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That alone would justify a serious Black Sea expansion. Not just on the UKR side, but the RUS as well. An interesting expansion would be where the "original war" reignited, but without US involvement - where Peace was gained at the cost of NATO membership, yet then RUS did attack again. But this time, UKR forces are vastly different and mimic current structures/trends/ equipment.

This this this this. If the tank AI can scan and target within 15-30s then the infantry AI should be able to fire and move. I've lost many AT squads to the turn delay and it artificially (yes yes I know the whole thing is artificial) corrupts my "tactics". Well I call them tactics...not desperate flailing at all at all...

Hmmmm replacing one common target with an even bigger and more specialized target doesn't seem like a good trade off. The future is drone v. Drone, with every piece of heavy equipment having an organic autonomous armed & recon drone unit slaved to it. The howitzer emplaces, DRONE 1 detaches from the tow truck cab and automatically goes into CAP. It returns for recharge, Drone 2 goes up.

AGGGGHHHH! You didn't warn me! It's a LIBERAL site, man! My eyes! My EEEEYYYESS!!!!! just teasing

Sound is a slippery eel to work with. Wind, weather conditions and terrain topology play enormously into reception (CW buffs will know it as acoustic shadowing),not to mention the power output if the sound source itself. A shahed powering upwind through 30km wind towards a listener is not going to be heard as quickly, esoif the receiver is moving as well. Sailors will know the difficulties of shouted commands v. Wind, even on a relatively "flat" topology like the sea. On set, wind is my own biggest problem with communication. Essentially, it's doable, but there are probably more reliable and multi-use approaches. My bet would be on movable network of mast-mounted (static or erectile), balloon lofted or building-fixed long range thermal cameras. These would provide a very useful (to many depts.) long term visual of the area, without the need for constant processing to catch a specific sound. You'd mount mics to the cams, sure. But it's visual is the solve for me.

As a former cow-botherer and now couch-inhabiter, I can attest to this. I mentioned as much wayyyyyyy early in the thread when we were discussing the UKR TDF - I noted that farmers I grew up with were tough, practical and bluntly realistic about life etc. I've seen a lot of the sort of country and living conditions in eastern Ukraine and I often thought "this is not a rich area, which makes life hard, which makes the people tough". Hell, that difference between rural v urban underpins the fall of every empire before the advent of large scake mechanical industry.

Only from the perspective of everyone but the Sgt. From his view it was a battlefield success....

I shot a Hyundai gig last week, 6 days. On D5 afternoon it was pouring rain and 35-50km winds up by Newmarket. We were shooting in carrot farm country, so extremely little hedge/tree growth near us. In addition to the U-Crane car and a truck-rigged RED Komodo, we had a drone unit, "DRONE BOY" from Toronto, shooting with their FPV "Beast" drone. "Beast" as a name is a bit of overhype...it's a perfectly good drone, well operated, but anything above 35km is almost unusable. Gusting is the worst, with rain being the nail in the coffin - you can't protect the lens much on a drone like you (somewhat) can on a rigged or craned camera. The drone could also easily flip (despite top/bottom rotors) and faceplant itself in a carrot patch. In later casual conversation with the drone guys, I asked was anything in development to handle these kind of wet, windy conditions. Basically, no, becuase - Physics is a bitch. Essentially, the problem is the physical format of a camera-carrying drone - it's a horizontal, wide frame that in higher winds is fundamentally prone to turning into a wing and flipping itself. Your engines are fighting that uplift constantly, which drains the battery quicker than a teenager empties their parents wallet. To help you can increase the weight of the frame, but now your engines need even more power, etc, etc - Oh hello, engineering design death spiral... By the time you've got a drone designed to where it can smoothly and easily handle this weather and above then you might as well get a proper helo. Situations like this (sorta rough weather but totally workable in), which overwhelm your average size+* drone are why there will still be blank spots in the tactical ISR of any battlefield. It implies also that good infantry will make better use of bad weather to penetrate enemy positions, especially if they bring a few disposable drones. *I cant speak to MIL-specific designs, maybe they can handle rough weather better but...physics doesn't care if you're a civvy or a sergeant...

? I could make a joke about stolen toilets, but that would just be potty...

Finally! RL Video of an actual turn of mine in CMBS! From, I believe, my 5th game as RUS, yes? The last one before I said GTFO to ever using BMPs again.

Nice.

Yes but the explosion was above the road.

There are forums for that stuff. This is a thread tracking a genocidal war against the Ukrainian people. Personally I've zero interest in the Phillies or anything sports spamming up this thread.

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RPG indirect fire. Another to-do for the next AI upgrade

I've been on a mentall Hyundai gig, so not sure if this has already been posted. The HQ documents ISW references.

It's named after a newspaper, not the actual globe. They used "World" to make it seem grandiose to local markets.

Excellent.

In Belgorod, where the Shadows lie...

Nicely put Beleg

Concrete boulders sitting on grass. Wow. There's the Russian military in a nutshell.

Thank you, I put less effort into it than the armor thickness on a M113.

What's a collection of Gavin's called? A squander? I'VE GOT IT - A Giggle Of Gavins! Thank you, thank you, here all week folks, here all week; tip your waitress, they're working hard tonight, try the beef stroganoff, its to die for....