Boche

Well I was talking about trees. I think most got it ^^

I'm late catching up you've all probably commented on this already... But that a "Combat Mission Moment" if ive ever seen one.

Operation Red Storm Rising ending.

Damn 2018....thought this was recent. Pity...

"The way our officers and soldier fight will be studied in every academy in the world" Well, he is right but not in the way he thinks.

Honestly I find it hard to believe he couldnt get donations going. Or maybe I just missed a piece of the story.

Thank you guys so much, amazing posts. This really helps. the psychologist also passes on her regards. Any more contributions ofcourse will be much apreciated.

Hi thread. My unit is going to be involved in training about 3 dozen Ukranian NCO´s/Officers Long story short im friends with the base pcychologist and she has been given the task of giving them psychological training and honestly she doesnt know what to teach: to not spoil the thread ive opened another one in the CMBS main forum page where I give a more detailed explanation and where we would really apreciate the help. Thank you in advance:

I'm here to ask you guys some for some informed help. There have been Ukrainians training in my country for a while now, and this last cycle that just graduated, they have selected 3 dozen or so candidates to go through another X amount of extended training and turn them into NCO's/Officers. My unit is going to be in charge of that training. I was talking with the base psychologist, who is going to be in charge of their "psychological" training. She will be giving them half a dozen of weekly addresses, but she has been given no advice or direction on what to teach them. She has some idea of where to start (stress handling, leadership skills...etc) but apart from that, taking into account these guys are headed for an actual shooting war obviously she wants to make an actual contribution and not give them hollow TedTalks. As people with more expertise than me, I refer to you all the question: What sort of psychological training would you recommend she prepare given the circumstances? What topics should she cover or what sort of techniques could she teach? Thank you in advance. PS I apologize if this isn't the correct place for the post but it's the place with the most traffic at the moment and the training isn't far off, so we would appreciate the help. Again, thank you in advance.

Possible video of checkpoints being set up in Belgorod https://twitter.com/TuiteroMartin/status/1660673860956479490

This is what happened to me. Any solutions @Dragon Coder???

Also in their defense this seems to be the thinking of the miltaries of western europe, bar maybe the UK and France who have actually seen some sort of moderate combat in the last decades. Personally I find everything said in the article way to familiar...

These MTLB modifications are getting stranger by the second! (Parody)

Some also came to visit our base here in Barcelona last month. Dont know if they are been treated here in the city though.

Your welcome. Just to clarify. Spain in general has been favourable to actual support of Ukraine, which was a welcome suprise to me. I was very happy to see all those C90 at weapons go over, aswell as all the M113s. We did send another mish mash of gear which to be honest is preety crap but hey it is what we have. Going back to the support. Ukraine has served to push the narrative here the the military is actually there for something and the Armed Forces atleast are trying to capitalize on this to get more funding (funding that is desperately needed and has been put off for decades). Before Ukraine all this was much harder to aquire and justify.

Valid question. Which is why I dont know why we have so many. The main reason would be a land war with Morroco or deployment to eastern europe vs the Russians. We are already enoyings spains first deployment of Leo2Es in Latvia but just in platoon strength. Wether or not that will be increased or decreased in the future I dont know. Vs Morroco its debatable wether they would even see combat before "its over". A number of Leo2a4s are stationed in Ceuta and Melilla. Depends on the strategy we decide to employ. Financial AND poltiical. Defense is a tabboo subject in Spain. Any talk of defense spending creates ripples politicians are not willing to create. With the war now there has been some leeway in justifying some increases but...still. There SECOND main party in the goverment coalition heavily lobied AGAINST sending ANYTHING to Ukraine. Still the Main question is how many of those Leo2s are operational. If you are going to ask for half our fleet....yeah I doubt we can give that. I would love for that to be the case though.

Well I would disagree. Taking away Eastern Europe, who now has seen their main threat lose their military in Ukraine, and Greece, We are the last country in Europe bordering a hostile neighbour. We have a history of scuffles with them and I do believe that eventually its gonna go hot in someway. But anyway Its no secret (I think) that Spain has suffered from the german syndrome of neglecting its military. We may have a big fleet of Leos (for some reason) but id bet their readiness level isnt that great. In the summer the minster of defense stated that we would send any to Ukraine due to ther "pitiful state". Then again this could be her just using that as a political excuse but I wouldnt be suprised. Ive seen worse during the 10 years ive been working with the Spanish Armed Forces. Rumorology sort of confirms it- Im sure we could send some number, but not as many as we could if the fleet was operational without neglecting our own needs. https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20220802/8446090/espana-enviara-tanques-leopard-ucrania-inservibles.html

Fantastic, sorely needed for some missions...

jajajaja...Misiles wont get through.....

Good to hear looking forward to take all these scenarios for a spin!

First of all great to have you back! Hope all your RL issues got fixed. Just out of curiosity, are you planning on continuing work on the campaign?

AFAIK the VDV are part of the next module. Whenever that releases.

The part of all the important gear evaporating on the eve of the invasion is astonishing. As we all know corruption is rife in the R.Army but man...how many lives did that "little act" cost.

"This is not how a war is waged" Well, she is right about something...lol

Not just the fact that they are BMP1s, but also they seem to be very old versions of them. Isnt that structure ontop of the cannon the launch system for AT-3s? Arent those like Cold War era variants? Is that a fair observation to make or is that detail insignificant?