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The Russians Bolted 1950s Naval Guns To Armored Tractors—And Produced Nearly Useless Combat Vehicles (www.forbes.com)
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It’s apparent the Frankenstein’s monster of a combat vehicle is even less than the sum of its crude components.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 13 points 1 year ago

Turning naval guns into field artillery is actually pretty common, historically.

In the Napoleonic era.