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  1. I don't think a flechette round is going to do anything that your basic 5.56/7.62 isn't- the problem looks more like drones are very difficult to hit, rather than current ammunition doesn't do enough damage. It's got me wondering though- how big do jammers need to be to be effective? Could you stick one inside a 40mm grenade with a parachute and bloop them off into the sky a la instant EW barrage balloons?
  2. I'm surprised no-one's tried fitting an ASROC to a maritime drone yet. Nothing like extending the range of a torpedo another 20km by jamming a rocket up it's arse and firing it into the air.
  3. I don't remember seeing Abrams yet: Hard to tell exactly what's doing the fighting later on in the video- or if it's Abrams shooting at stuff- but it looks a lot like Abrams in CMBS shooting straight through things.
  4. Nothing like flying drones inside buildings:
  5. [Edit: Ok, I missed that this popped up earlier in thread. But hey, looks like that video got deleted so at least there's a link again.] Back to the Tactical problem- this is apparently from a foreign volunteer unit, so plenty of English being spoken. Clearing trenches, kamikaze drones, and at 7:50 some absolute mind-boggling insanity. Seriously, that's the craziest thing I think I've seen so far.
  6. To chip in on the WW1 front- The interplay of tactics on both sides is important. The only reason the Germans could suceed with infiltration tactics in 1918 was because the Allies were reorganising to dispersed defence in depth. Infiltration attacks in 1915-17 would have found no gaps to exploit... hence the Allies doubled down on the scripted set piece. And that's to some definition of 'suceed'. There were plenty of German infiltration type attacks in the Spring Offensive that were massacred to no effect. But anyway, back to the war in Ukraine... I'm sure we'll see the same dynamic.
  7. @The_Capt Not focused entirely in on Ukraine, but what John Antal thinks:
  8. I think 70km the other side of Belgorod means this is either some very ballsy SF with MANPADS or- more likely- the kind of SAM raid we've already seen a few times. Roll a Patriot further forward than normal, light up a juicy target, bug out. Just an exercise in extending threat into areas the Russians think are safe. Last week it was a Mainstay, this week it was Il-76.
  9. Complete and utter failure is a bit harsh- the defenders lost 400,000 men and voluntarily abandoned the whole area because they believed it was untenable. There's an interesting perspective element here though re the current the conflict- who won the Battle of Sievierodonetsk? The side that got punished the most or the side that was evicted? A pyrrhic victory is still a victory... right? Unless it's the other side.
  10. Reputed reasoning for that chunky fire in St. Petersburg: the company has been forcing employees to join up and the employees have had enough. This sounds so amazingly corrosive, in so many ways.
  11. 0:35 DPICM at night on Russian column: Hard to tell how much DPICM that is- definitely a couple of rounds- but looks like a good demonstration of the psychological effect. That assault group seems to disintegrate almost immediately.
  12. I love that website. It's always a good wake up call as to the limits of nuclear weapons- as in this case.
  13. The only reasonable way to flood to tunnels is to pump seawater in, chances are that'll get into the aquifer and that's er, not great for Gaza's drinking water.
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