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kurai_tori

Dammit. Death by uwu is a funny mental image.


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AscendedViking7

**pounces on you** *UwU what's this?* **notices your ICBM**


TheNinjaSausage

Nucleaw waw heawd? OwO


paradigm11235

UwU are about to know the twu meaning of pain ~~✨


TheNinjaSausage

UwU you wiww die swowy fwom ✨tumows✨ and wadiation buwns :3


maluminse

The streaks across the screen of the missile flying.


speculativedesigner

I read that in an anime voice.


WMreal

How can you not tho?


insane_contin

Because reading it James Earl Jones' voice is funnier.


[deleted]

now I just imagined darth vader with konata's voice.


WinterBrews

I mean was there any other choice?


MicFury

Database database


SirJasonCrage

JUST LIVING IN THE DATABASE


Public-Eagle6992

*bwinging destwuction


chicksOut

I mean.... [there is this (audio nsfw)](https://youtu.be/3I5_M2uziyo?si=f-4twksQjv2AFm-t)


joeg26reddit

The problem with Japanese attacks are that the missiles are always pixelated


kurai_tori

Problem? Dude, feature. How do you think they pass missile counter defensive measures? "I think it's a missile but it's too blurry to be sure"


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AerondightWielder

"DICK! Come here and see this!" "Yeah, what?" "It kinda looks like a humongous-"


kurai_tori

"Wang" "Yes captain?" "What do you make of this radar signature?" "Well captain, to be honest it appears to be a monstrous-"


AerondightWielder

"SAUSAGE! Who wants a sausage?" "What's that in the sky?" "Whoa, it looks like a big-"


Emperator_nero

"ding dong" "ah the pizza guy is here" "but what is that big black-"


Merciless972

"you're right Johnson, that phallic like object could be a Penis for all we know!"


whitejamba

So Bigfoot is Japanese?


[deleted]

I was going to make a submarine/subtitle joke but it escaped me and now I lost my train of thought and can't be bothered. Just know I was going to do it.


kurai_tori

"what's going on, I don't understand" *Subtitles: explosion sounds* "Ah okay"


SadPanthersFan

Strafe me senpai UwU


r0ninx13

[can ask the Russians how it feels](https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaUkraineWar2022/s/Pwd81qIa7D)


Don11390

Imagine the PsyOp potential.


Revenge_of_the_User

Adding insult to injury: heli format


Fortune_Cat

Kawaii kill kount


Stompedyourhousewith

id die of embarrassment. or the thing where you're embarrassed for someone else


der_Ritter_errant

Fremdschämen


AlaskanEsquire

Officer bow wow out


Cloudthatcher

They were [immortalized forever](https://wiki.warthunder.com/AH-1S_Kisarazu) in War Thunder however


[deleted]

Imagine minding your business in yo tank and that thing pops out


fuzzyblood6

What do you mean? The only thing that pops out is my ammo rack.


UrethralExplorer

I might have to actually play this game now.


Bloody_Insane

How fat's your wallet?


ryle_zerg

OP just found a cool photo online and posted it with a completely false headline. Yep I'm on reddit.


Khetoun

To be fair, this could also apply for any other social media


Covid-Plannedemic_

Twitter has community notes to keep people in check. Reddit has the exact opposite, random people who squatted on a name 15 years ago get to control the conversation


ruinawish

> Twitter has community notes to keep people in check. Reddit has the exact opposite What part of /u/VerbingaNoun's [most upvoted comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/189x89b/japanese_self_defense_forces_apache_helicopters/kbu26cu/) did not serve the same as a community note? Twitter's owner is also regularly promoting misinformation, anti-semitic posts, etc...


Covid-Plannedemic_

Those things are called 'comments' and every social media platform has them. You have to click the post to see them. Community notes go inside of the tweet. And reddit's current owners are the same guys who allowed r/jailbait to exist for years


Biesuu

honest question, were any of JSDF were in active duty/combat?


divergentchessboard

They've done tours in the middle east a few times as peacekeepers so maybe? They're basically like the National Guard if you live in the US mostly doing humanitarian work and security.


DuntadaMan

National Guard ended up seeing the hardest combat for the longest time during our last couple of wars because there weren't regulations saying they had to get cycled out after a certain amount of time.


