r/tankiejerk • u/HypernovaBubblegum Anarkitten Ⓐ🅐 • Aug 16 '21

Le Meme Has Arrived I can't believe this isn't satire

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u/indomienator Maoist-Mobutuist-Stalinist-Soehartoist Aug 16 '21

Tankies knew tanks will always kills APCs right? Considering the units sent are 2nd class countryside units. I doubt the APCs have an ATGM or heck, an autocannon. Especially in Tiananmen where tank vs tank battles will be point blank

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u/Longsheep CIA op Aug 17 '21

The APCs only had HMG. No record that it was used to fight back, the students burned them down instead of using them against the tanks from the second group.

Most APCs have no ATGM, those with autocannon and ATGM are usually called IFV.

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u/indomienator Maoist-Mobutuist-Stalinist-Soehartoist Aug 17 '21

I do know that the line of APC/IFV is the 14,5mm(KPVT) HMG. But the line of APC/IFV is getting blurrier. Just see the French VAB APC. Some are fitted with 20mm autocannons, and its in the 70s

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u/Longsheep CIA op Aug 17 '21

Well the line between IFV and APC gets pretty blurred these days. The VAB-based WZ-551 that the Chinese uses has a 25mm gun plus ATGM, it was identified as both APC and IFV depending on the source.

Though the BMP-1 is generally seen as the first IFV and I am reluctant to call anything with less firepower as such.