Fenris
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Appears to be an example of effective use of cluster rounds
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50 minutes ago, dan/california said:
The three day SMO has become the voyage of the D#%^&*d
You don't say. This clip stood out to me today re the futility of RU efforts. The way it pans up at the end to render the victim alone and invisible is pretty sad (with the sound off). If only the population of RU could see it too.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1716574212477849646
Note, the clip shows a man being (probably) fatally wounded.
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Pretty impressive counter battery work of a sort - track a GRAD to it's base. Then destroy everything that's there - vehicles, ammo, personnel.
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Won't it be all nigh impossible to provide any kind of significant levels of supply going over the river though? It is still a real river this far down right?
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Almost looks like a Stuart
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Kevin is that you?
Re the forever war comment I think there's a couple of points that make this quite different to previous interventions.
- Ukraine wants the help it's receiving and wants western partners to be involved.
- This time russia is directly involved and not sitting safely behind a proxy.
- Diminishing russia's ability to be a general pain the *** on the world stage is a big win for everyone (except russia).
- Better to spend treasure than your own servicemen's lives
And those are just the obvious ones.
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20 minutes ago, Pete Wenman said:
Heh, the details paint a slightly different picture IMO. I don't think the MoD was actually wrong. The 25th CAA was established a couple of months ago and wasn't due to finish it's training until December IIRC... So this reserve has only just been raised and did not exist at the start of the offensive.
I'm hopeful this means their usefulness is quite limited.
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Is this a Striker with the mine-roller? Needs some new tires. Also shows 3 Marders (set to an annoyingly loud musical accompaniment). I think these are operating towards Verbove, see post above.
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One of the major advantages of western/NATO-supplied IFVs has been their crew survivability, as seen here.
East of Robotyne, a German-supplied Marder 1A3 in Ukrainian service is hit by a Russian ATGM, with the vehicle remaining intact and the entire mounted Ukrainian infantry team successfully exfiltrating into a nearby Ukrainian-held treeline.
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Interesting. These quotes from the start and end of ISW's report from the 24th are more restrained than the tweet from Mr Barros above, even though his name is on the same report.
QuoteISW is providing an assessment of a very dynamic situation in the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive near Orikhiv in western Zaporizhia Oblast. ISW emphasizes that the situation remains dynamic and unclear and that the tactical situation is likely changing rapidly. It is too early to forecast if Ukrainian forces will achieve an operational breakthrough in this sector of the front.
QuoteThe Ukrainian counteroffensive is in an extremely dynamic phase and ISW is not prepared to offer any confident forecast of events despite recent positive indicators. Recent promising reports of Ukrainian tactical progress, including breaking through some Russian field fortifications, in the Orikhiv area should not be read as a guarantee that Ukraine is on the cusp of a significant operational success. Observers should be patient with Ukraine's campaign design and should expect Ukraine’s counteroffensive to continue through winter 2023 and into spring 2024. Ukraine does not need to achieve a sudden and dramatic deep penetration to achieve success.
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ISW today does a lot of hedging it's bets on how things are going. Quite a bit of evidence given of a deteriorating defensive situation around the salient but no definitive statement yet.
Worth a read.
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I keep seeing this. Why do the Leo's drive around with their turrets pointing to the rear?
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Looking to the board's hive mind for insights re cluster ammo...
Any way to change the spread on the cluster rounds - seems they spread a bit too wide most times or do the bomblets have enough shrapnel to cover the area inside the ring? Is the wide spread because they were designed to be fired en masse rather than quite accurate, single tube like we're seeing now?
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Like my previous posts in the past 24hrs, reading these twitter feeds, the mind really does boggle.
QuoteRussians shooting Ukrainian FPV drones that failed to explode (at point blank range). And they explode.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1704185392428146849
And a couple posts down the same feed
QuoteIdentities of Russian soldiers who blew themselves up by a grenade during a drinking party in Voronezh region:
-Major Nikolai Kuznetsov, deputy commander of military unit 11741;
-Major Evgeniy Tkach, commander of the engineer battalion of the same unit;
-Private Alexander Semenchenkohttps://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1704130430126174315
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QuoteFor this Russian occupier from the 76th VDV Division's special purpose company, Ivan Akhtyrsky, who died in Ukraine in January, his fellow servicemen created this personal "Hero's corner", for some reason, with a weird bed and even a pillow, protected by some gorgeous red and gold fence
It is said that this corner is located at the division's base/hqs.
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Just posted (pretty blurry and hard to see what's really going on)
QuoteNotable development. After weeks of mostly small-scale dismounted infantry assaults, it looks like Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade is assaulting with armor again towards Verbove past the anti-tank obstacle line with Strykers, Marders, and MaxxPro MRAPs.
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Hromadske report with vision, interviews of life in a UKR artillery unit. UKR to ENG auto-translate works with this one.
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53 minutes ago, billbindc said:
I feel like we should be celebrating more that Kadyrov is very likely dead.
Anyone have an insight on what happens in Chechnya if he does go?
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Unbelievable.
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More re Sevastopol strike - geo-locating is suggesting it's the dry dock that's been hit (may be too good to be true - wait and see).
Edit - Check this twit for more pics and explosions
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love
Edit 2 - Claims to be
QuoteRussian Ropucha-class LST on fire in the Sevastopol drydock
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Shipyard on fire in Sevastopol post Ukrainian strike
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6 minutes ago, dan/california said:
The VDV doesn't much like being on the receiving end. Hopefully the ones getting an introduction to JDAMS and 155 DPICM on the southern front right now comprise the end of Russia's competent reserves.
I saw this posted but am unsure which side is being bombed - seeing as it was posted on two pro-UKR we can probably assume it's the russians copping it. Post also doesn't specify that these are air strikes but they look like it to me.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
Posted · Edited by Fenris
Seen these? Difficult to really see the outcome, obviously damage was done to a fairly large RU formation. Lots of riders visible at the 0:15.
More destroyed vehicles.