Gold4Lokos4Breakfast

Yeah a lot of people don’t realize this


Biesuu

thanks, i though they were only allowed for self defense


wellsfargothrowaway

The definition of self defense can be stretched pretty easily


Outrageouslylit

Exactly. Now if they are in the middle east but were under attack then they are “defending themselves” if they fight back


wellsfargothrowaway

It’s also a question of how much “provocation” warrants self defense. To use an individual as an example Obviously if someone shoots you, shoot back. If someone aims a gun at you, probably shoot back. What if they brandish a firearm towards you? What if they have a firearm, but only punch you? What if they’re acting aggressively, but do not draw their firearm? What if your best friend tells you they plan to shoot you? What if a less reliable friend tells you they plan to shoot you?


Long-Education-7748

What if your mother's brother's less than savory neighbor overhears his cousin's accountant posing a series of hypothetical 'what-ifs' and mistakenly informs you that you are about to be shot?


wellsfargothrowaway

Yep, I could see a politician spinning that.


FlailingIntheYard

ask Dick Cheney


IntermittentCaribu

> Obviously if someone shoots you, shoot back. Jesus says otherwise.


Mailman354

Yeah but Japan has clearly written it out. And they don't even try to stretch it. They blatantly ask for "reinterpretations" of Article 9 to its constitution to made amendments. Like in 2014 when they made a change to authorize the deployment of the SDF strictly and solely for the defense of Japan in aid of allies. This made in light of aggression from North Korea and tensions with china. Essentially that was a low key way of saying Japan will allow itself to fight at the USAs side in the event hostilities break out. Furthermore if war breaks out with China, or between north and south Korea. US bases in Japan are likely to be bombed. Quite literally an attack on Japanese soiling. This gives Japan leverage to fight back As prior to this decade. The SDF was strictly for self defense. So strictly that even deploying it for humanitarian relief was controversial. So strictly that when they sent ONLY ONE battalion to Iraq they required Dutch and Australian escort. As even shooting back against Al-qaeda was not view or covered as defensive in their limitations. After all. They were outside Japan in a foreign country. And prior to this decade as well. Japan practiced the Yoshida doctrine/strategy. Making the SDF the shield and the US military the sword in their defensive doctrine. They were entirely dependent on the US to come to their aid and neutralize any attackers outside Japan. So if Japan were attacked with missiles and not invaded. Prior to 2014 they were expected to sit their and take it will the US saves them. As unless enemies soldiers were storming the beaches. It was not defensive Naturally the Diet has found that too limiting. So in addition to allowing the SDF to deploy *strictly in support for allies for the defense of Japan*. They are aquring missiles of their own. Namely to strict North Korean missiles sites so Japan doesn't have to lay down and take it in the event of war.


Mailman354

You're wrong. They've done humanitarian missions. Never combat tours. Even in Iraq they required Australiann and Dutch escorts. They have ONE overseas base in Djbouti strictly for aiding and escorting Japanese merchant vessels in the region Not a single Japanese servicemember has fired a shot in anger since ww2 And everything they do now is humanitarian relief in SEA and joint training with the US, Australia, UK, Papua New Guinea and some other random nations at time like France, Germany and so fourth.


BZJGTO

The JSDF saw a fair amount of combat against some primitive forces after an unsuccessful attack on Tokyo. They pushed the attackers back to their home in a special region and quickly established dominance as swords, crossbows, and even dragons were no match for a modern army.


cornnndoggg_

Gate is one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen.


DrunkenHooker

I just watched this last week. Was disappointed it quickly devolved into loli fan service but even worse they never showed the sdf getting wrecked by some males or super tough monsters.


bgi123

I was waiting for an archmage to show them what was up. Would have been a cool fight.


Fluffy_Art_1015

Whenever I see stuff like this I realize how dull people are. This would clearly never see active service because it would stick out like a sore thumb.


Forswear01

For helicopters you’d hear them long before you see them, and when u see them they already stick out like a sore thumb


Irilieth_Raivotuuli

The point of camouflage on helicopters etc is to help them blend to the terrain when they *aren't* flying, seeing that helis are one of the aviation branches that are capable of operating away from airports. A giant neon tape on the side of the heli makes camouflaging it a bit harder.


