Mutinous Russian troops ran over their own commander, say western officials

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7. Not outside the realm of possibiliy that they were joking

You know, "What happened to Col. Blimpsky?" "He was in the way, we ran over him with our tank."

It's certainly plausible given a dark sense of humor.

He's been listed as injured in more places than not, maybe he stuck a big foot under a tank tread to get out of the war, although that seems a bit extreme. Maybe he was just clumsy.

Chances are we'll never know.

I remember reports of fragging in Vietnam, they always happened in another unit, buddy told me, heard it in a bar, apocryphal. No one I know has ever owned up to being a distant witness, let alone a perp, not even 50 years down the road.

Chances are we'll never know that, either.