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[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I was hoping they'd mention in the article but they didn't, what the hell is that orange propane tank looking thing with wires sticking out of the top right in front of her?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm Iranian, I know those. Many years ago, before gas lines were widespread we bought gas for cooking and heating in those kinds of canisters. You can still find them in use in many places, especially if used with a cooking valve top it is a great portable cooking station for vacations

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

https://demotywatory.pl/uploads/201802/1517690074_tj5ypg_fb_plus.jpg

This is the biggest copy of this image I could find online, I'm familiar with similar camping stoves, and the bit coming out of the top doesn't look like the attachment for cooking. Possibly for refilling? What an odd thing to pose with though, they look like that meme of US cops standing around that table with a bowl, like 3.5g of weed, and like $24.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Old style stovetop

We used to hook something like this to those, back in the old days

There are also these, which hook directly intp the canister valve:

There are also other utilities for these, like heating and even gas powered lamps! Very useful for camping, even tho they're pretty heavy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

This is widespread culture in the IDF.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Container color is typically decided by the manufacturer, but in this case, it is probably medical and is most likely oxygen. Or it’s none of those and it’s just a regular propane tank and they thought it would be cool or something.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Googling “orange compressed gas cylinder” gave me results for both oxygen cylinders and propane canisters, so in this case probably propane. The implication is probably meant to be that it’s a bomb, but it’s hard to tell anything conclusively from this photo. The extra bits on top could just be an apparatus for refilling smaller containers, like for camp stoves or something.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh like they “caught them with a bomb” or something? That makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Sprinkle a little ~~crack~~ hastily manufactured fake 'IED' on them and call it a day.

Seems about as plausible as the FSB planting and showcasing the Sims 3 in a staged Ukrainian 'bust' rather than SIMs x3.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, it doesn't look like any o2 tanks I'm familiar with nor does it appear to have any masks or anything that would indicate to me it is for medical use. Whatever it is it looks really out of place, is this in a medical facility? It almost looks like a school or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Canisters vary by country, use and manufacturer. And it could be a school indeed. But, medical supplies would realistically be around military and hostages. I’m just guessing at this point, it’s a strange item to see on the floor in front of a hostage. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Let's say it is an IED

Does that now make the photo acceptable?