#image of the week

[newrelationshipgoals]

#quotes #couples #love #relationship #thoughts #relationship goals #relationship quotes #love quotes #relationships #quotes of the day #image love quotes #image comics #image id in alt text #image of the day #image of the week

[artingaroundabit]

My Heart Bleeds for You

spring!

Oh not for anyone in particular, it’s just the name the image gave me for use in publicity. Bleeding hearts are a favorite and this time of year they make their presence known. The @abstract challenge for April was also an inspiration.

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#abstract challenge #artists on tumblr #flora #flowers #Image of the Week #my art #original photography

[jcmarchi]

US Developing New Version of Scary Abrams Main Battle Tank - Technology Org

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US Developing New Version of Scary Abrams Main Battle Tank - Technology Org

The M1 Abrams has been in service since 1980. It is still one of the most capable main battle tanks in the world, but even the most common versions the M1A1 and M1A2 are starting to show signs of their design ageing. So, this tank needs to be upgraded, but how?

M1A1 Abrams – one of the most common versions of the American main battle tank. Image credit: Cpl. Paul S. Martinez via Wikimedia (Public Domain)

While the standard M1 Abrams has been in service since 1980, the most common versions are slightly younger. The M1A1 was produced from 1985 to 1992, and the M1A2 – from 1992. In general, the Abrams platform has proven its advantages in battles and so far surpasses the technology of potential enemies. However, it is clear that the Abrams must be developed further, but there are limitations to this.

It’s hard to believe, but the first Abrams weighed 55.7 tonnes. They were equipped with a 105 mm rifled gun and had slightly weaker armour. The M1A1 initially retained this weight, but the M1A1SA grew to 61.3 tonnes and the M1A2 – to 62 tonnes. And that weight gain continued little by little.

The M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams weighs about 67 tonnes. One can look at the tank’s mobility, maintained maximum speed and other dynamic characteristics, but one cannot ignore the fact that, being so heavy, the Abrams is a huge weight on the specialists of military logistics. The US wants to be able to operate globally, but moving such heavy tanks quickly is very difficult.

The General Dynamics M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tank. Image credit: GDLS

What is the path of modernization then? Well, upgraded tanks usually get heavier. Additional armour is attached to them because anti-tank weapons, including drones, are being developed faster than tanks. In the past, kilograms were saved by keeping relatively thinner armour on top, but now you can’t even do that – anti-tank drones are cheap and everywhere.

On 2023 September 6 The US Army announced that it had cancelled the planned M1A2 SEPv4 variant and would instead focus resources on the new M1E3 Abrams. The new model will have a modular architecture and will be lighter but with even better protection.

“The Abrams Tank can no longer grow its capabilities without adding weight, and we need to reduce its logistical footprint,” said Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, Program Executive Officer for Ground Combat Systems. He said that the war in Ukraine showed that crews need to be protected better, but not with added armour.

The M1E3 Abrams is likely to rely heavily on active protection, which is lighter than conventional armour. The US Army promises that the Abrams will remain the most capable main battle tank in the world. The M1E3 version is planned to start service around 2030 and it will continue working well into the next decade.

Written by Povilas M.

Sources: Army.mil, Wikipedia

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[gabrielwoods]

#hunky men #hunky #hunky guy #sexy #sexycute #image #image of the day #image of the week #beautiful pics #sexyguys #tumblr pics

[cheersmedearspodcast]

Image of the week by Kaylene!

#image of the week #a damned man

[leeanthonydavis1966]

#image of the week

[lemonebar]

*please hold music abruptly stops*

#digital art #my art #digital fanart #fanart #hermitcraft #hermitcraft fanart #illustration #mcyt fanart #grian #grian fanart #joel hermitcraft #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans fanart #i drew this scene last week but i didn’t have the energy to post #i just had this image of joel destroying the jukebox when G put him on hold

[firstfullmoon]

thinking about that illustration of solitude vs loneliness in which solitude is a dog peacefully holding its own leash & loneliness is a feral dog fighting against the restraint of the leash & feeling slightly insane

#i can’t find it but the image has been stuck in my mind for weeks i want to scream

[triptrippy]

this is from my personal collection

#dungeon meshi #gonna compile my image dump in a week or something #my art #laios touden #kabru of utaya

[floweroflaurelin]

BigB is making me lose my mind.

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My buddy @salemoleander made a post going over all the weird stuff with BigB’s unusual Secret and it got my mind racing. The red icon... The isolating, grindy, antisocial task... The strange phrasing… Makes you think 👀

(Even if it turns out to be nothing I WILL be headcanoning lore about it hehehe)

#secret life #secret life smp #bigbst4tz2 #bigb #bigb fanart #secret life fanart #secret life smp fanart #secret life Bigb #slsmp #trafficblr #floweroflaurelin art #mcyt #mcyt fanart #mcytblr #secret life spoilers #I’m Team BigB to win it!! or at least top 5 #the text on the image is a line from his Secret task #text in the caption is Grian’s dialogue after being gaslit #my theory is that it has to do with the End. I think he was digging for the stronghold :3 #I hope there’s more red Secrets next week I really want this to mean something

[canisalbus]

