This looks like a caricature of the space shuttle you’d get on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights.

To be fair, at that range most rifles zeroed at 100 yards will shoot a few inches low. If he aimed dead center, I’m not surprised he hit the bottom of the phone. The fact that he was kneeling slightly downward relative to the phones didn’t help either.

This highly dependent on bullet construction and what in your body the bullet hits. A fully jacketed (FMJ) rifle or pistol round is likely to pass right through soft tissue, leaving little damage beyond the immediate travel path of the bullet. The impact will cause movement of the soft tissues, but is unlikely to…

A star for knowing what 7N6 is.

Until the electric motors that raised and lowered them failed.

So instead of getting run over by the car, the pedestrian would get his face flattened by the radiator? Brilliant!

What is this - a flare dispenser?

Looks like he stuck the landing at least.

I imagine this is what the Roman legions looked like, just with a lot less blood.

Can I tow a boat with this bad boy?

I love how the little blue Polestar emblem pops against the evil gray wrap.

Unless this is some obscure special edition I’ve never heard of, CP. The only way a Matador is worth $12k is in original condition for historic preservation. That would be a cheap and unusual way to have fun at old car shows. This thing isn’t good looking enough to fit in with the custom car crowd, and not original…

The article specifically states that the old bumpers are removed. Here’s what a stock one looks like:

3rd Gear:

Also, I’ve got off my ass and found a few references in case anyone was wondering where I got the idea from:

The fact that the story ends with (the now 20 year old) Justin walking into the Ford dealer his Vette died in front of and buying a brand new SVT Cobra on the spot suggests he’s a rich asshole, has no impulse control, or was in the military and had a pile cash from enlisting burning a hole in his pocket. I can kind of…

You’re right about Antonov, but the Illyushins are still built in Russia. I think some Russian jet engines are built by Motor Sich in Ukraine (or at least were - I think those plants were all in the Donbass and probably have been relocated to Russia by now) but you’re right that others are built in Russia. There…

While this is massively creepy:

Or is he simply choosing to retire some older ICBMs (like SS-18 and SS-19) in favor of newer ones like the RS-24 YARS?

Especially if I get a chance to crawl around a tank and fire an RPG (even if it is a dummy).