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Sarjen

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  1. Maybe my English was not good enough to keep the too rigid legal context. Ukraine has a moral and legal obligation to protect its own people from the Russian war of aggression, no matter what ethics say. Otherwise, they would not fulfill their obligation as a state and nation. Ethics can then only influence execution frameworks. Just as Ukraine has done.
  2. regarding DPICM: we should put our ethical principles behind the needs of Ukraine, which follows a higher legal and moral imperative (defense against a war of aggression contrary to international law). One can remain of different opinion but ethics are nice to have when you are not bound to be eradicated by Russia.
  3. I have another one for you: Putin has become entangled in his relationship with Prigozhin and resembles a king at chess who moves across the field with only two pawns left. He can no longer win and his time is running out
  4. Don’t know if it’s true, but if fighter jets are coming after the counter offensive than the Ukrainians are dying for nothing. https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-not-receive-fighter-jets-061255539.html
  5. Russia is using chemical weapons at Bakhmut.
  6. Exactly this. Thanks domfluff for getting the point through.
  7. Just some info regarding the IR capabilities of the T-80s: the early T-80s uses the TPN-3 which is equipped with a much more sensitive infrared image converter assembly than its predecessor. The passive range of the early versions is between 500 and 800m. With the support of the modernized infrared headlight L4A, which had received a more luminous lamp, the visibility in active operation increased to about 1200 m. Still worse than the western technology but still more than 20m as in my video example.
  8. Well I am playing the Combat Mission line for more than 20 years and I sure like this game in all its facets. RTS like WARNO or Regiments and the like are not my favorites.
  9. Yes. I sometimes just share the frustation with the thread starter. I think about the scenarios for Single Players as a game, where the player should have fun. While i design a scenario for the "red" player, i have to give the soviets every advantage i can think of: Short range encounters, not night time , many more tanks than "blue" side. It still is a game. I really appreciate the spotting and the whole mechanics underlying to give us a near realistic experience - but still the soviets feel at large at a disadvantage in the 80`s.
  10. While driving the company into the enemy the soviets killed two Bradleys with dismounted infantry from the scouts. The advancing tanks didn't even once see an enemy but got killed. All from 500m start to death. The US side in the above videos were not turned-out.
  11. I do share this frustation in many battles when i play the soviets. Just now i experienced a harrowing view. My T80B1 is driving into the enemy. Many of its company are already dead from invisble enemies. C2 didn't help. Infantry spotted and relayed the contacts to the HQ, but the info didn't trickle down to the tanks. So i just drove my tanks to near (20m) range of the enemy, still seeing nothing. I have recorded this from both views. Playing the soviets is no fun at all. View from the T80B1: and the view from the US side:
  12. Interesting view on the domestic car market in Russia.
  13. He only spoke of Donbas region. Nothing at all about decapitating the government of Ukraine nor denazification or demilitarization. Seems to me they acknowledge they can’t get it done and focus on the smaller target.
  14. Time has come. Let's see how it all works out. Good luck.
  15. Try web.Archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20220424084107/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/world/europe/schroder-germany-russia-gas-ukraine-war-energy.html
  16. Short update on the German contribution of arms and equipment.
  17. UA Tractor Defense Forces in action: More on Chernobyl. The trenches digged by RA.
  18. The commander of the Panzerlehrbrigade 9 and and chief of the Situationroom Ukraine in the MoD Germany on the situation of the war including tank warfare and the future of tanks. In german language but english subtitles with automatic translation are available.
  19. So Trent used an old photo… Anyhow. The German MoD send a list to Ukraine so they can easily tick of some entries to „shop“. Yes, you can call it a shopping list. Germany will buy it from weapons industries and send it to Ukraine.
  20. They stand there in the open for at least 12 years and are more than likely in no working condition. Prone to failure and motor power is bad because the 2nd armor layer is fitted but the motors are not upgraded. Additionally the springs and suspension brake easily. Plus, Ukrainians are not trained on it, including missing spare part logistics.
  21. General Mud is going on counter-offensive too.
  22. According to a phone call between Putin and Scholz there will be no change for the european industries. They pay Gazprom bank in Euro and the not sanctioned Gazprom bank is converting them to rubel.
  23. Russia is using area denial to defend. Neither Russia nor Ukraine had signed the Landmine treaty so it is no war-crime per se.
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