Negating the effectiveness of water cannon.

one wonders, paranoid like, about snoopers.

If he can lob a breeze block that far with effect he should be in the Olympics. Bogus bollocks.

1 its a wide angle lens making him look further away than he is
2 he appears to be lifting his right leg so may well be walking or running forwards

It's a breeze block. Hardly heavy.

What's actually happened is that the breeze block has been hurled from some sort of ad-hoc mortar arrangement at the truck, has smashed its windscreen, and cannoned off.

The heroic young man in the centre of the picture has then caught the rebounding missile, preventing a dreadful tragedy as he's standing directly in front of a row of prams and pushchairs (just out of picture).

Who said that he can? Beyond you i mean.

Depends on what type of block. They're not all concrete.

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The priority would have to be finding out where they store them and disable them en route. Once deployed they will have an escort of infantry and be near impossible to attack.

prior to the protest they'll be kept fairly secure, but immediately before deployment they'll probably be kept in reserve around 2-3 blocks from the likely site of the main kettle on a side street probably near to the main mobile command unit (if one is being deployed).

Looking at this photo you can see how it might be used, a bit like a tank with the infantry following



You can see the pig coming in on the right waving his stick in the air

the radiator grilles look quite vulnerable on that model..

The protester in the stripy tee-shirt looks like he's rather enjoying his shower.

A group of people sat down on the right a little bit in front of me and the gardai used the opportunity to batter them. There were quite a few broken bones. It goes without saying that they were hitting those who were on their feet as well, but the whacking tempo was upped considerably when people sat down and did that hands in the air thing.

Someone had the foresight to bring a bucket which he used to catch water from the cannon and chuck it at the coppers.

Isn't that a Celtic shirt?

Or Shamrock Rovers, the evil ones.

lol

I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt (not sectarian, btw, I think Rangers are monkey-rapists, too).

Yup.

Admirable.

I think TC was right when he said paint and glue, put them in 'pump action' water pistols and get the screens. Brave types could also try to disable any window wipers they have, BUT if we are lucky the window wipers will smear the paint all over the window FOR us... I've seen pigs wiping the paint off riot helmet visors only to smear it more effectively

Look this, the water cannon have been defeated


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You'd think it could put out its own fire.

That is an excellent and inventive defence!

Overturning one of these will be pretty tricky. The crowd has to isolate it from the infantry for a start. Also the ones in the UK pictures look bigger and therefore heavier - especially when their water tanks are full.
I'm another vote for sticky paint.

Why wait for them to be deployed? They're garaged somewhere, and no depot is without its weaknesses.

DIY stingers.

I can't believe I said 'garaged'. I feel dirty.