White2Golf
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1 minute ago, Holien said:
Yep this at the end is the pay off.... Not.
He offers no idea on how Ukraine should have done it differently.
Ukraine was desperately trying to stop Russia and all energy and thought spent on that.
If they had the means to encircle the Russians they would have.
They did well to stop the Russians.
To think Ukraine squandered a chance to end the war is utter BS...
He offers no evidence on how they should have done it. Magic...
I've got no horse in this race. As I read it, the poster did not intend to offer a "how UKR could have won".
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35 minutes ago, dan/california said:
Twitter is hating me more than usual, can you post the full text?
It is a 47 post thread, so that is not practical here. Sorry.
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10 minutes ago, Hapless said:
I have no idea what point that guy is trying to make.
My guess is trying to show the difference between strategy and tactics. I'm just curious what this audience thinks of the analysis, by itself.
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18 hours ago, Letter from Prague said:
Uh, could someone translate, please?
Appreciate all the assists on the translation. Apologies for not being more clear.
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3 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
Add that to what seems to be a cultural absence of safety, either organized or individual, and you get fun stuff like this happening.
Steve
Dropping from hyperspace/lurking to affirm this statement here. Did a few joint patrols in Bosnia, early 2000's with some VDV guys riding BTR's. Oy Vey. They went back to our base for chow once. More than one of their dudes killed the clearing barrel coming in. Woof.
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25 minutes ago, dan/california said:
Two issue going forward with APS going forward. Does it simply cost two much to deploy at scale? And can the radar be jammed, and or itself be used to guide a missile to the tank.
I know there are fun power supply issues putting APS on some existing vehicles. That is not a secret.
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51 minutes ago, dan/california said:
Things we seem to learned beyond all doubt in this war, tanks can't charge effective ATGMs being employed by competent and unsuppressed troops, it is literally suicide.
Has this even happened? Have we seen a properly supported and coordinated mechanized attack by RA forces? Or is it been just mobs of troops running down the road and shooting sometimes? Its entirely possible this has happened, but I do not recall seeing anything like that. Not even "after" videos of vehicles damaged/destroyed in what would have been a combat formation. (Wedge, V, Line, Echelon, etc...)
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1 hour ago, The_Capt said:
This shows a seriously lacking NCO corps, I can hear the rage of eons of Sgt Majors echoing across time.
My very first impression of the Russian VDV guys we did a few patrols with in Bosnia was this.... Their NCO's were very "un-NCO" like. Also their BTR's were garbage. They flew this big flag from the lead BTR while we were running around, well, until it broke down about 15 km in. Apparently not much has changed.
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2 minutes ago, Kinophile said:
Me because I'm fecking hilarious (screw you guys I am).
Yes. We are laughing with you, not at you, promise.
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5 hours ago, The_MonkeyKing said:
both videos absolutely unbelievable. Not sure if the explosion part is edited? but still...
As others have noted, the explosions seem fake. But I have seen that sort of UXO/Ordnance handling by, how shall we say, less than professional soldiers before. Most of near death experiences in the Army were from people handing stuff like this, poorly. Yikes. "You morons realize that thingy is supposed to explode, right? Maybe you want to handle it with care?"
This is right up there with smoking around ammo, especially M256 main gun ammo.
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18 minutes ago, akd said:
This is the most awesome thing in the world. Prove me wrong.
If this is not in the next CMBS module, ill buy it anyway but won't be as happy. Ha.
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11 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
Most of us in the business don't really know but we sure are interested if that second one turns out to be true. Why? Because the first side to take AI/Machine Learning/Quantum Computing and use it to create effective predictive analytical models that stand up, has an enormous advantage on the battlefield. The peace-nicks are all on about "kill bots" but this application of technology to warfare in predictive modeling has frightening implications that really give weight to the ideas of "cognitive superiority" as a applicable and measurable concept.
When I think about this, I always end up wondering how they get AI to process "The Commanders Intent"? It is not always "occupy space x". I'm just a Sergeant, but for me that was the most important part of an order. Just love your insights, sir.
