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U.S. Military Equipment Gets a Side-by-Side Size Comparison in This Genius Clip

The military isn't playing fair: even though we know all too well that war is bad, we still play action shooters, we still go crazy over military equipment, and we still secretly wish we could get the chance to shoot a really big gun at something.
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These war machines exert an unexplainable attraction force over most of us that is stronger than our brain's ability to reason. It could be that fighting is so deeply entrenched in our subconscious that we can't seem to do anything about it. At least not without consuming a great deal of energy and considerable amounts of willpower.

That's why we know way too many names of military vehicles and equipment, things we've never touched or even seen in real life. Knowing these things doesn't benefit us in any way, and yet our brain chooses to remember the name of an attack helicopter instead of our wedding anniversary. Whoa, speaking of fighting, there's one good reason right there to go to war.

The U.S. military has plenty of nice gadgets to play with, and thanks to Hollywood and the video games industry, we're pretty familiar with most of them. Still, even though their general dimensions are one of the few things made public, we've never been able to realize just how they stack up one next to the other. This animated video uses 3D renderings to do just that, starting with a .45 caliber bullet and ending with a Gerald R. Ford-Class aircraft carrier.

There are a few surprises to be had here, one being the CH-47 Chinook, which is just humongous, or the Ohio-Class submarine that measures 170 meters (558 feet) in length. The author of this video - Alvaro Gracia Montoya - very cleverly placed an M1 Abrams right next to it, so that we can get a better look. It only takes two minutes, and if you're a warfare equipment fan, it might help put some things more accurately into perspective.

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"Boy meets car, boy loves car, boy gets journalism degree and starts job writing and editing at a car magazine" - 5/5. (Vlad Mitrache if he was a movie)
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