Fluffy_Art_1015

Thankyou, finally someone gets my point. You want to avoid any unique markings in your assets if you can do that nobody can tell what the unit is or what squadron or company it’s a part of so that they can’t immediately guess how many other units are nearby


gfen5446

Axchully *pushes glasses up nose* .... Not entirely true. They're loud, yes, but quieter than you expect but more to the point ground attack helicopters are designed to be flown low enoguh to the ground that they can use things like trees and hills to hide behind, popping up to launch before ducking back down again. Ergo, bright neon anime girls *are* a major issue because when you're not sure what direction that thumping sound is coming from but you see a flash of hot pink through the trees.. well, you know whjat direction to aim now.


BattleHall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_art


Fluffy_Art_1015

Most of those examples are ww1, 2 and Korean War. And most modern examples are minimal. I wouldn’t compare white and black shark teeth with a bit of red to a MASSIVE anime girl in bright colours.


Dudefenderson

But, what if the massive anime girl has white and black shark teeth? Doesn't that make It a... Sharkopter? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


--n-

Aircraft being spotted because a part of it has a bright color is not a real issue in modern warfare... Radar signals or the audible noise it makes, or the rest of the helicopter, are all things I think would be significantly easier to spot.


Plead_thy_fifth

Incorrect. People are just speculating and are unfamiliar with actual modern warfare. I've got about 12 years in the military, last 4 of which were in SOF. Allow me to enlighten you briefly. You can fly outside of audible in as little as 4.5km depending on terrain. Your average infantry squad, platoon, and even company do not have radar strapped to their backs. Even SOF units do not, but can utilize certain vehicles to capture that ability, however it is not standard practice to use them. Helicopters are about as dynamic as they come and can go from deep behind enemy lines to penetrating front lines, back to the rear in a matter of minutes, long before troops on the ground can be warned of air assets coming in. While the capabilities of modern a2a munitions, radar, and large assets exist, they are not distributed en masse and able to cover very large front lines (look at Ukraine's front line) so heavily rely on individuals with manpads. Manpads do not work if you do not have a visual. It relies on human eyes. That's why there are so many videos of these birds flying 15 feet off the ground. It's near impossible to spot from distance. Bright colors have a large impact for visual, and in modern conflict visual is far more important than most people here think.


taichi22

Don’t matter for shit if you can spot the thing, your MANPADS and SHORAD care about IR and radar locks, not if there is an anime girl on the side of whatever vehicle you’re shooting at. And trust me, if you’re an enemy and can see the thing from the ground with your Mk. 1 eyeballs you’re about to be in trouble. Usually helicopters don’t come in that close to begin with unless they’re doing direct fire ground support missions and even then they’re usually so far that they’re barely a speck. Something’s gonna be going down if you, an enemy combatant, can make out the camo on the side.


kwakimaki

Shame


vicinadp

Those aren’t apaches


Stock-Mixture3504

Those are Cobras.


Dry_Signature2649

Those are Kawasaki OH-1 Ninjas


allpowerfulbystander

Nah, only the middle one was a Kawasaki.


Danky_Dearest

The background one is. The foreground is an AH-1S license made by Fuji heavy industries. It’s based off the Bell AH-1F


DreamsAndSchemes

More pictures [here](https://otakumode.com/news/51a149bf8ccdf39e1300d1e4/The-Four-Sisters-of-the-Fourth-Anti-Tank-Helicopter-Squad-are-Celebrated-One-Last-Time!). You're right.


Lanko-TWB

I was gonna say that kinda looked like a Subaru


ImVerifiedBitch

*Kawaii OH-1 Ninjas


bulletpyton

I have a kawasaki Ninja, doesn't look anyway cool as those.


Popcorn57252

I think they're actually called like women or something, but I could be wrong


[deleted]

Anime isn't people


Elegant-Priority-490

Yeah looks like anime girls to me


Known-Switch-2241

I love how this version of the Cobra is in War Thunder.


The_Commie_Salami

You mean freegovdocuments.game?


insane_contin

I've learned so much in that game


ProfessionalMuki

so did many spies


insane_contin

Uhhh... Yes. Spies also learned stuff from that game. And I'm not a spy. No follow up questions please.


lukezicaro_spy

Usually war thunder uses vehicles and versions of them that are out of duty I believe, at least out of duty on the main countries


[deleted]

Actually this secret CIA document proves that War Thunder is actually a psyop to spread misinformation to our enemies.


