Vet 0369
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On 7/14/2023 at 11:27 PM, Battlefront.com said:
No, it's the Spanish Inquisition. Then again, nobody expects that so you are excused for not knowing it.
Steve
LOL Steve, I think he was referring to the spelling. It should be “Angels”, not “angles.”
Hope I’m timing this one better.
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On 7/12/2023 at 8:31 AM, _Morpheus_ said:
Yep, I think Finland and Poland have some thought about it
Not sure about East or West Prussia, but Poland and Russia (Eastern Europe) were pretty much constantly fighting each other, and the Karelian Peninsula was originally a Russian Grand Duchy after Sweden ceded it to Russia after a Swedish war of aggression against Russia (Finland at that time was part of Sweden). I think @panzermartin is still “basically” correct in a historical sense.
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On 7/12/2023 at 8:24 AM, Aragorn2002 said:
Historically Russia only attacked countries on it's Western border after being attacked itself?
If that ain't a remark to laugh about, I don't know what is.
Well then, it looks like you completely misread @panzermartin’s statement. Historically, Russia didn’t attack West unless they were attacked from the west. E.g. The Teutonic Knights, Napoleon, Germany in WWI, because Russia was part of the Triple Entant Alliance even though the Kaiser and the Tsar were cousins, British and American Expeditionary Force at Archangel after WWI during the Revolution, and Germany again after Hitler reneged on the Non-aggression treaty used to divide Poland. Looks to me like Russia had much more to fear from the West than the West had to fear from Russia.
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On 7/11/2023 at 10:59 PM, dan/california said:
Don't necessarily disagree with anything you just said, But the ages of the officers are pretty standard for a formation formed in wartime conditions, and a high attrition environment.
Now is the guy in charge of the 47th the right twenty eight year old? I have no idea.
In a war such as this, the age of the Commanding Officer is irrelevant. Even experience is only slightly more relevant. The most relevant factor is his or her ability to develop tactics to fit the situation. I don’t know what the issues were behind the Sr. Sgt.’s rants, but if one on my subordinates was going to the media behind my back, I’d get rid of that subordinate “for the good of the order” also. I don’t know about other military Services, but in the U.S.M.C., if a Marine Enlisted criticizes an officer within earshot of the Officer, it is a very serious offense. Although it is incomprehensible to me, I can imagine what would happen if the Sgt Major of a Regiment criticized the Regimental Commander in public, even if the Sgt Major had been awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Medal of Honor.
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2 hours ago, kevinkin said:
I think much of eastern Ukraine has some tactical value in the ongoing war, but sadly little economic value for years. This is especially true of the more urbanized areas.
Who wants to bet that Russia deliberately mines the most productive wheat and other agricultural areas to deny their use to Ukraine after the war?
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22 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
More Russians in pure black clothing. Curious.
Steve
Syrians or Isis?
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12 hours ago, kevinkin said:
Redoing backward thinking with some forward thinking:
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-attacks-on-russia-us-army-command-post-vulnerability-2023-7
If the US work force is moving to remote operations, military command does not have to commute to large hubs to get the job done. I think it's about power generation in the field, its storage and reliable comms.
No matter how secure your comms are, or should I say you THINK they are, they still generate a lot of emissions, and can be used to pinpoint your units, command elements, and locations just from the densities of the emissions. Refer to what I said earlier in reference to sabotaging the NPP.
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7 hours ago, FancyCat said:
imo, if ZNPP is unlikely to cause a widespread cloud or beyond the borders of Ukraine, then i would say Russia is more likely to undertake faking attacks on it by Ukraine.
The experiences I have encountered over my long years, from the middle of the previous century, have taught me that there is no such thing as “not possible.” The problem, for example with making something “idiot proof,” is that idiots are so damn inventive that they are always able to find a way to circumvent the “idiot proofing.” Anything that is designed by humans can be defeated by humans!
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21 hours ago, dan/california said:
Do we have any credible information about who was on this plane?
Shoigu & Gerasimov?
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7 hours ago, cesmonkey said:
Hmmm, now might be the optimum time for the “restless” break-away prone Republics to start looking to cause some “trouble.”
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1 hour ago, Battlefront.com said:
I am never going to say that I know what is going on as this is off the charts the most bizarre coup I know of, but the one thing I'm very certain of is that this is NOT over.
Prig is most likely pulling a Putin... say he's standing down, make it look like he's getting ready to leave, and then don't leave. Why? To buy some time? To establish credibility for being the "adult in the room"? No clue. I just don't think this is over.
[Edit for this update from Grigb]
Leaving Rostov to go where and to do what once they get there?
If this *is* over then it is because something much larger and more fundamental happened that we don't have any evidence of yet. Which effectively means, from our perspective, it isn't over.
The fat lady has not sung!
