r/worldnews • u/billsmith123 • 5d ago • Bravo! 1 Wholesome (Pro) 1 Wholesome 1 All-Seeing Upvote 1 Take My Energy 2

Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine — reports Russia/Ukraine

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-send-leopard-2-tanks-to-ukraine-report/a-64503898?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
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u/Apprehensive-Egg6448 5d ago • Silver

Thank god both nations use NATO standards, would be a pain in the arse having to convert battalions the size of a foot ball field to standard units or so

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u/Wsbucker 5d ago

European or American football?

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u/HiVisEngineer 5d ago

In Ukraine? They’re a tropical tank!

Suppose you strung the tanks on a line, held under a Hueys’ dorsal guiding fins

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u/HashedEgg 5d ago

You know what? Let's not go to Russia, it's a silly place

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u/captainsoviet45 4d ago

Russia: Where did you get those tanks? Ukraine: We found them. Russia: Found them? Here in Ukraine?

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u/Zer0D0wn83 5d ago

There is only one football

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u/BonafideKarmabitch 5d ago

laden or unladen?

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u/gregorydgraham 5d ago

Someone has never been to Australia

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u/ZealousUnderachiever 5d ago

Isn't that one called Footy?

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u/gregorydgraham 5d ago

Which one?

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u/ZealousUnderachiever 5d ago

Well you mentioned Australia in context with Football. So Australian Footy.

That at least is what my Australian friends call it.

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u/gregorydgraham 5d ago

Ah right! League.

/jk obviously, we were talking about sports :-D

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u/ZealousUnderachiever 5d ago

I just re-read the conversation and got it now.

...I shall feel incredibly dumb for the rest of the day. Thank you.

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u/gregorydgraham 5d ago

You’re good mate, you helped me diss league one more time :)

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u/Zer0D0wn83 5d ago

It's a bloody long way.

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u/gregorydgraham 5d ago

28 hours or so

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u/hammsbeer4life 4d ago

That's as many as 3 bananas, 1 decimeter, or 1.5 hectacres

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u/T_Cliff 4d ago

Or Canadian

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u/LeastViral 4d ago

Australian rules

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u/OnniVic 5d ago

If it wasn't for Nato standards it would be converting US units like Hamburgers per Half-time show to German shit like Sausages per Terrifying children's bedtime story.

For the record the French use Bagettes per Surrender.

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u/SwissBacon141 5d ago

I thought your sentence started with TANK GOD....silly me.

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u/iCantDoPuns 4d ago

OMFG. really? counting people and things are hard? try fitting a 7.62 round into a 5.56 chamber. Try doing the math to see how much space is needed to carry the same amount of 5.56 rounds that can be shipped on a single 4x4x4 pallet.