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‘Made in China’ tank explodes during military exercise, two soldiers killed (www.thestatesman.com)
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Bangladesh’s Chinese-origin tank explodes during firing exercise, 2 killed, officer injured

Two Bangladeshi Army soldiers were killed and an officier was injured after a Chinese- origin tank allegedly exploded during a field firing exercise at the Hathazari Field Firing Range in Chattogram.

The accident occurred on Tuesday, September 9, when the Chinese tank suddenly exploded, leaving two soldiers killed and anothe injured.

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A purported video of the incident has also gone viral on social media. It shows a soldier blown into the air as the Chinese-origin Type 59 tank explodes during the firing exercise.

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[–] 2 points 2 months ago

NSFW video 😬

I'm nota tanker but it looked like the round exploded out of battery.

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    [–] 26 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    That website is painful.

    Tldr is that two Bangladesh soldiers died while test firing a Chinese Type 57 tank when it exploded.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    soo.... weapons are dangerous, american people don´t belive that

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    That’s a pretty gross oversimplification

    They’re using a +60 year old tank. If it exploded when they fired it, either the breach or barrel failed in some way that couldn’t contain the ammunition.

    That means they probably weren’t properly maintaining or inspecting it. Weapons can be safe if they’re treated properly (and you’re not on the business end of them).

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    • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Yeah, made 60 years ago.

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    [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    There was a video a while back, I think it was demolition ranch, where they fired the main gun on a Sherman. They pulled the trigger with a lanyard while all of them were dozens of yards away. I thought it was silly at the time. Now I understand why.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Well also it's an 80 year old tank, it doesn't matter how well maintained and built it is anything that old is going to have issues or the potential for issues. Better safe than sorry and all that. Also a cannon is notably more violent than say an engine and steel can and will act weird with age.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Brutal video, probably should have a warning for graphic content on this post. The soldier in the turret got destroyed by that blast, terrible.

    I wouldn't fight in any military anyways, but I especially could never be a tanker, I get claustrophobic pretty easily.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That video is linked on a whole other (demonstrably fascist) website that requires a login. Nobody owes you a warning for what you might see if you go down a rabbit hole.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    I'm curious, are you this stupid professionally, or is it just a hobby?

    1. No it doesn't require a login to view, I literally just clicked and watched it.
    2. I never said or implied that anybody "owes" me a content warning. It was merely a suggestion out of care & concern for other people who might be sensitive to this sort of content.
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