I am a military history nerd who could probably spend a whole afternoon geeking out over a Sherman in a museum and this is boring as shit - ThreadSky

rincewind.run • 14 days ago

I am a military history nerd who could probably spend a whole afternoon geeking out over a Sherman in a museum and this is boring as shit

Reposted from Laura Jedeed

The crowd is SILENT. It turns out watching a bunch of military vehicles drive down the street gets really samey after a while

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cranemonster.bsky.social•13 days ago

Real talk. For our 10 year anniversary, we are going to spend it in London.

I tried to convince my wife to go to the Bovington Tank Museum.

She vetoed it because it would require us to spend a night nearby.

But she pinky sweared that our next trip to England would include it.

ranamar.bsky.social•13 days ago

I was watching the clips uploaded to Bluesky out of morbid curiosity, and my wife said something like, "You know, it'd be great if they had this as, like, an art exhibit or something," so I brought up Bovington Tank Museum. (which, sadly, I've never been to)

unrealgord.bsky.social•13 days ago

The Austrian Military Museum in Vienna also has a pretty great tank collection, if you happen to be in the neighborhood.

rodangol.bsky.social•13 days ago

You don’t need to be a historian to know that balloons, dancers, and marching bands are the real parade

meh126.bsky.social•14 days ago

It’s incredibly awkward and cringy

risenemmeryn.bsky.social•14 days ago

Going to an air and space museum rocks but i’m dumb i always wanted to /drive/ the sherman 😤

gaffa.bsky.social•13 days ago

I'm sure you would know the importance of lubricating the tank bearings before sending it out on parade.

raoulduke1976.bsky.social•14 days ago

Used to love going to the ordinance museum when I was a kid.

omegamegaman.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh, then I bet you'd dig this a lot more than this snoozefest. In Mons, Belgium they do a thing called Tanks In Town, which celebrates the libration of Mons in 1944. It's got a reenactment battle and then a parade though town with a lot of old hardware, including Shermans. All civilians too

omegamegaman.bsky.social•13 days ago

It's smaller, but there it's so much more authentic than the parade they are doing in DC today. There is soul in Tanks in Town

omegamegaman.bsky.social•13 days ago

I also, realize I didn't select the Sherman tank photo like I thought I did... I regret my error. That was a Chafee I think...

omegamegaman.bsky.social•13 days ago

This boi is a Sherman

catkimbriel.bsky.social•14 days ago

I am calling this the History Parade.

The Continental Arm looked sharp.

jwlicinio.bsky.social•14 days ago

Same

oldskoolguitar.bsky.social•13 days ago

Aren't they neat?

grumpyzeus.bsky.social•14 days ago

Melabia is excited to see the army yoga!!!!

andrewparker.bsky.social•14 days ago

That would have been the cooler parade. Structure it like with the uniforms.

Get an M1917 running, M2, M3 (preferably English-turreted for obvious reasons), some Shermans, all the way through the Abrams.

katehc78.bsky.social•13 days ago

The silence/squeaky tanks video needs to be a meme response video.

ernekid.bsky.social•14 days ago

Like if you are in the DC area and you want to cool military stuff just go to the army museum in fort belvoir or the Udvar Hazy Air and Space museum.

alexbrandenburg.bsky.social•13 days ago

seriously

couchradish.bsky.social•13 days ago

And parades don’t let you get super close to them either

notthesmartestguy.bsky.social•13 days ago

I’ve had to be part of BS pomp and ceremony before. I feel the pain of these soldiers being paraded around like toys.

But a herd of wild horses could not have drug me to watch it.

sephirothwolf.bsky.social•14 days ago

Spitting image did a brilliant parody of this 40 years ago but based on the Soviets

sephirothwolf.bsky.social•14 days ago

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with T."
"Tank?"
"yes..."
"I spy with my little eye something beginning with A."
Another Tank?"
"Yes..."

the-wrong-way-kid.bsky.social•14 days ago

Guarantee you most of that crowd is there out of obligation or the thought that bearing their will impact their performance review at whatever fed job they do in DC.

the-wrong-way-kid.bsky.social•14 days ago

Which makes it very late period soviet to say the least.

virginiabarksdale.bsky.social•14 days ago

This has to be so humiliating for everyone involved and they alllll deserve it

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