Fenris
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Footage from infantryman with 3rd Assault near Avdiivka. English subs work. They end up having to pull out after being hit by mortar fire, sounds painful but hopefully not too bad, they manage to get out on their feet. Interesting ~6:30 mark to see co-ordination of command, recon and FPV operator to attack the mortar position.
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Clip showing efforts to protect a mine breaching tank
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55 minutes ago, dan/california said:
In particular the gun can respond to close targets far faster than anything else. Say you are in the process of stopping and boarding a freighter of unknown provenance/registration/intentions, having a fast firing five inch gun pointed directly at the bridge of said freighter is a extremely good guarantee of the ships behavior unless the people on the bridge are suicidal. Furthermore the boom the five inch makes is unlikely to damage your own ship if it detonates a kilometer or two away.
FWIW - I seem to recall reading the AU frigates that went over during Desert Storm (can't remember which) were considered quite useful because they had a deck gun able to do fire missions for troops on the ground. A ship though has a whole tool kit of weapons so I think it's quite obviously a useful capability in that context.
On land, I tend to agree with @Kinophile, on the proviso that there's ammunition this conflict has shown mobile artillery is in the ascendancy (edit compared MBTs). I wouldn't be surprised to eventually see the traditional direct fire MBT's becoming short to medium range precision, indirect platforms with armour and jamming to help them survive being closer to the front. More traditional tube artillery will become wheeled because it's affordable and mobility seems to be better for survival than armour at this stage.
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Another area of development with this conflict - new ways to strike strategically
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4 hours ago, Haiduk said:
Turtle-tank %)
Noel has some close up vision of it - second clip.
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Are they running low on BMPs I wonder or perhaps they feel the BMP isn't up to the task any longer.
Putting all your eggs in one basket says to me those units are missing something (including common sense).
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Latest 3rd Assault Brigade video. Can turn on English subs.
With a bit of a recruitment pitch at the end.
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Some good vision here of Challenger 2 on the training range. Includes an example of one of the things that the reporter says is an issue fielding this vehicle in Ukraine when it gets bogged in a ditch. He comments at the end re mobility and maintenance being the main problems they've been facing.
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A good rebuttal of RU's alternate world view by a Polish minister at the UN
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Footage of a desperate attempt of the crew of "Sergey Kotov" patrol boat to avoid demilitarisation by Ukrainian unmanned surface drones in the Black Sea. The ship sank as a result of the strikes.
This clip is from a civilian ship that was nearby. They spot one of the drones trailing the patrol boat before the clip ends.
Another clip, this time it shows what I'm guessing is the first impact
Apologies if this has been posted up thread.
Seeing the tail chase etc makes me wonder whether the ye olde smoke dischargers would help. If the crew has been alerted, at least to make more difficult for the drone pilot to see what/where he's hitting, or don't modern boats have smoke anymore? Have wondered the same with AFV's, the T series can dump smoke can't it? Dump smoke and hide inside, at least make it more difficult for an FPV to hit the rear turret.
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I like to think that the CO of a NATO/Western unit wouldn't have put his men in that situation in the first place. Still, with so many variables, things go sideways all the time. The UKR SOF raid the other day that was wiped out on the beach is another example. Training and experience can mitigate some of the risk but there is still some risk and sometimes fate is cruel.
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3 hours ago, Harmon Rabb said:
A video and some images near Avdiivka.
Passing multiple burnt out hulks of other BTR's should have told them something.
I guess not.
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Am thinking it clipped the curb.
Too bad it didn't spontaneously combust.
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Clown show.
QuoteSochi. The Pantsir S-1 air defense missile system did not fit into the turn.
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Opinion piece from Mick Ryan. Site is paywalled but I think you get the first few page views free. Doesn't really say anything new for people like us, it's in one of the most read news papers here so is more for the average Joe rather than for war nerd Joe's on the CM forums.
QuoteTwo years on, Ukraine’s moral courage shames fickle West
The Ukrainian people have seen off these threats. They have demonstrated the resilience, creativity, courage and sacrifice inherent in a mature, sovereign polity. But, most crucially, the people of Ukraine have demonstrated will. It is the kind of will that many Western nations, with their short attention spans and avoidance of personal and political risk, appear to have in short supply.
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Drone footage of two HIMARS strikes against groups of infantry. Can clearly see the splash of the ball bearings on the second one. It's not gory but is graphic how the effects are clearly visible.
Local defence in Kreminna forest. Interesting as shows night time use of de-mining charges at the start. Although unclear how it relates to the following day time footage, am guessing the RU infantry were trying infiltration.
So can UKR have ATACMS now? Have seen this posted elsewhere as well with claims of various types on Iranian missiles involved.
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So, anyway.... RU still on the attack. Footage of successful local defence west of Avdiivka.
And the same near Vuhledar
UKR unable to strike RU as they form up
Looks like UKR still have some arty ammo available around Robotyne though
And Krynky has fallen! Apparently.
More on why the above is doing the rounds
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6 minutes ago, The_MonkeyKing said:
5 "claimed"
But yeah, someting is up. Ukraine surging air defence after Russia has started surgeing its air power.
I would think they're helping to cover to the retreat, yeah.
Might also be the Sukhoi's are coming closer as their targets move away.
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Is the timing of the satellite weapons flap perhaps designed to help get the US funding through?
Cui bono and all that.
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35 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
Bilohorivka, Luhansk oblast. Drone unit 'Black Ravens" of 81st airmobile brigade finishes off anandoned and damaged Russian BMPs near the village
I wonder if that khaki coloured box with antenna attached to the back of the vehicle is a new drone jammer.
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Interesting thread with some nice maps re Kupiansk during late Jan 24
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I remember seeing that incident last year. He runs into the their hole, unarmed looking like he's surrendering or maybe protecting his head(?) Obviously confused, he stops for a moment, then runs back out of the UKR hole and into another trench a few meters away. And I think that's where he's killed.
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Two Ukrainian M142 HIMARS on an Antonov An-124-100 arrived at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania, likely for repairs. One of the HIMARS has shraphnel damage on one side, although minor. The other seems to have hit a mine and sustained a lot more damage.
The footage was uploaded 19 hours ago, so likely recent.
Unloading starts are ~5 minute mark. There's also a youtube link to the footage - https://youtu.be/5gVRSoPM1mY
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This just popped up. Haven't read the details yet.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
Posted · Edited by Fenris
It's being called the blyatmobile, saying under the turtle shell armour it's all EW equipment. A new type of AFV is born?
Similarly, something that looks like a bat-sub being developed