Random military incidents (10 photos + video) Bashny.Net

Military - people serious and responsible, but from mistakes no one is immune, so even in the armies of misunderstandings occur that lead to tangible consequences




1. The Belgian crash of the MiG-23.

One of the most bizarre incidents ever occurred in the history of aviation, this flight is completely unmanned Soviet jet fighter MiG-23 from Poland to Belgium. Once he ran out of fuel, the plane fell on a house, killing a minor resident.

The fiasco occurred on 4 July 1989, when the pilot, Colonel Nikolai Skuridin felt the fall in the engine thrust and strong cotton. Since the aircraft is constantly decreasing, Skuridin decided that the engine is completely worn out. He ejected, considering that the plane would fall in a minute. To his surprise, the plane has not crashed. Instead, the engine earned in the normal mode and the aircraft continued to fly on autopilot.

US fighter jets escorted the MiG until he flew for West Germany, but eventually stopped the pursuit, as he flew all its territory. The French also kept their fighters ready in case the aircraft will reach their airspace. However, the MiG crashed in Belgium.

Subsequently, the Belgian government has criticized Soviet colleagues for their slow response to the situation and the refusal to let them know whether the plane had nuclear or biological weapons.

2. Giant Battleship provoked flooding.


Before we go to the bottom during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Japanese battleship Musashi was quite menacing in appearance. As one of the two largest and most powerful battleships ever built in Japan (the other is the sister vessel Yamato), Musashi had a displacement of more than 72,000 tons when it was fully armed, and had a 46 centimeter gun with a radius of defeat in almost 37 kilometers. In addition, a giant battleship rife with countless smaller weapons, including as many as 150 anti-aircraft batteries.

Its large size and weight, however, forced the Musashi inadvertently cause flooding Nagasaki during the launching in November 1940. The process of dipping a huge vessel into the water caused a half-meter wave that flooded the surrounding residential areas and turned the fishing boats.

Since the launching of such a large vessel event secret, the Japanese armed forces have forbidden residents to leave their flooded homes. Fortunately no one was killed.

3. British soldiers were drunk at the time of the invasion.


To regain lost glory and avenge the mistreatment that their diplomats have experienced in Spain, the British sent a force of about 15,000 people at more than 80 ships to invade the Spanish city of Cadiz in 1625. Horrific on paper forces consisted mainly of unruly cattle, which was intended to force the service. Also it is not played into the hands and that their command to take on board any supplies.

After landing in Cadiz soldiers were taken almost all the wine in the city to his ship, and later so drunk that threatened to revolt own command. Expedition leader, Sir Edward Cecil, ordered everyone to return to the court, but in 2000 drunken men left the city without weapons. Of course, the evil Spaniards later executed them all. And what of those who have returned on board, only half returned home. All because of the terrible weather and terrible conditions on board.

4. The British in 2002, accidentally invaded Spain.


In 2002, two dozen British Marines on a training exercise, stormed the beach, which they mistakenly thought was in Gibraltar. It turned out that instead they came ashore sea resort La Linea, Spain. Marines realized their mistake only after local residents and two police officers told them that they are not in the right place.

The British later attributed the incident of bad weather and apologized for his mistake, a gesture that Spanish officials graciously accepted. In parting, the locals ironically pointed out that Gibraltar pretty hard to miss, because there is a 426-meter cliff, as a guide.

To be fair, the British were not the only ones who mistakenly invaded another country. Switzerland also inadvertently invaded the tiny neighboring Liechtenstein - not once, but three times. They even had to pay compensation once Liechtenstein when Swiss soldiers caused wildfire.

5. Brazilian sailors mistakenly sank his own ship.


Obviously, stories about people inadvertently flushing own ships, not limited to the British and the Swedes. Yes, Brazilians also has its own navy.

WWII drew to a close. Meanwhile, members of the crew "Bahia" Brazilian cruiser, which is located to the northeast of Brazil, practiced firing of anti-aircraft installations, using a kite, towed behind the vessel. But the problem is that the rear transported deep anti-personnel mines.

And one day the shooter accidentally struck a few depth charges ... And then all hell broke loose.

The bombs began to explode one after the other, and the ship sank in just a few minutes, forcing the crew members to jump on the rescue boat or just overboard. Of the 350 sailors survived about forty, and the tide in the sea to spend more than a week, waiting for help.