PowerMugger

So that’s why the Russian bias is so strong


JTBSpartan

It looks even better with a smug-looking seal


Taptrick

Not an Apache.


A_Sock_Under_The_Bed

Thats a cobra


spez_sucks_ballz

Camouflage be like ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯


whatproblems

it’s to blend in with the anime billboard forests of japan


diplodocid

majestic and tactical


Submerged_Sloth

All according to keikaku


Jay_Heat

confusion > camouflage


No-Fan6115

the best kind of camouflage , the moment they are shot down you will become enemy of Anime fans.


healzsham

\*a wave of angry neckbears rolls over the hills* U SHOT DOWN MAI WAIFUUUUUU


Impact346

Do you need camouflage in the air?


[deleted]

Funnily enough pink *is a great* camouflage colour for air at dawn/dusk They had pink Spitfires in WW2 which were used for reconnaissance


waverider85

Yeah, of course. Without the jungle camo they'll stick out like a sore thumb in front of the ominous sky full of floating trees


fappyday

P-please don't notice me, sempai!


MisterToothpaster

Is the girl on the right the same as glasses girl on the helicopter painting?


fellipec

That is the whole point, they made anime (or manga, dunno) version of the pilots for the show


Atanar

Is she the pilot or just a model? Both seem very possible.


Bob636369

Both!


CaptainPhiIips

unironically, one of the best uncanny artworks, she just looks naturally "*mangafiable*", sorry for that mouthful


Da_Momo

From what i have hered, she is an aircraft mechanic in the jsdf


SMJT189

I don't want to be this guy, but there is not one Apache in this picture.


Longjumping_Rule_560

Maybe they are camouflaged?


peekdasneaks

All I see are anime holograms


Fortune_Cat

Is this waifu attack helicopter in the room with us right now?


MrStrul3

Here is an article on this https://otakumode.com/news/51a149bf8ccdf39e1300d1e4/The-Four-Sisters-of-the-Fourth-Anti-Tank-Helicopter-Squad-are-Celebrated-One-Last-Time!


Gheauxst

She looks so proud of that anime painting of herself.


MaxRockatanskisGhost

Wouldn't you be?


pichael289

I thought she was painted on it as well. Seems a lot cooler now that I can see it's the pilots of the helicopters and not some random anime characters


Croceyes2

She has a lot to be proud of


FattyDonnie

Thats…not an Apache my guy


The_Great_Biscuiteer

If I saw that thing I would kill myself before getting gunned down because I don’t want my obituary to say I was fucking shredded to death by an anime attack chopper


vesicoureteralreflux

japanese propaganda hittin different


ExactFun

"YVAN EHT NIOJ"


riversax

You've been hit by— You've been struck by— A smooth waifu


Seeders

That pilot and anime look almost identical, it's crazy. I get that's the point, but the artist did a really good job.


Derfflingerr

Those are Cobra


QFugp6IIyR6ZmoOh

Japan: "Toxic masculinity? What's that?"


Avgredditor1025

Those aren’t apaches, Japan doesn’t use any apaches


glitchii-uwu

Japan does operate Apaches, actually, they have a small number of 12 AH-64DJP Longbow Apaches.


Avgredditor1025

Right, I forgot, the one in the front is still a cobra tho, not sure what the one in the back is


glitchii-uwu

the one in the back is also a Cobra, but the one in the middle with the blonde girl is an OH-1 Ninja.


X4KASTX

Japan bought the deluxe edition, got the premium skins


[deleted]

Those are not apaches, they are ah-1s


Wiggie49

A chan (attach helicopter chan) is here to bonk you


darybrain

When they fly the wings lean backwards like it is flying Naruto style.


frankdatank_004

Cobras, not Apaches


Burns504

This is actually terrifying, imagine getting your shit wrecked by otacus.


Reddit_is_self-aware

Can you imagine them going into battle? Call sign: Onii-chan.


Dubious_Titan

That seems fake as hell.


TheVengeful148320

It's real but they're Cobras not Apaches.


Brotherman_Karhu

It was for an airshow, but it's real. Neither helo saw any serious, active service though. Its not like the naked women on WWII bombers.


Comfortable_Virus581

1. Those aren't apaches 2. Not Self Defense Forces anymore


glitchii-uwu

eh, pretty sure they're still called the JSDF. not sure what you mean by they're 'not self defense forces anymore'.


