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Looks to me this whole thing is spiralling out of control.. That tv speech from Putin promises the worst. I think he lost his marbles.

Defeated? A bit of glue, a polish and we're good again!

Under the desk..

Been reading and learning about all kinds of wars in history since I was ten years old, but this military performance is so stunning that I only can compare it with the chaotic and incompetent way the Italian Army fought during WW2. I'm baffled.

Since it looks like the Ukranians are getting a load of weapons and supplies from a lot of countries, how about their manpower? Does Ukraine has enough capable men/women to keep on fighting in a professional way?

Well, I most certainly do not agree. I feel that your posts are becoming a little, well, too spiteful for my liking..

See, every mushroom-cloud has a silver lining.

Would a nuclear winter solve global warming?

Strangely enough I saw a video where big birds of prey were trained to intercept small drones. And they were pretty good at it. Medievel tactics making a come-back?

Few months ago a US submariner explained on his vlog why he and his shipmates did not fear the latest most modern Russian subs. Even if some of those subs were told to have equal, or even better, capabilities than the Seawolf class. They had the "never been not true"-experience that every Russian sub the US Navy ever encountered would function perfect for the first six to 12 months, but after that it would be a 100% certainty that a mechanical or electrical problem would arise. Which made more noise than was planned for, and it gave away their position. (Pretty vital.) US (sub)mariners rely on it, this veteran said, and I have no reason to doubt him. So the Russian manufacturing on their super-secret-top-notch materials was not good enough to last over a year!

From the perspective of the tank crew, a man scurrying behind windows and pointing a camera straight at them, looks frightfully similar to a man with a RPG..

If the next week doesn't bring a huge improvement for the Russians, some real military succes, I fear the worst. Like I mentioned in a previous reply: "What can Putin do to safe face??" Back down? Settle for a small landbridge in the Southeast? While he's been totally humiliated by pretty much the whole world? I don't think so. Maybe he doesn't even know how bad the situation in reality is, because generals and cronies don't usually like to tell bad news to stressed-out dictators, and he most likely believes the Russian tv/news-reports over those from the West. A succesful coup doesn't seem very likely to me, since he's already paranoid and a former KGB officer, so he'll be on the lookout for that. Thinking about it scares the **** outta me, but I think he may go for nukes.

As a non-American, who worries a bit about the recent state of Putin's psyche, I haven't forgotten that the USA had it's fair share of leaders with peculiar behaviour. Bush jr. and Trump had some moments that baffled me, to say it kindly. But this is even more worrying. How in the name of #*^*# can any intelligent person believe this nonsense? If they really think this is true, they are in need of a serious conversation with a psychiatrist.

When playing the Black Sea scenario's as US, I always relied on the Javelins to kill Russian armour. Has anyone any info on the effectiveness of Javelins in this war??

This is one of the best things of the Battlefront Forum: you can post whatever you want. Unless you cross every border of decency and/or common sense, you are TOTALLY FREE to express your opinions. Read that, Mr Putin!

About the symbols on the Russian vehicles.. Germans in early WW2 had the first letter of the name of the commanding general/fieldmarshall from army/corps on the vehicles. G was Guderian, L was Liszt, and B von Bock, for instance. Could it be the Russians did the same now?

he Haiduk, I want to thank you for your very up-to-date, and as I see it even under these dire circumstances remarkable impartial, information. I feel that partly because of that, on this site we are better informed then our national news services are. It must be weird though, communicating with sometimes judgemental people in safe places, while you are in a spot of bother. I really hope this crap will end soon and I wish you al the luck possible.

Yes, I agree. And to be honest, maybe I would do the same, if I were him. Empathy is understanding someone's actions/behaviour, without condoning or agreeing. I would certainly not agree with Putin getting in a state of mind like: "WTF, who the bloody h#ll do those Ukrainians and Nato-f#$kers think they are?? I will show them what I am made off!!", but I can understand that it would be his train of thought. That is the worrying part..

It may be a little naive, but I hope that the Russian people (youth/mothers?) will finally come out of it's - historically understandable - lethargy, and rise up in such numbers that they will overthrow Putin and his cronies. But I remember also how Hitler could evade the numerous attempt to kill him, or remove him from power.

As I recall Putin's first attack on the Chechens didn't go as expected, but he just brought more and more troops and firepower and destruction to bear. Grozny was completely flattened, but Putin got his victory. He hasn't forgotten that, I think.

Suppose you're in Putin's shoes when the attack on Kyiv doesn't bring what you expected.. What will you do? What can you do? (Bearing in mind that you're in an unstable state of mind, to say it mildly, and your advisors probably won't tell you what you do not want to hear.) I fear that escalation, even to the point of tactical nukes, will be his choice.

Yeah, certainly the close range for the bazooka gunners would be a risk worth taking. Most certainly when the tankcrew was distracted by the M8. There is even the possibility that another gun, being an AT gun or a Tankdestoyer or even a Sherman might have taken the killshot, maybe even hundreds of yards away. If I recall correctly this engagement took place on the 18th of december where confusion and chaos reigned. Scattered units all over the place, sometimes lost and not knowing where the enemy would be. We'll never know, I have my doubts on the m8 kill. But if they really pulled it off, I think it was brave enough for a medal of honor.

While playing the game "Squad" I fired a shoulder launched rpg- rocket at an LAV. And though I thought the shot was aimed a little too short, and seemed to miss by an inch, the LAV exploded with a mighty bang. Wow, I thought rather proud, I must be a better shot than I imagined! But my pride disappeared quickly when further up the road another AT guy appeared. He had fired the killing round, not me. So I wondered: Might this scenario explain the "37mm killing the King Tiger" mystery? Could it be that something else shot the Tiger at the same moment the M8 did?

Yeah, that "Battle of the Bulge" movie was the worst WW2pic I ever saw. Until "Fury" came out..

My nervous tick? Sometimes I read about it, or see a photo of it, and thereafter I end up posting "Schwimmwagen?" every so often.