6. The feds, interrupted toast Philip Sheridan and paid the price.


During the battle for the freedom of America, in 1863, Philip Sheridan wanted to raise a toast to those who sat with him in the trenches. He stood up and began loudly to propose a toast.

But he was interrupted by the guns rivals who chose it as a target. But it was a mistake. His volleys, they reveal all their positions and Artillery Sheridan, which exceeded by the number opponent, rival wiped off the face of the earth.

As for General Sheridan, later he was celebrating his victory a fancy way of sitting on the still smoldering remains of the enemy's guns.

7. Hannibal, cause an avalanche.


We remember Hannibal as one of the most successful tactics in history. The military genius of Hannibal could be attributed to its innovative strategies, such as crossing the Alps with his army as early as 218 BC However, according to the Roman historian Livy Polibiusu and Hannibal made one small but critical mistake during his dangerous trek through the snowy mountains.

Once Hannibal's army, which included several military elephants, made a sudden stop, refusing to follow a certain path. Angered by this, the Carthaginian general threw his sword on a snowy path to show everyone that it is safe.

Unfortunately, it was not safe. He fell in the snow, sword Hanibal caused huge avalanche that killed more than half of its 50,000 army and a few elephants. Only four days remaining war down below, but many have suffered from the cold and received severe frostbite.

8. Bi-bi-si, revealed the planned secret British attack the Argentines.


The Battle of Goose Green in the Falklands War is remembered primarily for two reasons. It was the first and most bloody battle between Britain and Argentina, and the incident where Bi-bi-si opened her mouth too soon.

Secretly landed British troops prepared for an unexpected night attack on the Argentine armed forces when the BBC BBC announced about their plans throughout the world, including the Argentines. This angered the British command structure so that one of them, Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones, vowed to sue the BBC BBC and the Ministry of Defence for treason. However, he continued the operation in the hope that the Argentines will believe that this was a ruse, and that it all still finds them unprepared.

Hope Jones justified. The leader of the Argentine forces, Lieutenant Colonel Italo Padzhi, believed that the British would not be stupid enough to talk about their plans for the radio, so he did not do anything to strengthen the defenses. Numerically lagging British eventually took in 1400 Argentines captured.

9. The most nagging "confession".


"Hawaiian good luck sign" was a secret sign of captive sailors from the USS Pueblo. The ship was captured by the military of North Korea and its crew had become a weapon of propaganda.

Although the initial capital Büscher refused to write a "confession of wrongdoing", even after several beatings, he finally relented when North Koreans threatened to kill his men in front of him. The kidnappers thought they broke Büscher, but they were damn wrong.

Taking advantage of the ignorance of North Koreans in the English language, Büscher has written a letter to the recognition, filled with complete nonsense and caustic sarcasm. The letter included the following phrase: "We urinated into Korean navy of the People's Army" and "we crossed Mars, Venus and Pluto, to find the fictitious North Korea."

North Koreans soldiers released December 23, 1968, never realizing that Büscher went wrong with them ...

10. The ship, almost ubivshee Franklin Roosevelt.


Perhaps no other ship in the US Navy will never be able to surpass the tragicomic story of the ship William D. Porter and his team. Frankly speaking, that he was no captain. Its enviable resume included the destruction of one ship anchor and several firings on their ships. However, all these incidents pale in comparison to the fact that William D. Porter almost killed the president of the United States.

In 1943 the ship, along with three others, was assigned to guard the USS Iowa, who drove Roosevelt and his secretary of state to Tehran and Cairo. During the trip, William D. Porter caused a panic when one of the bombs accidentally fell deep into the water and exploded. The rest of the convoy decided that submarines the Nazis found them and started the attack.

But it does not take all the credit gorekapitana. After the incident, the bomb, the team in the training exercise accidentally launched a torpedo right into the USS Iowa. Big ship managed to avoid falling at the last moment.

Although William D. Porter served with distinction, in spite of all these incidents, during the Philippine campaign at Okinawa, the ship is waiting for the end of enchanting, as quaint as its failures. June 10, 1945 kamikaze plane fell into the water near the ship and exploded. By all indications, the attack was repulsed, but the ship started for no reason at all to sink. Miraculously, all the crew members were saved, even gorekapitan.

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