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48 minutes ago, Combatintman said:
<snip> Combine that with AFVs operating closed down and just the rigid PITA of performing basic tasks with a bulky suit on, your view of the world being restricted to two pieces of glass, your ears covered by the suit hood and wearing two pairs of gloves. <snip>
+1k to this. Doing anything in MOPP 4 is just freaking nuts. M1 turret is already cramped, now do the things in MOPP 4. UGH!
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11 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
Another tank with a red band on its barrel. I've seen this a couple of times now and also a red stripe on some sort of vehicle (I forget what it was). Curious.
Steve
There were reports of an apparent red on red incident. Maybe this is a poor man's IFF? Would not help much if using thermals though.
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1 minute ago, danfrodo said:
So dumb question: what happens to a russian AFV or tank that is out of fuel? Can you still rotate the turret on a MBT? on BMPs? Are they defenseless or just degraded in turret speed? What other issues would arise?
I'm asking this because of how it affects what a crew would do when stranded. A low morale crew vs a high morale crew might make different choices if still able to fight.
Well, we can fight an M1 that is totally dead, zero power. The gunner's arm will get sore really, really fast cranking the turret around and you have zero fancy optics. But all the pointy things can still shoot that way. It's just difficult. I imagine Russian stuff can do that too.
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32 minutes ago, Commanderski said:
Based on the way Russia is performing 200-300 Abrams would be more than enough to take care of Russia. Just add a little air support and some covering infantry and you're good to go.
Assuming they were crewed by people who know how to operate and (more importantly....) maintain them.
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4 minutes ago, danfrodo said:
I saw some good news today. I've been worried about how well the pipeline of weapons is getting to the front. NYTimes article today indicates that US supplied weapons were actually getting there very quickly. I was thinking bureacracy and logistical friction would cause long delays.
It was amazing to see that when the bureaucracy is removed, how fast things can happen. During my time in, when stuff you had been asking for suddenly shows up, all at once.... It's time to get your game face on. All that to say, I am happy to hear/see that the good stuff is getting to the friction points rapidly.
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19 minutes ago, Lethaface said:
On the encirclement of Kiev, it seems that the area around Hostomel keeps 'changing hands'. Seems that Ukrainian troops are utilizing a sort of mobile 'active defense' and keep hitting troops advancing into the area piecemeal. Now fortunately there is little intel on Ukrainian troop movements but I suspect they aren't digging in there but rather using ambush / anvil tactics and seem to have created a rather effective 'killzone'.
In other words, the encirclement is looking like a pipe dream.Even if they end up with this encirclement, who would have whom surrounded? Someone raised a couple of great points about this a few pages ago.
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37 minutes ago, George MC said:
Meant too add near the end you see the tactical drone operator moving behind the unit commander.
Two things that caught my eyes and ears. The cameraman was riding in what appears to be a civilian vehicle and the leader using what appears to be a civilian "walkie talkie"? I heard no "chirp" of it getting encrypted but maybe their stuff does not do that?
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1 minute ago, akd said:
Holy crap, look how far that turret popped:
Center mass and a little low....
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4 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said:
As far as i know this hasn't been mentioned before. Paranoid as I am, I expect the Russians to launch a wave of cyberattacks against the West any day now. I even took the precaution of taking some extra cash, in order to be able to pay the groceries when the bank systems go down.
For those of you that know about these things. Why hasn't this happened yet? I mean some time ago they could even make the whole system of Rotterdam Harbor crash, so what's holding/stopping them?
And equally important, would such a wave of cyberattacks be seen as an act of war against NATO?
It was mentioned this doing this could trigger Article 5. Or maybe, like everything else the past week the Russians simply are not as good at stuff as we thought?
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24 minutes ago, CHEqTRO said:
I suppose they have a contingency plan in case of US intervention. Isn´t the 1st Cavalry Division actually deployed in Poland?
Not all of it, probably just one of it's ABCT's.
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33 minutes ago, Phantom Captain said:
I mean, what?? How could they be this inept?? It's just mind blowing how this army has exposed it's weakness and incompetence on every single level.
Could it be as simple as the conscripts do not know how to properly configure the radios for encrypted or frequency hopping traffic? Either way, if this is reality on a large scale... That's not good for them.
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Appreciate the comments. Lurk Mode: Re-engaged.