i made this back when ERA memes were banned and idk if they’re banned here sooooo

  • @SkyezOpen
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    241 year ago

    They better never be banned here. They’re ridiculous and I love them.

    • Ann Archy
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      181 year ago

      Don’t worry, in ten years when Lemmy has Chinese corporate owners and everything is instabanned, we’ll just go back to reddit.

  • Neato
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    121 year ago

    You see units like this in video games: expendable mooks holding bombs that run in to explode.

    You could get the Hulk to carry a damn nuke and he’d only get greener.

    • BombOmOm
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      111 year ago

      Those are ERA (explosive reactive armor) bricks. Literally armor that provides it’s protection by exploding. They are designed to disrupt the copper jet from shaped charges.

      • diprount_tomato
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        151 year ago

        So you’re telling me someone made an armor that explodes?

        • BombOmOm
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          131 year ago

          They sure fucking did! And it’s actually quite common on the heavily armored vehicles. However, it doesn’t work on anything thin-skinned as the ERA itself would destroy the vehicle it is supposed to guard.

          I recommend watching the whole video as it has lots of good info and great visuals. However, I timestamped the part explaining ERA, here.

          • diprount_tomato
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            61 year ago

            the ERA itself would destroy the vehicle it is supposed to guard

            That’s basically why I found it funny