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Bizarre Footage: Russian Soldiers Use Artillery to Bury Themselves in an Avalanche
- Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:36am by
Meredith Jessup
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Ok, to be fair, I don’t think they really intended to bury themselves. From all accounts, it seems these Russian military men were using their artillery gun to dislodge snow as an avalanche prevention measure in North Ossessia.
Still, they were a little too close for comfort and, oddly enough, giggled in good spirits as a wall of snow bounded down on them:
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Comments (58)
Cake
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 7:20pmIts North Ossetia, not “North Ossessia”. You’d think after the war in Georgia no editor would get that one wrong…. Heck, it even says it on the video.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 4:58pmWooops!
Report Post »swehes
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 4:35pmBoys with their Toys! :)
Report Post »xcblur
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 3:42pmstolichnaya?
Report Post »coalfired
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 3:23pmSilly Russians!
Report Post »Chiefsnipe
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 2:03pmThe words Dumb Ass comes to mind!
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 1:51pmIn Soviet Russia, avalanche buries you — no wait, that doesn’t work….
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 1:38pmWhere can I get one?
Report Post »NRABIBLETHUMPER
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 1:04pm@iseedanger
Report Post »That last word translated wasn’t crap…
LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:46pmIt did look like fun
Report Post »karaokeed
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:42pm1952. How do you feel you were misled? I saw exactly what I expected to see from the headline.
Report Post »Gruug
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:40pmA couple of years ago I saw some U.S. Parkservice employees do exactly the same thing. Create a man-made avalanche using a 105mm arty piece and bury themselves.
Report Post »rocker98
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:59pmSearch “avalanche control” and you will see it is done like this all over the world. You think these guys are crazy, some are up there on skis, toss a timed charge, and fly down the hill like a bat outta hell. Better to purposely bring it down, than to try and dig people out of 30+ feet of snow when it decides to let loose on its own. I have seen this done in Yosemite and Squaw Peak many times.
Report Post »Pezman
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:37pm@1952 Seems it worked on you. Just not AS stupid.
Report Post »ImahaIngttta
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:15pmDon’t give the administration any ideas. Using snow removal to spark the economy with shovel-ready jobs doesn’t work.
Report Post »9thCommandment
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:13pmSoldiers will be promoted because they belong to a Union. Isn’t that how it works?
Report Post »kurwa
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:07pmAlert All Your Friends: Glen Beck blames avalanche on Unions to create Economic Chaos
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:20pmsee you got your share of the vodka
Report Post »Gurgi
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:07pmThey still let them drink on duty over there. Most adults just stay drunk.
Report Post »Sjah
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:04pmYay We did it. Wow thats a whole lot of snow thats so cool….OH дерьмо!!!
Report Post »browngd
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:02pmToo Funny! In all fairness, you can see several different edges breaking off to make the massive avalanche, so I imagine they did not intend for this to happen. Looks like they had a good laugh though.
Report Post »Random Thoughts
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:58amI wonder if “We were only following orders” will work here?
Since no one seemed to get hurt, that was pretty funny… :)
RT
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:53amTranslation…
Report Post »Last words…
“OH CRAP!”
http://www.ISeeDanger.com
run42k
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:50amHey, ya’ll hold my vodka and watch this s***!
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 1:11pmI bet that is exactly what was said before they did this
Report Post »valarie
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 2:34pmLOL! I would have crapped my pantskys!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:42amGeesh, how the heck did they ever stop Hitler in Stalingrad?
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:55amSame thing got these guys.. A Russian winter.. You have got to love the Russians.. They are capable of anything, and have a tendency to not think things all the way through.. Good sense of humor though..
Report Post »Gurgi
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:05pmSheer size of Russia and the huge amount of simple peasants they could gather up to fight. Hitlers ego. The massive amount of American supplies that were given to the Russians. And last but not least the brilliant t-34 tank that was based on an American chassie design.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:40amthat was a close one.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:40amOOPS. Use enough dynamite did you, Butch
Report Post »1952
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:01pmHey Blaze…. what’s with the misleading headline? Is this journalism? Is this really news? Do you feel you have to mislead us for us to read your story? Believe me, we’re not as dumb as you think.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:06pmWho can figure the Russians out?
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:26pmThis is one of those metaphorical art films.
The soldiers represent us Americans.
The shells they fire represent the freedoms we’ve lost thanks to closet socialists posing as “democrats.”
The avalanche is the $#&@ storm heading our way which we have to prepare to survive and eventually dig ourselves out of.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:34pmLadies and gentleman this is in essence our unfunded liabilities, healthcare and our national debt in snow form .
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:51pmCreestof:
Maybe they just missed their target, or simply are allowed to have some fun firing off their cannon for practice at the avalanches.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 1:01pmSounds like an episode of Punked or something……Ha Ha your buried in 20ft of snow!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 1:48pmAha ha ha. Go boom. Uhhh, oh crapsky! Vas close vun. Yeah haa ha ha!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 1:54pm@1952
Jeeeeze- Dep breaths now big fella! Not every story has to be deadly serious. Technically – the headline is accurate. Maybe it was your expectations that were at fault.
Report Post »DVT
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 2:10pm@1952
Report Post »Did they not fire a light howitzer at the mountain top? did they not bring down an avalanche on themselves? did they not dig out afterwards? maybe you should take your meds, your spastic mind is kicking in and questioning the obvious. If you find the title misleading maybe you should read up on reality,and how to understand it. the title says exactly what they did. GET A GRIP!
Physicist_In_Training
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 6:24pmLOL. If I accidentally take myself out in a not-so-metaphorical wave of stupidity like that, I hope I go under the same way…laughing. In all reality, I’d probably be running around in a panicked circle. Those Russians must be made of some staunch stuff!
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:03pmIn a socialist system you can do your job with large amounts of apathy. Take out an electrical substation in the process of working? No problem. It all pays the same.
Report Post »dr_funk
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 1:40amIts called a controlled avalanche. They do it to prevent bigger, more deadly avalanches.
Somewhat akin to a controlled burn.
@leftfighter
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 8:31am@ Creestof
LMAO! I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on March 23, 2011 at 8:48amWe do similar things in the US to start smaller avalanches to avoid bigger ones. But I could help thinking… “Stupid is as stupid does.”
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