✦ Huhhahhei ✦

#the studio version of Huhhahhei by Käärijä finally dropped last night #I've spent the whole week listening to the fan recording on repeat it's such an intense earworm #and I had to get this image out of my head #own art #own characters #CanisAlbus #art #artists on tumblr #Machete #Vasco #anthro #sighthound #dogs #canine #animals #Käärijä #Huhhahhei #realized halfway through drawing this that oh right they probably wouldn't speak Finnish but shhh let's not pick nits #modern au #comics #the demographic that this appeals to might be pretty small but I had to I HAD TO #Machete and Vasco at ruotsinlaiva

[historicsaranaclake]

Image of the Week

This week marks the beginning of spring, and today is National Flower Day, so why not appreciate our own local flower... Lake Flower, that is! Did you know that Lake Flower is named not for the beautiful flora that grows around it, but for Governor Roswell P. Flower? In 1910, Governor Flower authorized the funds to remove stumps from the logging industry from the lake so that it could be used for recreational boating. This postcard was mailed by a tuberculosis patient staying at 5 Shepard Avenue in 1913. Happy Spring!⁠⁠

Learn more about Lake Flower on our wiki.

⁠⁠[Historic Saranac Lake Collection, 2021.3.40. Gift of the Florence Wright Tuberculosis Postcard Collection.]

#Saranac Lake #Historic Saranac Lake #Lake Flower #Local History #Saranac Lake History #Governor Roswell P. Flower #New York History #Lakes #Historic Postcards #Image of the Week

[artingaroundabit]

Morning Light

Good morning!

Early morning on the beach in Mexico has just the right amount of cool to wake you up with enough warmth that you want to keep walking.

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[jcmarchi]

The Growing Popularity of 'Dragon's Teeth' - Do They Work? - Technology Org

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The Growing Popularity of 'Dragon's Teeth' - Do They Work? - Technology Org

Dragon’s Teeth is a passive anti-tank device. Basically, it is a small pyramid of reinforced concrete, placed in prepared defensive lines. Usually, Dragon’s teeth devices are not big nor heavy, although they may be in some cases. More often than not, they are relatively light to be placed quickly using simple construction equipment and are not dug in.

Newly placed Ukrainian Dragon’s teeth in Zaporizhia region. Image credit: ArmyInform via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)

Tanks first appeared on the battlefield in the First World War. In the Second World War, they looked very much different and the designs from before were already entirely obsolete. Dragon’s teeth were used extensively along the prepared defensive lines in the Second World War. For example, the  Siegfried Line became quite famous for them, but they were placed everywhere.

Fast forward to today, where the warfare is dominated by big heavy main battle tanks, drones and missiles, and the Dragon’s Teeth is still here. In fact, the popularity of the Dragon’s teeth is growing.

Ukraine is preparing for the offensive by the Russian forces and part of those preparations is fortifying the defensive lines with Dragon’s teeth. The war in Ukraine forces other countries to reconsider their border security. Poland is placing Dragon’s teeth by the border with Kaliningrad while the Baltic states are fortifying their eastern border.

Some countries never forgot the usefulness of Dragon’s teeth. There are many of these structures between South and North Koreas.

But do they work? A short answer would be yes. That is how Dragon’s teeth stood the test of time. But you have to understand what they are trying to achieve.

Russians by their own Dragon’s teeth line in Ukraine. Image credit: Mil.ru via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)

Tanks cannot crawl over Dragon’s teeth as they are too steep and hard, but they can push them aside. However, the point of Dragon’s teeth is not to completely prevent the passage of armoured equipment, but to slow it down. It is possible to go through a line of Dragon’s teeth, but it is not possible to do so at full speed.

Furthermore, in a well-designed defensive line, Dragon’s teeth will direct the enemy traffic to particular areas. For example, mine fields or closer to positions of anti-tank weapons. In other words, by themselves Dragon’s teeth do not do much, but in a prepared multi-layer defensive line they can do a lot.

Also, they are still being used because they are quick to deploy. These little structures of reinforced concrete are being made in factories and get delivered to the spot with normal simple trucks. They don’t need to be dug in (although they can be). Fortifying a border region with more significant anti-tank obstacles would just be too costly and time-consuming.

People are quick to laugh at the sight of Dragon’s teeth, without considering their true purpose. They are there to slow down the assault, so that it can be completely stopped and destroyed using serious weapons. And it needs to be said that the point of minefields is pretty much the same – to slow down the advancing enemy.

Written by Povilas M.

Sources: Armyinform.com.ua, Wikipedia

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[gabrielwoods]

#sexy hunk #sexy #hunky man #hunky guy #hunky males #images #image #image of the week #image of the day #tumblr pics

[isjasz]

[Day 148 - Day 4: Poppies and Lilacs]

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@desert-duo-week

Timestamp for reference these flowers plague me till this day (I swear someday I gotta rewatch to follow the journey of these flowers in DL and figure out exactly what the fuck happened to them)

#dddaily4sherin #desert duo #grian #goodtimeswithscar #my art #3rd life #3rd life smp #double life #double life smp #trafficblr #traffic smp #desert duo week 2023 #THE LAYOUT GOT MESSED UP SO BADLY WTF HOPE ITS FIXED HELP FNSKWJKWKW #sorry for editing this a million times the images keep messing up on my phone ill lose it #WHY DOES IT REMOVE THE READMOREEEEEEE #comic