Steve
The big question is:
1.) are they cheerring for Prig, or
2.) are they cheering because Wagner is leaving?
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On 6/18/2023 at 4:03 PM, DesertFox said:
How to demilitarize a T-55 - Orc style
Well, I figure that’s one UKR RPG gunner who needs to clean out his shorts, if he even survived the concussive an shrapnel effects of the explosion!
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On 6/18/2023 at 10:37 AM, womble said:
That sounds like an incredibly specific exercise of placing the fixed wing in the most disadvantageous situation possible vis a vis the rotary. Nobody here, for sure, has suggested that F-16s go hunting Russian attack helos with cannon. AMRAAMs by look-down radar from 50km is more the speed we're talking. Beyond Visual Range. Do Ka-52 (or any AH) have the avionics to compete in that field?
That test exercise occurred almost half a century ago with technology that was cutting edge at the time. Hell, the U.S.M.C was still flying F4 Phantoms at the time. The technologies have changed exponentially, and are way different now.. the KA-50 and KA-52 can be and are armed with many different types of air-to-air missiles, countermeasures, etc. Truth be told, rotor craft are much more capable and deadly than many folks would lead you to believe.
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16 hours ago, Sojourner said:
I thought that too until a couple of days ago when I looked it up.
"There is little practical difference between a bill and a joint resolution. Both are subject to the same procedure, except for a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution."
There are also Concurrent and Simple resolutions which are pretty much just feel-good fluff.
https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process/bills-resolutions
Thank you very much for this. I appreciate you digging into it. My reference was to a “simple” resolution. I don’t remember any Joint Resolutions being proposed since the Joint Resolution for an Equal Rights Amendment that failed Ratification by the States due to a time limit imposed for the Ratification. For those who don’t realize the “glacier like” speed at which our government can act, the latest Amendment, the 28th Amendment was proposed by James Madison on Sept. 25, 1789, and, Ratified May 7, 1992. It affected Congressional Pay restrictions. Go figure.
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10 hours ago, Harmon Rabb said:
Paul Massaro helping people keep track of all the bills related to this war.
Feel free to look them up using this resource Congress.gov
Unfortunately, since “most” U.S. school systems no longer have the Civics classes that were required during my education in the 1950s and 1960s, most people don’t realize that an H. Res or an S. Res mean absolutely nothing. A Resolution (Res) is nothing more than that body, House or Senate expressing an “opinion.” E.g. “We hereby resolve that the sun AND the moon rise in the east!”
Only an HR or SR have the capability to become a “Bill,” that when signed by the President becomes an ”Act,” which is a “Law.”
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On 6/15/2023 at 7:25 PM, Artkin said:
I didn't even know states had that, that's something you don't learn in high school lol.
If your High School is in the U.S. that could be an indication of why the voting public is so ignorant of how the U.S. institutions work.
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On 6/15/2023 at 7:06 PM, kevinkin said:
I think Zelensky should avoid US politics for the time being. And dodge when asked to weigh in.
Zelenskyy is a politician, but I’d judge him to be smarter than and more able to avoid putting his foot in his mouth than about 90% of Western politicians and about 99.99% of posters on this forum.
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2 hours ago, Haiduk said:
Saving private Fox
That, is what we refer to as HUMANITY!
KUDOS TO THOSE SOLDIERS.
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1 hour ago, Centurian52 said:
That's interesting. I'm not sure why they told you a different number than they told me. Either the M16s got better (difference between the A1 and A2?) or they had more experience over the decades to make a more accurate estimate of its effective range. I doubt it has anything to do with optics. Optics could extend the effective range of a rifle beyond 500 meters. Its the limitations of the human eyeball that caps the effective range of any rifle with iron sights at 500 meters. Optics couldn't explain why they were giving you an effective range of less than 500 meters.
I was firing the M16A2 with iron sights (no optics) from 2012-2018. Most of the Army had moved on to the M4 before I even joined, but I was in a signal unit so I guess there was no rush to get us M4s.
Well, since Steve has requested limiting discussing small arms, this will probably be my last response on it. In the U.S.M.C., the term “max effective range,” was (I think it still is) defined as the ”maximum range at which “any Marine,” which includes low and unqualified Marines, can be expected to “inflict a casualty on the enemy.” I don’t know how the military has defined the max effective, but is it possibly based on manufacturer sales pitch?
I actually don’t engage in “inter-service rivalry bias” when discussing TO&E. The Marine Corps and Army have two, completely different missions, and have organized and train differently based on those missions. I recognize that and adjust accordingly.
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On 6/14/2023 at 12:40 PM, Centurian52 said:
Where are you getting that number from? I specifically remember having it drilled into my head in the Army that the max effective range of the M16 is 500 meters (550 yards), though we only trained for up to 300 meters because almost all combat was expected to take place within 300 meters. IIRC pretty much every rifle which uses iron sights maxes out at around 500 meters, because that is roughly the maximum distance that a human eye can resolve a human sized object.
