Ales Dvorak

I think it is very safe to say that NATO (and pretty much all western) doctrine is going to need major re-writes after this war.

Exactly
 

You do realize that this is basically the same propaganda that Putin uses?
And that is the seed of how war crimes happen.

Can we please lay off beating on our brother Erwin at this point? I think people made their points on the merits, let's turn down the ad homs.
...For those who forgot life before Feb 2022, he's put a *gigantic* amount of effort into this community.

Haiduk is bored.

Talk to the @SFHand.

My plan is to have this be my only post in this thread... I've known about the thread from day one. I really only have one question about the whole thing.
How can anyone know the truth of the matter?
Yeah, when we invaded Iraq because of WMD's I was one of the ones questioning the decision. I watched in disbelief Colin Powell's address to the UN, the one with the crudely made computer generations of Iraq's supposed mobile WMD labs. Not satellite photos... crudely made computer representations - the lack of no photos was a big tell. I also read all of Hans Blix's report about there being no proof of WMD's and his willingness to keep investigating.
Why was I so skeptical of the US government? I missed the Vietnam draft by 2 years. The Pentagon papers clearly showed those "in command" were lying through their teeth about the state of things. For me, this type of government mendacity erodes trust. Fast forward to Iraq and my saying to a friend during a work break meal as we watched the opening salvo Shock and Awe bombing on TV "I can't believe anyone believes the reasons for this after having gone through Vietnam". My friend's response "Obviously you don't know anyone who lives in New York" (guess where he was from). It was a very enlightening moment about the human condition and yet not enlightening at all about the justifications for the war.
Then there's Russia-gate. You all know it has been thoroughly debunked right? In a court of law no less. See the Durham report. The whole "thing" was plotted by the Clinton campaign. There is also the Inspector General's report (Horowitz) about the FBI, and its head honchos, losing its/their way. When these truths were exposed one NYT reporter commented about the Clinton campaign liars thusly "...they lied and with sanctimony...".
We were told the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation... Trump (who I will never vote for) was called out in a debate with Biden for promoting Russian disinformation by the mainstream media moderator because he mentioned the laptop. The moderator's reasoning: 50 former high ranking intelligence operatives said the laptop bore all the classic hallmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign.
Have you ever wondered why Paul Manafort was tried and convicted for FARA violations while Hunter Biden is given a free pass? Or the fact that Peter Navarro was sentenced to prison for ignoring a congressional subpoena (yanked off an airplane and handcuffed) but Hunter faces no repercussions?
So, we've got the CIA and the FBI running covert ops against the American public in order for form public opinion in their favor. Apparently there is a healthy appetite for wolf attacks these days because no one ever seems to ignore or tire of the boy calling wolf in real life. At this point Regan definitely got it backwards: verify before trusting. 
The essence of a good con is telling the mark what they want to hear. No con can succeed without it.
With this, I am out. I don't expect anyone in this thread to agree with anything I've added to this conversation and I am very much okay with it. I did want to voice my thoughts on the fundamental nature of matter. I hope you all are having a great day/night and enjoying life one day at a time.
 

Looks like author is Tremissis , according to Ian's list.
https://www.combatmission.lesliesoftware.com/BattleForNormandy/Scenarios/index.html

Looks like author is Tremissis , according to Ian's list.
https://www.combatmission.lesliesoftware.com/BattleForNormandy/Scenarios/index.html

Solving the manpower crisis
 

Thank you @JM Stuff and Bootie 😊 
yes, these mods will follow the others made for FI and RT already present on CMMOD 4  (I am submitting the final and improved versions to Bootie compared to those posted on the forums). I still have to do 1 or 2 more German armored vehicles, and improvements before delivering the file to Bootie, towards the end of the month.
New version of Marder II winter snowy and white (from BF.c txtures, 4 versions work on FI and RT)
View:
https://www.mediafire.com/view/u5b9n6ptbrpaj40/Marder_2.jpg/file
Zip:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ldkwdhdho7a0tfn/Marder_II_winter.zip/file

Hummel Winter from Umlaut work and original BF.c textures (6 versions).
View:
https://www.mediafire.com/view/988ambb1pxl76fd/Hummel_winter.jpg/file
Zip:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/wwuujc7bsfls8a6/Hummel_winter.zip/file
 

Winter Sturmtiger (2 versions from bmp BF.c)
View:
https://www.mediafire.com/view/vpq68e4irgx1diu/Sturmtiger_winter.jpg/file
Zip:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/kpesepvpdk4qzep/Sturmtiger_snowy.zip/file
Zip white: 
https://www.mediafire.com/file/fsr8spw0dccgjr1/Sturmtiger_white.zip/file

The Boeing guy in charge of doors just got a job there.

Abandoned ship on a channel being used as a Russian base is so 1960s French spy fiction.

That's from January 2020

If you really wanted Leos why did you not buy some after 2014? I mean - you had EIGHT YEARS! What were you doing, aside from sitting on your thumbs?

Just stop it.  This war would be over in a day if the US and West fully slammed down...and then we would be dealing with the next war right behind it.  In what universe do you imagine Russia quietly skulking back over the border, avoiding all eye contact and gracefully accepting defeat if the West rolled in all the dice?
Should we support Ukraine, absolutely.  Should we fight this war for you, no freakin way.  Don't believe me?  Ok, let's take a look at the last time two nuclear powers got involved in a conventional war...oh wait, there really have not been any.
Closest we ever came was here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts
And this skirmish was within a year of Pakistan becoming a nuclear power (maybe).  So in human experience we have gone to incredible lengths to keep nuclear powers out of direct conventional wars...why do you suppose this is? 
Cut the "West is to cowardly" and "nukes are not a thing" BS because it clearly is an underlying calculation in this war and just because "you think so" is not going to change that.  

If 80%* of the materiel sent over pre-war hadn’t dissappeared in the morass of corruption, maybe more would have arrived on day 1. The reality is that a lot of things went wrong in the run-up to this mess (including pre-2014), and as much as I’d have liked more support to given faster, Ukraine has had missteps on their side too.

*Secondhand, but trustworthy source who was involved pre-war.

Gents, I can try to explain why the decision is like it is and I can give my opinion on what I think b the NATO treaty does or does not oblige an ally to do. If you just want to vent steam and do another round of (irrational) Germany bashing, look for someone else.

Seems like you are prone to making swift and uneducated judgements. The tag says "There's no place to cowards in this world" and the poor guy is in Russian Army uniform yet in Ukrainian warming coverall. If it's not a total set up. If it's authentic it's Wagner hanging his own, they did have brutal rules. So just open Google translate before meting out justice.

Maybe try being more aware as a step to better understanding?  Reviewing your questions, they could be taken as confrontational and not inquisitive.  This is an imperfect communication medium, tone and non-verbal queues are missing.  You may have taken you questions as honest and genuine, well another poster saw them as something else.  You can get all hurt and offended or chalk it up to a miscommunication.

I'm not sure about that. Two days ago I want to hear some more information about Nord Stream and after a few questions I become a lying pro-Ru hypocrite.
Understand better?

I'm not sure about that. Two days ago I want to hear some more information about Nord Stream and after a few questions I become a lying pro-Ru hypocrite.
Understand better?

I'm not sure about that. Two days ago I want to hear some more information about Nord Stream and after a few questions I become a lying pro-Ru hypocrite.
Understand better?