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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

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    5 hours ago, Lethaface said:

    IIRC most of the losses where from the Turks using their Leo2A4s as 'static weapon systems' which were stalked/flanked by ATGM teams. Paper Tigers campaigns for CMSF Nato module already taught that isn't a good way to use tanks (insofar CM can show that). Whether they be Leo2A6, M1A2SEP, etc 😉 

    Exactly. Very few (any?)  vids from Syria of Leo' kills wiyh the Leo not in an emplaced/static overwatch position. Literally sitting ducks. 

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

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    Posted · Edited by Kinophile

    I will say this, that on the rare occasion I play as US I most often plumb for a bradley co over M1. This is for simple quantity of eyes, networking and thermals, giving me tactical redundancy.  In smaller battles, if you lose an M1 you lose a LOT of capability in one go. 

    It's hard to kill an M1 but I try to not  underestimate my tactical stupidity :P. So I assume I'll lose something,  and I'd much prefer that was 5% of my mech element than 25%.

    Im perfectly comfortable going up against a RUS MRBt with Bradleys. That says a lot about the group capabilities of the things. 

    It also suggests that if UKR gets Bradleys then it's because it has the ISR and battle information management capabilities to make full use of them.

    My RL and in-game impression is that these things are not metal cabs,  they're armed,  tough mini-command and strike coordination centers.

    That's their true super power, bringing a high and wide battle awareness to the bleeding edge, and surviving/killing at will.

    Plus their organic crunchies survive for longer...

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

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    17 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:

    Yet more speculation about Putin's health.  This from the Danish intel services.  Further, they claim Putin was undergoing hormone treatment for thyroid cancer and that the treatment has a known side effect of causing "delusions of grandeur" and this, in turn, might have played into his thinking that going to war was a good idea.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/putins-cancer-drugs-warped-ukraine-russia-decision-making-danish-intel-2022-12

    Whatever is really going on with Putin, or not, there seems to be no end to the speculations about his health.

    Steve

    They need to find the treatment that has side effects of Utter Contriteness and Basic Human Morality. 

    But you can't make something out of nothing,, eh.... 

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

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    Posted · Edited by Kinophile

    2 hours ago, Haiduk said:

    69 missiles were launched, 54 shot down. S-300 also were used, but they are not in the list

    78%. Up from average of 70-73%. Large scale attack might have helped, with increased quantity of targets?

    One of the Kyiv civs wounded is a 14 yr old girl. I always think of my little wan and how heartbroken I'd feel if she was hurt, lost a leg, etc horrible stuff. How scared that little thing must be, how shaken.

    I Also think  about how mother****ing ENRAGED I'd become. Uncompromisingly murderous to every Russian invader, no exceptions.

    So yah, there's no "just peace", there's just GTFO NOW.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

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    3 hours ago, Letter from Prague said:

    There's also some money trouble in Russia it seems. Might be routine, might be a point where things really fall apart:

     

    I'm rlly curious about thus,  if it's accurate and recent.

    Putin not paying pensions is a very bad thing, if it becomes systemic or repeated, but I assume this instance ps will be brushed off as low level crony incompetence 

    I'm highly skeptical though, Tbh.  The pyscho granny brigade is a vocal supporter... So long as they get their pension cheques. And there's been no inkling of Russian cash flow problems. We'd hear far more before it got to the atml-shutdown stage. 

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

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    13 hours ago, sburke said:

    WP has a good article on the logistics push for Ukraine,  probably paywalled, but this was an interesting bit for current state

    Inside the monumental, stop-start effort to arm Ukraine - The Washington Post

     

    Excellent.  As in, push hard to get them firmly away, en masse, from the Soviet Mass mentality to the Western Precision format. Much easier of course with the newer recruits, but also will have knock back effects onto the existing officer corps. 

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    Artillery Bombardment in CMBS

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted · Edited by Kinophile

    To be clear,  this thread is not about if CMBS arty is good or not. Those discussions in other threads have been lengthy,  in depth and highly informative,  as well as vexing to many concerned! 

    It's the quantity and duration of RUS fires that I'm raising. I've read an account of UKR companies under sustained fire, over an entire day, from a single RUS battery which they could identify but no assets were available to hit. 

    Now,  obviously CMBS is not modeled or runs any battles as 24hr sims,but it's the availability of RUS fires that I'm interested in,  as I don't get that sense from the game. 

    Could easily be just me,  of course :)

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

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    On 12/15/2022 at 7:23 AM, Zeleban said:

    Warehouses and headquarters are destroyed, after which the Russian army gets a temporary knockout and the Ukrainian army has a window of opportunity to break through the Russian defense. After that, Russia withdraws warehouses and headquarters beyond the range of the new superweapon and a new expansion of the range of Ukrainian weapons is required.

    If Ukraine, for example, receives ATACMS, the warehouses, headquarters and airfields will again be within the reach of Ukrainian troops, which will again sharply worsen the condition of Russian troops and again lead to defeat.

    The days of glorious defeats of huge Russian columns are over, the war has changed a lot. Russia has shown the ability to adapt to new conditions. The only way for Ukraine to win this war is not to lose heart.

    Whoever is able to take a hit gets a window of opportunity for success.

    Plus,  I Guarantee Russian logistics has settled into its usual corrupt complacency and I doubt has a Plan B if an ATACAMS Long Range Snotting campaign starts up. 

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