this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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i made this back when ERA memes were banned and idk if they're banned here sooooo

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

-20 social points. Do better, citizen.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But I was already doing my best! 😱

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Don't do best, be best.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

That's basically why I found it funny