Vanir Ausf B
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10 minutes ago, Canada Guy said:
1 - I am shocked that Italy has done so little compared to its GDP. If they have supplied items, it has either been very little or completely off the radar. There can't be that many pro-Putinites or I will have to scratch it off my bucket list
They are definitely keeping it on the low down. But they have provided... some stuff. How much is hard to say.
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The Great Tank Swap continues.
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2 minutes ago, Huba said:
Sure, for the new ones it might be even later. But maybe Uncle Sam would lend us some from NG stocks, or some M270s as an interim solution, if we are intending to buy that many? Just temporarily
Seriously though, the totted number sounds completely unrealistic, it has to be some ploy by US and Poland to get the weapons to Ukraine, I don't see any other explanation.Maybe Poland is returning to their Warsaw Pact roots by going for an artillery-centric army?
It is a staggering number, and I don't have a good explanation. But if the US decided to supply HIMARS to Ukraine I don't know why they would funnel it though a Polish acquisition rather than giving it directly.
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7 hours ago, Huba said:
Spokesman of Polish Armaments Agency ( a MoD official) just confirmed the number requested, and hinted that delivery times proposed by US industry are really short. If I was an ukrainian rocket artilleryman, I'd be on my way for some champagne
Perhaps. 2023 is the earliest delivery date I have found.
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I'm seeing reports that Ukraine is pulling out of Lyman.
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1 minute ago, Haiduk said:
About T-62M/MV. This is not for Russian regulars and even not for LDPR regulars. Russia still has enough T-72/80 for such purposes. T-62 will go to reinforcing of conscript LDPR rifle regiments and for some unclear "local territorial defense". Russians established some "cossack" units in occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast, I don't know how much of collaborants they have. Russian sources write that in border oblasts of Russia cossack TD units are establishing now and they are receiving T-62 too.
Spot on.
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20 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
A gas guzzling infantry support gun, sure why not.
If years of playing CM have taught me anything it's that cheap HE-chuckers are always useful
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No panic, but...
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More pics from the Bilohorivka crossing. Because you can never have too many.
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8 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
The smart thing for Russia would have been to go on the defensive. Harbor it's existing resources and properly rebuild its burnt out units. Shorten the front in a few places too. Then dig in and try to figure out some well thought out strategic plan for continuing the war or ending it.
Of course Putin enforced his political will and now Russia is forced to stick remains of regular units with the remains of VDV, conscript women, and shoot anybody that refuses to fight. Nice going Mr. Putin.
The salient question remaining is how far can Putin kick the can down the road before he runs out of road.
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Igor Girkin is calling it.
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French hand grenades are dainty.
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19 minutes ago, MOS:96B2P said:
For me the friction, incompetence, and brutal behavior of the Russians has been one of the great surprises in this war.
Apparently the best, most capable, most experienced and to be feared Soviet / Russian unit are those belonging to the 60th Motorized Rifle Division (MRD). Composed of the 125th Guards Tank Regiment and the 32nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (MRR). These are the units that compose the OPFOR at the National Training Center (NTC) at Ft. Irwin California.
Looking back I now suspect the real Soviets / Russians were never close to being as good as the OPFOR.
One seldom mentioned aspect of this is that, broadly speaking, the Southern Military District units have significantly out-performed those from the Western MD. The "elite" formations, such as the 4th GTD, have been the worst performers.
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4 minutes ago, chuckdyke said:
It is like saying a tank is doing the same job as in WW2.
Well... it kinda is.
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Everything old is new again. Panzerfausts doing work on Russian armor in Ukraine.
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36 minutes ago, CivE said:
I'm about ten pages behind the thread by now, but one question about terminology. Does this really count as "light" infantry? ATGMs and MANPADS are solidly in the territory of heavy weapons. The ISR capabilities are only cheap and light because the civilian communication infrastructure is intact, but in more austere or contested environments similar capabilities would require truckloads of pricey gear. Sometimes light infantry denotes units with high mobility on foot, or easy to transport, but it looks like the Ukrainian infantry is succeeding more by being everywhere ahead of time rather than dashing to where they are needed. Sometimes "light" means a smaller number of soldiers per small unit, and that fits with the two-guys in a treeline idea. So what do you mean by light infantry, and do you think it is an important distinction?
This was brought up a while back. IIRC, the gist of it was that "light" infantry is simply non-mechanized infantry. The term says nothing about what type of weaponry they carry or use.
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1 hour ago, The_Capt said:
The Russians could concentrate force wherever they wanted while Ukraine had to try to defend everywhere. I am not sure how they stayed out in front of the Russians operationally, let alone beat them back along that kind of frontage -while having to plan for the Belarusians (who never showed up).
It cannot be overstated how important it was that the Russians were road-bound, making them predictable. In addition to all the strategic errors Steve listed, the Russians also committed the cardinal sin of attacking at the worst possible time of year. The Ukrainians placed ATGMs on the obvious routes, confident the Russians could not just go around. The ATGMs slowed the columns down, then artillery destroyed them.
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10 minutes ago, TheVulture said:
I'm 90% sure that's the exact same location as in the video last week of the MLRS strike that nearly got Gerasimov and killed one of the Russian generals
I'm 99% sure you are right.
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16 minutes ago, Machor said:
Ukrainian M777s in action:
Close-up video of the knocked-out T-90M:
There's lot of guys standing around watching. I'd guess this is training.
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1 hour ago, Huba said:
Ukrainian Air Force bombed Snake Island:
That would explain the drop tanks.
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Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Monday it was considering alternative weapons options after the United States informed it that the delivery of an artillery system would be delayed due to a "crowded" production line.
Taiwan's Defence Ministry said, however, that because of a "crowded" production line for the M109A6, the U.S. had told it this would not happen until 2026 at the earliest.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
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T-72Bs and T-80BVs pulled from storage to join the earlier mentioned T-62s.