Splinty
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6 minutes ago, akd said:
Looks like TOS-1A, not tank.
My thoughts exactly.
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11 minutes ago, Vet 0369 said:
This was exactly the same format that the U.S. Army used for line maintenance “hints” for the gas turbine engines in tanks and Blackhawk helicopters in the 1980s that I referenced above. I don’t remember what her name was. They used two depictions, one black and one white. It’s really disgraceful that they had to use “comics” to train the soldiers to even maintain their weapons!
Those comics are NOT manuals. EVERYTHING the military does has an associated manual for it. Those "comics" merely contained hints on how to use the system better. My Army units would receive a box of them every few months, but we NEVER used them for training or maintenance. We would use the associated Technical or Field Manual.
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Happy New Year my friends! Slava Ukraine!
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Merry Christmas all! Slava Ukraine!
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26 minutes ago, dan/california said:
Also possible, i haven't frame by framed it. But the pattern of the tracers and the apparent misses in a linear pattern looks a great deal like a couple things we have seen recently that we at least think we know are Bradley 25mm firing at very long range. I freely concede that the video is low quality, and my impression may completely wrong.
Speaking of Bradley's firing at very long range, I have a question for the people on the forum who have actually operated one. Does the U.S. commonly employ the 25mm at very long range in semi indirect fire? Or is this something the Ukrainians are inventing as we watch?
I'm a little out of date here. But in the '80s and early '90s, no we didn't train on semi indirect fires. We always used direct fire on Table VIII, Which was our qualification firing range.
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18 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
Yup, I think we're nearing the point where I put out the "cease and disses" notice. Otherwise, I will impose one upon him. Which would be fitting since he chose to take on the moniker of the only person I can remember having to ban this year for similar behavior.
Steve
I put him on Ignore as soon as I saw his User Name.
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On 12/11/2023 at 12:57 AM, Jarosak said:On 12/11/2023 at 12:41 AM, Jarosak said:
It is good place ( ukraine topic) where so called intelligent people think they know everything and it is also the place where you will not find many of them trust me haha just my observation
What makes you think that? I'm on that thread everyday. I've seen some less than accurate remarks, But no sign of unintelligent remarks that aren't called out by other posters.
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33 minutes ago, Letter from Prague said:
Uh, could someone translate, please?
The RU guys went to the US Dining Facility. As they entered they were required to clear their weapons. A few of them forgot to clear the round from their chambers, and accidently fired said round into the sand filled metal barrel provided for just that purpose. Doing so is frowned upon.
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On 12/2/2023 at 12:10 PM, Centurian52 said:
One could argue that, I but think they'd be wrong. We called everyone who fought against us in Iraq and Afghanistan terrorists because it was fashionable at the time to call everyone we didn't like terrorists. Not because it actually made any sense to characterize their actions as terrorism. For the most part, when they were targeting US or coalition forces, I think it would be far more accurate, and far more consistent with how we treat pre-21st century wars, to characterize them as guerrilla fighters.
Actually the same people who were attacking us in Iraq, were also blowing up gas stations full of civilians lined up waiting for gas, shooting up crowds of students waiting to sign up for school, and/or blowing up busloads of people heading out on a pilgrimage or the Hajj. So although they might be guerillas when they attacked Coalition forces. They were terrorists in every other sense of the word.
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46 minutes ago, Zeleban said:
Wait a minute, who said that the Polish government is considering the possibility of unblocking the borders with Ukraine. Nothing like this. Only strengthening the blockade.
Overall, this is a pretty reasonable solution to keep Poland safe from the millions of Ukrainian refugees who will flee ahead of the advancing Russian troops deep into Ukraine. So I expect that the borders with Poland will remain closed until the fall of Ukraine and the blockade of these borders by Poland will only intensify.
What makes you think the Russians are going to advance "deep into Ukraine"? Their performance so far shows no evidence that Russia will advance more than a few hundred meters before the UA pushes them back.
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1 minute ago, Zeleban said:
Well. I'll be happy to be wrong. But the facts say otherwise. Americans are choosing Trump (I just don’t see any other significant candidates for this post) and this already says a lot
The election isn't for another year. There's NO guarantee Trump will win. He's not even the Republican candidate yet, AND he's still on trial. If he's convicted he can't even run for office.
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11 minutes ago, Zeleban said:
Absolutely. Then the worldview of your ancestors approximately corresponded to the worldview of today's Russians. But look at today's generations of Americans. Do you seriously think that they will die for the French?
I did 20+ years in the US Army. I went to Desert Storm and did 2 tours in Iraq. You have no idea at all about our professionalism and our capabilities. You know even less about Americans and what we will or will not fight for. Drop this stupid argument, and let's get back on topic.
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4 hours ago, Anthony P. said:
You can feel free to develop some fundamental social competence, and I'll bother continuing this with you.
As it is, I don't feel much like wasting time on a frankly rude stranger who seems mainly occupied with arguments of (dubious) authority and putting words in my mouth.
