Don’t Take a Rifle to a Tank Fight

StrategyPage has a video updating the old adage, Don’t take a knife to a gunfight.

Video of Rifle vs. Tank tank blows up guy shooting at it with rifle

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FILED UNDER: Humor, Military Affairs,
James Joyner
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Security Studies Professor. Former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. @DrJJoyner on X and @joyner.bsky.social.

Comments

  1. sortapundit's avatar sortapundit says:

    Maybe if he’d had a bigger rifle…

  2. Rodney Dill's avatar Rodney Dill says:

    Say. bye-bye!

  3. weev's avatar weev says:

    Don’t take a rifle to a tank fight… unless it’s 50cal.

    Then you can destroy the tank with it.

  4. Anjin-San's avatar Anjin-San says:

    I remind the chairborne rangers who get so excited about video like this that some of our guys who actually do the fighting die in burning tanks…

  5. Cybrludite's avatar Cybrludite says:

    It’d be nice if the Mobys would give up on the chickenhawk routine.

  6. I could swear this video is from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I know I’ve seen it before, and I’m pretty sure it was in that context.

    I only bring it up since I think some sites have mentioned it as being from Iraq.

  7. Iceman 1955's avatar Iceman 1955 says:

    I hope he is enjoying his 70 virgins. Not sure how without a lot of superglue…

  8. Mike's avatar Mike says:

    Ouch.

  9. Chairborne Rnager's avatar Chairborne Rnager says:

    Oooohhhh, tough words from Anjin-San, you are right our guys are dying over there, but who are you to call anyone a “chairborne” ranger? Can’t we just enjoy the video without a comment like yours?