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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

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    2 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:

    Nice!

    Based on some assumptions about why the guy was filming and why he was looking rearward, they detected the drones and were preparing to defend against them.  Their first response was to launch a missile at a fairly steep angle, the truck moved, fired its autocannon while still in motion, then got struck by the kamikaze drone.

    Presuming there was only one kamikaze drone, it was probably already too late to use the missile as the drone had to have been fairly close by this point.  Depends on minimum engagement range and certain presumptions about the drone's speed.

    I have a feeling that the Pantsir is not good at firing on the move against such a small and fast moving target.  Which means the 30mm autocannon burst was bound to miss because the vehicle was in motion.

    Steve

    The FPV kamikaze drones often work in concert with observation drones, so it might have been engaging an observation drone up high (barrels and missile both appears to be rotated almost vertical) then got surprised by a kamikaze drone coming in low.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted · Edited by akd

    3 hours ago, danfrodo said:

    I don't have time to watch the combat video included here, but I don't think it's one that's been shared. 

    Here is the direct link:

    Parts of this GoPro footage were included in a short doc on the unit previously posted, but this gives a much more clear picture of the assault on the VDV 72nd MRB transmission tower position.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

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    7 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:

    Ah, that cheery fellow talking about how peaceful Luhansk is was in the building!  Well, I can excuse his confusion then about what peaceful means.  He probably has one heck of a concussion.

    I'm not surprised that the building complex served multiple functions.  Consolidation makes sense except when the enemy suddenly changes the rules.

    I thought targeting a repair facility was an odd choice for such an expensive and limited system.  Command element and repair facility?  Now there's a good pick!

    No, turns out he went into ruins for a photo op and fell on his face.

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