NVM
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6 minutes ago, Zeleban said:
You described the beginning of this war, and now the second part of the war is underway. This is the opinion of many friends. They are not ultra-patriots or nationalists, they are just average Ukrainians and there are a majority of them in our society. If at the beginning of the war they expressed anger towards Russia because of all the troubles that Russia caused them, now it is only apathy, defeatism. They closely followed developments using social networks. The chaos that is now happening in the Ukrainian information space is difficult to describe.
If they are staying home while their nation is fighting for its life, and whining that Ukraine is losing this far into the war. They are cowards. Sorry, but that's the truth.
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2 hours ago, Bulletpoint said:
Well I am ready to admit it if I am wrong. So in your experience, the Coalition tanks were crucial in Desert Storm?
Absolutely. We out ranged the Iraqi T 72Ms by quite a lot and that made all the difference at Medina Ridge. We stopped on a reverse slope and let them have it. 73 Easting was a much closer ranged fight, but the results were the same.
BTW Capt., I agree with you in terms of the tanks effect to cost ratio, I do think that this time the tank's primacy on the battlefield is almost over.
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14 minutes ago, Bulletpoint said:
I think they were sort of right after 1973 though. Trying to think of any later conflict where tanks played a decisive role. Not bush wars, but major conflicts.
Iran/Iraq war turned into a stalemate and was then won by overwhelming Iranian human wave attacks, as far as I know. Desert Storm was won by airpower and massive tech/resource advantage in ideal flat terrain. Tanks were not useless but not really necessary either. The coalition could have entered Iraq in APCs...
When people talk about the death of the tank, they don't mean tanks can no longer participate in war. They usually mean that tanks can no longer play the breakthrough role they were intended to. And therefore no longer cost effective weapons.
I'd be extremely surprised if we see countries reveal new tank purchases or development programs after the current war in Ukraine. What I do expect are large investments in drones and maybe some unmanned and lightly armed weapons platforms for direct infantry support.
There might be an exception when it comes to Israel, but then again their situation is different, usually fighting poorly armed irregular forces.
Speaking as a Bradley infantry guy. I'll have to disagree with the ground war could have been won with APCs part. I was with 1st Armored at Medina Ridge, and that was a hell of a fight. The Air War cleared the way for us, But it was the Ground War that finished the Iraqi military.
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2 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said:
Is there a way to give every Volkssturm member a helmet?
Yes. Go into the mod after you extract it and delete all the Feldmutze and garrison cap mods.
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35 minutes ago, Lethaface said:
Well they already haul massive loads, especially the SF type of forces, with obvious consequences later on in life if not already during operations. But yeah probably only human organic power is too limited. But with the use of tech, engineering, tension and lever effects I'd say there is more to be gained from the human basic strength. Especially if you add 'hybrid' power.
My back and knees will testify to that.
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27 minutes ago, Lethaface said:
Not that I concur with that statement but you liked a post which called Palestinians rabid dogs who need to be shot.
That particular like was to the killing terrorists part of the post. As an Iraq vet I have a deep hatred of terrorists and terrorism. I've seen and experienced first hand the chaos and death they cause.
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2 hours ago, BornGinger said:
I just watched CBS News on YouTube. So far 15 journalists have been killed in Gaza. It's a feather in the hat for sionist nazi Israel to be among the states that has killed most journalists.
Israel tells people in north Gaza to go south just to do airstrikes in a residential area in the south. How many innocent Palestinians have been murdered by Israel now? Is it 3000 or more?
But that's ok. Sionist jews only have to start talking about the myth of six million dead jews in WW2 and their latest murdering rampage is going to be forgiven by UN and USA.Did you just call Jews Nazis?
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2 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
But in CM projectille would fly through the pole (flavor object) and wouldn't ricocheted )
Replace the pole with a tree and in CM it would hit every time! lol
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Hamas is full of fanatics. No matter what concessions Israel or the West attempts to give them will only allow them to regroup and try all over again. Israel MUST render them completely ineffective in order to put this to rest for at least another decade.
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44 minutes ago, Bearstronaut said:
Having been a combat support soldier I never understood why the US Army didn't do what the USMC does and send every soldier through infantry school after basic training. I can only guess that due to the size of the army it would be cost prohibitive. My job in a maneuver brigade was basically on the FLOT but my dudes and I had few of the same skills as the infantry or cav troopers of the unit we were attached too. I mean sure, we could fire our own rifles well enough and maybe man a M249 in a pinch but that was about it. This led to resentment as the maneuver guys felt like they had to "babysit" us, which they kind of did.
TBH Infantry basic is almost exactly the same as basic for support units. I've been through both, and most of the differences are in the amount of "aggression" instilled in the trainees by the drill sergeants. The advanced infantry training is where the differences start to really show. I went to Air Defence advanced training, my first enlistment, and almost all of that training was in classrooms. Whereas Infantry Advanced training was all in the field.
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It it an RTS, or WEGO?
Bradleys
in Combat Mission Shock Force 2
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The M2A2 version of the Bradley was uparmored to resist 30mm autocannons in the mid eighties.