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Back in normal times it was often said Russia's economy was roughly on par with Italy's. Imagine Italy trying to wage a two year near-peer full scale war of aggression on a neighbor. Their labor and industrial resources would be exhausted by now too.

Back in normal times it was often said Russia's economy was roughly on par with Italy's. Imagine Italy trying to wage a two year near-peer full scale war of aggression on a neighbor. Their labor and industrial resources would be exhausted by now too.

Back in normal times it was often said Russia's economy was roughly on par with Italy's. Imagine Italy trying to wage a two year near-peer full scale war of aggression on a neighbor. Their labor and industrial resources would be exhausted by now too.

Back in normal times it was often said Russia's economy was roughly on par with Italy's. Imagine Italy trying to wage a two year near-peer full scale war of aggression on a neighbor. Their labor and industrial resources would be exhausted by now too.

Back in normal times it was often said Russia's economy was roughly on par with Italy's. Imagine Italy trying to wage a two year near-peer full scale war of aggression on a neighbor. Their labor and industrial resources would be exhausted by now too.

Back in normal times it was often said Russia's economy was roughly on par with Italy's. Imagine Italy trying to wage a two year near-peer full scale war of aggression on a neighbor. Their labor and industrial resources would be exhausted by now too.

Back in normal times it was often said Russia's economy was roughly on par with Italy's. Imagine Italy trying to wage a two year near-peer full scale war of aggression on a neighbor. Their labor and industrial resources would be exhausted by now too.

This is simply the Wall Street Journal shilling for Trump, trying to keep last EDIT(generation) non MAGA Republicans in side. It is wishful thinking that after selecting Vance as VP that Trump would do anything other than throw Ukraine to the wolves, or rather bears, actually.
 

SWARM WARS. I'd hate the be the rage safety officer at that anti-drone demonstration. Firing in all directions with various calibers at high angles. There's no telling where the rounds will eventually land.

SWARM WARS. I'd hate the be the rage safety officer at that anti-drone demonstration. Firing in all directions with various calibers at high angles. There's no telling where the rounds will eventually land.

You are aware of this:

Everyone here knows this, right? Right?
I can confirm this story
"Atomziel" - "target for nuclear attack". Isn't German beautiful?

Here's a fun exercise.
Check your real world area in Google Earth and measure out how far 900m really is. Then go to Street View to check what you can actually see from that spot. For the example I randomly picked the German town of Linnich. I tried this for downtown Boston awhile ago and much beyond 180m you lose your 'target' in all the clutter.
In-game if you've got lots of experienced eyeballs all in the chain of command things are going to get spotted pretty quick. If you've got individuals out of the command loop things will take more time.
Oh, and I just checked. That 'Erosclub' in the lower right corner of the overhead is indeed a strip joint.
 

FPS game players who are stymied by a non FPS game. CM was recently voted the 'best wargame' (I forget the real title) but its not Ghost Recon so they don't know how to play it.

FPS game players who are stymied by a non FPS game. CM was recently voted the 'best wargame' (I forget the real title) but its not Ghost Recon so they don't know how to play it.

The drone argument seems to have come to the conclusion that 'Well, warfighting is now impossible, no more war'. Except that wars are not over by a long shot. The wars in Somalia and Sudan are not over. The war in Israel isn't over, the war in Myanmar isn't over. We need to define our terms better. What sort of war in now impossible? May I suggest near-peer large scale long duration mechanized combat. But how many wars fall under that definition?

The drone argument seems to have come to the conclusion that 'Well, warfighting is now impossible, no more war'. Except that wars are not over by a long shot. The wars in Somalia and Sudan are not over. The war in Israel isn't over, the war in Myanmar isn't over. We need to define our terms better. What sort of war in now impossible? May I suggest near-peer large scale long duration mechanized combat. But how many wars fall under that definition?

The drone argument seems to have come to the conclusion that 'Well, warfighting is now impossible, no more war'. Except that wars are not over by a long shot. The wars in Somalia and Sudan are not over. The war in Israel isn't over, the war in Myanmar isn't over. We need to define our terms better. What sort of war in now impossible? May I suggest near-peer large scale long duration mechanized combat. But how many wars fall under that definition?

More like an Israeli Namer than a Bradley.

The Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648, covering much of what is now modern Germany, resulted in upwards to 8 million deaths out of a population of roughly 18 million. I just bring this up to illustrate that war, by its nature, is horrifically destructive and cruel, often on a scale we can scarcely imagine. Or we couldn't imagine before that start of the current Ukraine war.

I learned from playing King Tigers in the WWII titles that no matter how well protected you think you are its best to play your tanks as though they're fragile. Because you're bound to get a mobility kill or gun damage or optics kill or a lucky penetration at the most inconvenient moment.

It should also be noted M1A1 HA doesn't seem to have the same level of protection as M1A2. I can't quantify it, I've got no stats, but I remember in-game M1A1 getting more frequent penetrations.

In 2021 the Pentagon drafted a proposal for a replacement for the 50+ year old TOW. They're hoping for 10+km range, non-LOS launch and 'cooperative engagement' (whatever that means). Their specs seemed futuristic at the time, now it just sounds like a bog standard suicide drone. But fired out of a TOW launch tube (their mandated specs.)

I learned from playing King Tigers in the WWII titles that no matter how well protected you think you are its best to play your tanks as though they're fragile. Because you're bound to get a mobility kill or gun damage or optics kill or a lucky penetration at the most inconvenient moment.

Well, that's ironic. A Korean series I watched mentioned North Korea shipping orphan children to East Germany to work in the coal mines in the early 60s. I just looked it up, a documentary on the topic aired in 2020.

I learned from playing King Tigers in the WWII titles that no matter how well protected you think you are its best to play your tanks as though they're fragile. Because you're bound to get a mobility kill or gun damage or optics kill or a lucky penetration at the most inconvenient moment.