Three hundred forty meters was the max effective range that I was quoted the first time I qualified with the M16A1 in 1978. We qualified on a range with “known distance” (KD) targets. We qualified with open sights (“short and long range” rear aperture “flip sights,” and that stupid adjustable front post that you had to adjust with the point of a 5.56 round) no one had access to “optics” in those days except snipers, which could explain the difference between the two “max effective” ranges. The only rifle I qualified with from 1969 until that time was the M14, and I must say that I actually qualified with a higher M16 score (High Expert 240 out of a possible 250) than I ever did with an M14.
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14 hours ago, kevinkin said:
Qualifying is under ideal conditions. Squads have marksmen that are held outside of close combat. NATO squads are trained at fire and movement and the idea of entrenched warfare where sniper ranges might matter is frowned upon. These squads are armed for offensive operations. Once they are static their advantage over a poorly equipped and trained enemy is minimized aka fire bases in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. So in a war of movement, squads armed with shotguns would be better off than squads armed long range rifles. The shock effect matters. Tactics place those shotguns in position against the enemy where after a few booms, the enemy gives up.
We had a saying that anyone can hit a target when no one is shooting back. Since my entire service was as a MarineI can’t speak to U.S. Army TO&E, which apparently has a dedicated Marksman in every squad. Every Marine is a Rifleman first and foremost before his or her primary job, including Mechanics, Clerk Typists, Admin Personnel, Pilots, Aircrew, etc, in fact, one of the ratings for a Marine’s promotion is their rifle qualification score. Basically every Marine is a “dedicated Marksman.”
I don’t know if it still does, but the U.S.M.C. used to have an MOS for “Scout/Sniper.” Those Marines were usually initially earmarked in Recruit Training as having initially Qualified as “High Expert” on the rifle range.One of the reasons for the U.S. Army adopting the M16 (other than their abject terror of the AK-47) was because it allowed “every” Soldier to be an “Automatic Rifleman” to “spray and pray” in the thick jungle flora. Marines have always had a single Marine in each Fire Team designated as an Automatic Rifleman. That individual was the the only one with an M14 that had selective fire capabilities.
Usually, the Point man of every patrol was armed with a shotgun, even if he had to have one mailed from home.
The Procurement Branches are primarily concerned with logistics rather than terrain and how effective a weapon is for a number of different environments.
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On 6/12/2023 at 8:09 PM, sross112 said:
The two main reasons that it sounded like a good change is for the body armor penetration and the paired optics. The article advised that Vortex was supplying the optics which are ballistically calibrated and are supposed to give the average rifleman the ability to consistently hit targets out to 800 meters. That is a significant advantage over most possible adversaries.
One of the main reasons that was given for adopting the 5.56mm M16 and CAR-4 was that combat was occurring at ranges that were much closer than previous conflicts. The USMC defines “max effective range” of a rifle as the range at which any Marine can be expected to inflict a casualty on the enemy. The M16 has a max effective range of about 340 meters, and if I remember correctly, the M14 (7.62x52mm) that was replaced by the M16 had a max effective of 460 meters. The M1 Garand (30-06) was the same as effective range as the M14. The reason for replacing was because combat was occurring at ranges of 100 to 200m (in addition to being lighter. Every year I was in the Marines, I qualified at 500 yards (460m) with the M14, and That was with open sights (aperture “peep” sights) not optics. If I can see it, I can hit it.
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4 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
Interesting! The Rybar post I quoted a page or two again was apparently Putin's speech! Would have been nice if he made that clear.
Steve
Likely just a body double with AI voice-over because we all know that Putin would never stoop to such defeatist statements.
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18 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
Dramatic footage of what it is like for grunts on the ground to be subjected to an incendiary attack:
Steve
Ug! “Willy Peter” is really nasty stuff on troops. Get hit with a really small piece of it and it’ll literally burn through you unless you use mud to cut off it’s oxygen supply.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
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Just a bit of clarity on the “Battle of Bunker Hill” (actually a misnomer because the hill where the battle occurred was actually Breed’s Hill). First, the Rebels fortified the hill against orders. Second, the Rebels outnumbered Howe’s Regulars by a ratio of 2 to 1. Yes, Howe carried the win, but it was a Pyrrhic victory since he was unable to strike out of Boston at all because he suffered such extreme losses. This was actually a good thing for the Rebels because after the battle, because the Rebels only had enough powder and shot to last three minutes in a fight with the Regulars. That equates to nine rounds for each militiaman. Even after Washington took command of the Militia after the battle, they didn’t get any more powder and shot until the Continental Marines took New Providence Island in the Caribbean. If Howe had known that, he could have cleared out the whole bunch.