Kinophile

"Using incomplete Soviet-era drawings, specimen track links from Ukraine, then the inspection of vehicles, manuals and the loan of track specimens from the Tank Museum, Cook reverse-engineered the tracks and drive sprockets for MTLB, BMP, and T72 vehicles... "

Ukraine isn't the only place where drone warfare is making advances. Not intended to derail, but we should stay aware of developments elsewhere, as we'll probably see them in some shape or form in Ukraine.

And more on the way. UK has been training UKR Marines in large numbers. Perhaps in 24 UKR will attempt to slowly give ground in East, but not break and burning through Russian surge, while creating 2-3 extra bridgeheads across from Kherson (6-10 feels excessive for the scale of this war?) in prep for an early Autumn offensive. If you want to cross into Crimea you need to 1)Neutralize the BSF and 2)Shove back the RuAF, making it extremely expensive to attack the reconquest force. Autumn would tie in with f16s being in-country, stabilized shell supply, further destruction of BSF (40%?), accumulated trained infantry and drone reserves.

Feodesia

Pretty awful place to get hit, very little cover from ground fire and presence of drones means completely vulnerable to overhead attack and observation. I'm not convinced a top grade NATO squad could have done much more. Run across the road across from the vehicles? Sure, better chance v Brads - but Drones overhead. There was one guy rolled out right, kept down the entire time - until naded by a drone. I suspect they lost their leadership in the first few minutes and after that, well... The entire mission was a death ride. No squad could have come out of that in a functional state, then somehow cross 1km of open terrain.

Hoping it's true. Syrsky is very encouraging in his attitude. He seems very focussed on the conditions, training and leadership of his forces.

I absolutely guarantee we will see slaved drones organic to individual IFVs on the next iterations.

There's a Lot of this type of stuff going to Ukraine. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/nWG5SGGAFq268uJt/?mibextid=xfxF2i I'm particularly interested in the melding of UKR Navy with SOF / Intel Agencies, Drone Warfare, AD and Air Ops. This seems to be a unique fusion across many traditionally Balkanized forces. I've said it before and I'll say it again - the BSF's worst move was destroying the old Ukrainian Navy.

https://twitter.com/TreasChest/status/1763664031787663689?t=TFEq2KV0FyzFM6bFM_wGXw&s=19 950 km range on UKR sea drones. For context, the Black Sea is about 1100km wide. Odessa to Sebastapol is 290km.

No return fire, no movement, no vehicle support (drone took care of that, although the Bradley would have easily, also), no RPG fires, not even smoke (useless v Brad's, but still, even just to encourage movement). No ATGM overwatch. No friendly drone to attack the Bradley. So just a bunch of guys to soak up Bradley rounds. Not exactly an "attack".

I have questions.

Oh and Caltrops. I remember something about caltrops in Belarus in 22, no?

Possibly wrong, pics don't look doctored though. Would be bizarro that the Rus AF did this, and yet also not surprising in many ways.

Ohh, possibly it was a bridge strike And/Or that Ukrainian speciality, but an Airbase strike: Bit more specific... Yevpatoria https://maps.app.goo.gl/cxUL14WJV2YBuFeHA

Hopefully something very expensive and irreplaceable was hit.

When @The_Capt starts posting with a 7-8 hr time delay from North America, you'll know where he's been sent...

Itll burn out. Nice to see some push back to the war but I'm highly doubtful of any effect.

The line for navalnys funeral keeps growing. I doubt the police will let everything go off without a hitch.

I guess there is such a thing as airborne meat waves.

@Haiduk @Grigbet al

The BSF really has failed in its primary mission - war time domination of the Black Sea.

Please god no. That's a twitter account that's far past its smell date.