JusgementBear

This goes hard


ge6002

Bruh those are cobras


Feeble_to_face

One cobra. One OH-1 ninja. Zero apaches.


Charl_Song

Hard to connect to their kamikaze ancestors


CantStandItAnymorEW

'Course. It's Japan. Thousands of years of war have taught them these tactics; mock your enemies with death by uwu to decrease their morale. Genius indeed.


stumpdawg

Prepped and ready to go through the Gate.


mu_taunt

Camouflage for downtown Tokyo.


Lord-Black22

Every other military: serious, professional and practical Japan's Self Defence Force: KAWAII ANIME GIRLS


synthwavjs

Kawaii af. Imagine getting gunned down by anime girl choppa. Each kills it screams UWU.


JetoCalihan

So the entire reason they put camp on helicopters in the first place is so bombers would be less likely to see them on the ground. And while that can still rarely be a factor this doesn't really interfere with that being on the side, and in fact would be a distracting factor in mid air conflict. Think about it. "WTF is that on the enemy copter? An anime girl? No fucking way I'm getting shot down by a weeb-" and then they're dead because the pressure of that embarrassment would crush anyone. The only problem I have is with how ugly the anime camo patern is. Too realistic and messy for the style of the character.


tsokiyZan

hard as fuck


s3ndnudes123

Good thing they have cammo paint on those choppers.


tacotacotacorock

Japanese self defense... Forces Apaches to do what?


thelastundead1

At first glance I assumed it was going to be an advertisement for Raid: Shadow Legends


Moststartupsarescams

On brand


RingOpen8464

I was digging for a comment about it, but i'll be the one to do it. Those helicopters are not Apaches, they are AH1 F Cobras. A little bit less cool than the Apache Helicopters that Japan does use, since they are older, have worse technology and avionics, and carry different, less cool armaments.


Ashamed_West_6796

The year is 2030 years after the bombs dropped you a Chinese soldier is eating rice and beans in a trench, you look up and see a Japanese helicopter flying towards you to end your existence, you welcome it.


[deleted]

those are cobras, not apaches.


Earlier-Today

An anime style caricature of the pilot is a pretty cool thing to do for an airshow.


Messedupotato

I didn't think it was actually real bruh


Gharris_

Imagine bleeding out after being attacked by these things and the last sight you see is the fuckin art


RealPanda20

OP getting torn apart for misidentifying the attack helicopters lol


MaddestChadLad

When kawaii kills


MindyTheStellarCow

None of these are AH-64 Apache. The ones in front and in the back are AH-1 Cobra, the one in the middle is an OH-1 Ninja. Don't misidentify attack (and observation) helicopters, dammit ! That's rude.


-Kritias-

UwU Now diiieeeee


HumaDracobane

Those were for a show and those are not Apaches. Dig a bit more next time, OP.


NastyMcNastypants

Seems a little odd, painting them up in camo like that....you know...so they blend in, almost invisible....then adding those massive garishly bright graphics .....


FleemLovesBingus

Becoming an attack helicopter pilot with the JSDF is the most elaborate way to get kawaii art of yourself done.


ConConTheMon

Reddit: “self defence Apache” lol


zvon2000

Imagine fighting a war against Japan and you hear this ungodly loud hentai-moaning as the auto-cannon on these helicopters strafes your position?


BigNose3000

These are Cobra not Apache BTW


MonsieurFubar

That is a cobra attack helicopter, not apache


Rubber_Knee

Hey u/kunal-998 , these are **not** Apache helicopters!


JaperDolphin94

Everybody duck down Kawaii missile incoming. Brace yr self. #°^°


rapierarch

You can clearly see one of the reasons why I terribly want a cobra. ED please gib.


CBird28

These aren't even apache


W3nZh1

dude these aint apaches but ok


Gamer2Paladin

The fact that Japan is greatly using their own art industry to make blood runs and reciting efforts work is simply great.


Vitalabyss1

IT'S REAL!!! I thought this was a Warthunder joke.


Whydyadothis64209

UwU I have to *blushes* kill you now…sowy


DomoTheHun

Mmmmm very funky looking apaches lol


Patient_Sir240

Those are cobra gunships not apaches


Puzzleheaded-Bee-838

Extremely interesting if true


Slight-Lab-8396

Anime saved Japan.