TankieJerk

127 readers

78 users here now

Dunking on Tankies from a leftist, anti-capitalist perspective.

Rules:

No bigotry of any kind.
No tankies or right-wingers. Liberals are allowed so long as they are aware of this
No genocide or atrocity denial

We allow posts about tankie behavior, shitposts, and rational, leftist discussion. Please redirect any Fediverse tankie-posts to !MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.works to avoid bringing drama to Piefed.social

Curious about non-tankie leftism? If you've got a little patience for 19th century academic style, let a little Marx and Kropotkin be your primer!

Marx's Communist Manifesto, short and accessible! Highly recommended if you haven't read it

Kropotkin's Conquest Of Bread

Selected works of Marx

founded 3 months ago

MODERATORS

PugJesus@piefed.social

110

Tankies when they circlejerk about the western allies during ww2 (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 days ago by goat@sh.itjust.works to c/tankiejerk@piefed.social

20 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Then they took the planes apart and copied them as closely as possible.

Which was tricky given imperial vs. metric supply chains/production capabilities:

The Soviet Union used the metric system and so sheet aluminium in thicknesses matching the B-29's U.S. customary measurements was unavailable. The corresponding metric-gauge metal was of different thicknesses. Alloys and other materials new to the Soviet Union had to be brought into production. Extensive re-engineering had to take place to compensate for the differences, and Soviet official strength margins had to be decreased to avoid further redesign.[11] Despite those challenges, the prototype Tu-4 weighed only 340 kg (750 lb) more than the B-29, a difference of less than 1%.[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

We hear a lot about the Soviets and Chinese copying American hardware. What has the US copied? We have (had) a huge industrial/ design base but surely other countries have invented something good at least once or twice!

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

...Would the cavity magnetron the UK sent over count?

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Fascinating! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6331897.stm I hadn't heard of that.

I'm not sure it counts, just because it wasn't copied secretly as much intentionally shared?

[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, China has invented important things once or twice.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Well no doubt. I'm curious what was copied the other way like the Flying Fortress in the article.