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Originally Posted by Jack Rabbit
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Well some of what appears in the Youtube video is stupidity-the rest is the reality of operating big heavy vehicles in unsuitable terrain. The end of the video shows what often happens-a simple recovery with another vehicle. You are generally deliberately bogged/disabled as part of your training and taught recovery techniques....the rest comes from that priceless asset that no amount of money can purchase-good judgement and experience.
And while the video focused on the Russians-EVERY army that uses AFVs has incidents like these-even the israelis, the germans and the US...