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I didn't watch the video because of one single statement - "NATO expansion". That's how you know it's a complete and utter BS.
NATO doesn't expand. It is joined willingly.

All the gas turbines, aviation, industrial, marine, etc., that I know of, run on JP-4 or JP-5 (kerosene or paraffin in Europe) or natural gas. The old Soviet reciprocating vehicles such tended to burn a fuel that was only one or two refinement stages above tar.
 

you all are missing just how good that tank cover actually is.  It is the same defensive technology used for generations by children all over the world.  Just hide your head under the blanket.  Note that ZERO children have died, ever, from monsters under the bed when engaging with this one simple trick. 

Yup, the Greeks have a bunch.

Well no idea where it will end, too many really dynamic variables at this point.  I am more at the “what should we be looking for?” stage, which is only slightly ahead of the “what are we looking at?”.
I am not sure the Russians can take all of Eastern Ukraine, that is a lot of ground and all of it filled with well armed resistance.  If this is going to turn into a defensive infantry war then the manpower bill goes up because now one has limited ability to maneuver.  I think the Russians will dig in at some point (re: something to watch for), at which point the Ukrainians should conduct offensive operations carefully.  They would probably be best to stick to the hybrid model that is working for them and hit Russian logistics and supply lines as opposed to try to re-take ground.  Russians could try the same game but the Ukrainians actually do control their ground including popular support of civilians all armed with cellphones.
I am not convinced we will see a big siege of Kyiv at this rate but that is also not definite.  The Russians ability to supply such a siege is the main question, next to whether they can actually surround and close off the city. But if they do it will likely last for weeks if not months as no cordon is 100 percent and west and south of Kyiv the siege-ers will also become besieged themselves as behind them is all Ukrainian held territory.
After this is all over I think many observer militaries will spend a lot of time unpacking this one.  Have we seen a shift to dominant defensive warfare?  Is armor in trouble?  Did social media just go from observer to combatant?  How much was incompetence and how much real?  One thing is clear though, well motivated, well armed, well trained light infantry connected to each other and an ISR network are stalling a heavy mech force and may be crushing them.  This totally screws with doctrine and why so many experts are kinda saying “Well Ukraine is doing well but Russia is still going to crush them”, because I suspect they are using old metrics of so many tanks and firepower.  But what they are missing, in my opinion, is the level of dislocation that is occurring as a result of Ukrainian hybrid approach.  In simpler terms all those tanks, hardware and troops are not useful if they cannot bring that combat power to bear.  And right now a combination of ATGM lethality and deep strikes by the Ukrainian forces seem to be fragmenting the Russian mass. However the Russians may be dislocating themselves as well.  This is like watching someone try and win a fight by sawing off their limbs and throwing them at an opponent.
This thing could end tomorrow and it will still go down as a master class in how not to invade another nation.
 
 

ATGM launcher always was in BMD-1/2 pack. In 2014 both UKR and Russian BMDs often had mounted ATGMs on turret.
Soviet period photo
 

After a hundred and something episodes of Mike Duncan's history of the Russian Revolution the word peasant is burned into my brain.
 

Ooh I've seen this behavior before. His tac Ai is telling him to go around and use the back door.

Ooh I've seen this behavior before. His tac Ai is telling him to go around and use the back door.

Ooh I've seen this behavior before. His tac Ai is telling him to go around and use the back door.

Ooh I've seen this behavior before. His tac Ai is telling him to go around and use the back door.

Ooh I've seen this behavior before. His tac Ai is telling him to go around and use the back door.

Ooh I've seen this behavior before. His tac Ai is telling him to go around and use the back door.

Ooh I've seen this behavior before. His tac Ai is telling him to go around and use the back door.

74% of people is a big deal the other 24% probably are not reading the news, and don't know what is happening.

hmmm yes, I see. you have proved your point that MikeyD, and everyone else don't know how to refine their google searches beyond vague acronyms with no context.

I have been on this forum for a while now and one thing that has been crossing my mind a lot after reading more and more of John Kettlers posts is how many times he has claimed to be a Soviet Threat Analysist, yet he has never backed up the claim with any credentials. I would normally not randomly ask someone for their credentials but,  there has been many times where Kettler has said something, or claimed something, then falls back on his claimed experience as evidence when presented with sources that contradict him instead of providing sources himself. This is obviously potentially very harmful to the collective integrity of Combat Mission itself, considering the amount of input this forum has. So @John Kettlerplease provide credentials as to your experience please.

I know I post pointless things like this too often, but I just can't get over the incredible wealth of fun I get out of the Combat Mission games.
I've been playing Commonwealth and minor Allies in CMFI so long - with huge enjoyment - that now I've started a few QBs with US forces they seem brand new. Meanwhile, I carved off a few slices of the gorgeous CMFR master maps, quickly threw together some QB maps and started playing them - late '44, early '45 - which are a terrific challenge and hugely enjoyable. The AI does such a good job with a good map that you can put together your own fun QB map on your own chosen terrain with relative ease, without any idea of how the battle will unfold.
And I'm still scratching the surface of CMCW, which offers a whole new unfamiliar world of units, vehicles and capabilities which are engrossing and offer a whole new historical learning curve. Plus of course I still dip into the other titles (I've still to properly explore CMBS and CMFB - and after all these years with different versions, I still love the extended versions of CMSF and CMBN).
Through all kinds of ups and downs in life, Combat Mission has been my 'happy place' for nearly 20 years!! 20 years FFS!! That's beyond unique for a computer game.
Sorry - I'm a bit drunk, but I just had to say wax rhapsodic...

Can you explain some more about what is incorrectly stated in this list? Many of us felt like it was a little disingenuous to the series as a whole considering thermometric warheads are in Black Sea, and cluster is in Cold War.

What the hell? Why would you be so brazenly offensive, for no reason?

sounds like someone has discovered why ww1 was a meat grinder.

sounds like someone has discovered why ww1 was a meat grinder.

Oh wow yeah that sure is one strange mosin
please fix the 85mm 52k AT gun as well plz! :)

wonderful pic。
but the svt－40 magazine still lost in 3D model, not fixed😞