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Based on the way Russia is performing 200-300 Abrams would be more than enough to take care of Russia. Just add a little air support and some covering infantry and you're good to go.

That Lt. Colonel was right when asked if he thinks they could go home again under the current regime when he said "I doubt it". Putin would have all 3 of the shot or at the very least spend the rest of their lives in a Siberian gulag.

This was just on Fox News: Financial services companies Visa and Mastercard announced Saturday they are suspending business in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. "Effective immediately, Visa will work with its clients and partners within Russia to cease all Visa transactions over the coming days," Visa said in a press release. "Once complete, all transactions initiated with Visa cards issued in Russia will no longer work outside the country and any Visa cards issued by financial institutions outside of Russia will no longer work within the Russian Federation." Mastercard effectively said the same thing.

Russia seems to be the main supplier of heavy armament to the Ukrainians with all their abandoned and captured equipment.

So I guess in the next module for Black Sea we'll be seeing tractors.

I wonder how many countries have covert teams in there doing things we won't read about until 10 - 15 years from now if ever. I'm pretty sure Poland does along with the US, Britain and maybe Israel. Any others?

There is plenty of variety in the terrain especially in those that take place in Poland and on the Polish/German border. Once you bet the game bundle there are I think around 128 or so Quick Battle maps of all kinds of terrain from city to forests to rolling hills...etc. Type in "Combat Mission Red Thunder" on Youtube and you will find a lot more than a few videos on it. A lot of people are focused on the Cold War game and now with the Ukraine war the Black Sea game is getting a lot of interest. There are still RT scenarios being developed and an updated Battle Pack for RT will be released later this year. Red Thunder is more popular than you think.

I don't know if this has been reported here but a top Russian general was killed by a sniper Wednesday: https://extra.ie/2022/03/03/news/world-news/top-russian-general-killed-by-ukrainian-sniper-as-conflict-continues

Here's an article about the tires the Russians are using and may be part of the problem of that stalled convoy. They're cheap Chinese tires and not maintained. https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1010857/how-cheap-chinese-tires-might-explain-russias-stalled-40-mile-long

Isn't that worth about a dollar fifty now...

I think the Ukrainians have enough captured tanks and other AFV's to go behind the lines and really raise havoc as I'm sure the Russians have lost track of what's been destroyed or captured.

So he "planned" to have hundreds of millions of rubles (dollars) in military equipment captured or abandoned.

Defence of Ukraine@DefenceUThe enemy does not go unpunished. Allied artillerymen inflict heavy fire damage, destroying columns and clusters of Russian occupying forces . Ukrainian artillery works as always clearly, accurately and as efficiently as possible.0:0365K views5:18 AM · Mar 3, 2022 ·Twitter for iPhone599 Retweets49 Quote Tweets3,258 Likes

Sometimes the bigger ones are better as they force you to take your time, or at least should. Take your time with the game. No need to hurry through. Look over the battlefield, get down to ground level to get a good idea of the terrain and plan your moves. It takes time and practice, usually lots of both...

Saw this on the Defcon Level Warning System site: " There are reports circulating around British news agencies that appear to be from one source, that Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved his family members to a Siberian 'underground city' designed to 'survive nuclear war', as well as claims that Putin is suffering from a secret illness. Our intel team tracked the circulating reports down to one person, a political scientist and former professor in Moscow Valery Solovey, who claims that Putin has sent his family to a nuclear bunker in the Altai Mountains. The man has recently allegedly undergone an interrogation for 'claims he made about Putin' according to the British Daily Mail news agency. Solovey is a former professor at the State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He alleges that Putin suffers from medical problems hidden from the Russian public and has taken part in 'secret shamanic rituals' along with his defense minister Sergey Shoigu. As the reports originate from one person, one must be careful about believing such claims wholeheartedly as there are not multiple sources to back up the man's claims that we can see thus far. We will continue monitoring the story and post any further findings if we come upon new information regarding the matter. Taken from Defcon Level Warning System: https://www.defconlevel.com/european-command-news.php#breaking-news"

I think Twitter and social media is helping things from getting worse. If it wasn't for some of this modern technology the Russians would have had no problem of opening fire on some of those unarmed civilian barricades. Nobody wants to be filmed for something that would be used at a war crimes trial.

In regards to some of the talk about the Russians using a tactical nuke...based on the quality or lack of on the conventional forces their nuke personnel may not be much better. If an order was given to launch at a city just to give the Ukrainians an example of what's to come it's a good possibility that the order wouldn't be carried out. That's something we would never know about as it would take place far beyond the borders.

The King Tiger on the left took out 2 T-34/85's with one shot. It went through the upper front of the first one and the bottom front of the second one. I knew the KT was there and was hoping one of the T34's would get it. Obviously it didn't work out.

Saw this reposted on FaceBook:

I wonder if most of the Russian soldiers were under the impression that this would be just an occupation type of incursion and not a shooting war.

Unless there were more tanks on the other side of the building I'd be leaving rather quickly.

On the general population, yes. But apparently not on the politicians in Washington.

I just read that the 810th Russian Marine Brigade mutineed just as they were going to land in Odessa. They asked the Ukrainians not to shell them as they left the bay and went back to Russia. https://www.the-sun.com/news/4795768/russia-mutiny-army-ukraine-vladimir-putin/

I think you're right. Late last year and earlier this year it looked like it was about to break apart.