    C&C: Generals also had the Middle-Eastern terrorist faction who used pickup-truck-mounted guns ("technicals") that could be upgraded from the remains of superior enemy vehicles. It was a ton of fun.

    You could also send school buses filled with soldiers.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Flashy! Nothing says "We're super scary" quite like a hay tractor pulling a 1956 howitzer.

    Hey, Putin! All this can be yours if the price is right!

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago*

    If this dumb ass actually gets into it with a real major power, the entire country will be turned into a lake of fire.

    I feel very bad for the citizens.They do not want or deserve any of this.

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    [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Uh, have they tested those? That exhaust looks like it would burn up the truck and any unfired rockets.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    Those Ron Deera tractors look real nice. Spacious cabs for when you need to cram your whole village in one to stay warm during the winter.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    North Korea is Most Economical Korea

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  • [–] [B] 9 points 3 years ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    North Korea celebrated its founding early Saturday in the capital with a military parade that included tractors pulling rocket launchers in front of visiting delegations from China and Russia, the Associated Press reported.

    The parade emphasized the "militia" components of North Korea's military in an attempt to demonstrate the country's ability to beat back a foreign invasion.

    Photos released by North Korean state media show rows of tractors towing what appear to be rocket launchers.

    The parade also featured red dump trucks that were modified to hide missile launchers, an effort to signal "the militia's role as guerilla fighters in a war," according to Reuters.

    No nuclear-capable weapons or intercontinental ballistic missiles appeared to be on display, in contrast with a July parade marking North Korea's "victory" in the 1950-53 war that cemented the division of the peninsula.

    The country's Worker-Peasant Red Guards are believed to have more than 5 million members, The Korea Herald reported, citing a South Korean government estimate.


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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Finally, a new sun rises on the Tankie World Powers, as westoids tremble in their foxholes

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (38 children)

    I sat reading the comments and nodding along and then realized that all this discourse is essentially 'poor country can't afford nice things '. I'd be really upset at someone that made fun of a person over the junker they drove because it was all they could afford.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    If I had a poor neighbor that relied on me for food and financial support during hard times and then turned around and told everyone what a piece of shit I am and how much they're going to fuck me up next time they see me, and how much better their car is than mine? Yeah, I would call them out for their shitty ass car when they pulled it out of the driveway and the door was duct taped on. And I wouldn't really feel that bad about it.

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I want a Tonka version of this.

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Watching Ukraine / Russia war, tells me this would work.

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