JUAN DEAG
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The smoke shells in-game have WP written as a suffix. Does this stand for 'White Phosphorus'? If so, will this type of ammunition burn infantry alive or is the effect purely visual? Can I break international law and use it in the anti-personnel role?
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The smoke shells in-game have WP written as a suffix. Does this stand for 'White Phosphorus'? If so, will this type of ammunition burn infantry alive or is the effect purely visual? Can I break international law and use it in the anti-personnel role?
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14 hours ago, Peter Cairns said:
For me the really big thing about the Armata is that the arrival of HD Cameras feed to Screens has meant that the commander or gunners head no longer needs to be close to the sighting blocks be it directly or via an optical periscope. That means you can have a smaller turret ( you don't need the space for two men) and the crew can be somewhere safer.
The Armata may have kept the stupid carousel auto loader that removed the turrets from so many tanks by the hands of Chechen and Ingushetian RPG gunners, but the real revolution in the Armata is a Russian tank that has actual situational awareness. Also, the front hull of the tank is not exactly the safest place to house the crew as that is statistically the most probable impact area of enemy anti-tank weapons and an ATGM to the lower glacis will kill the entire 3-man crew with the added safety issue of having only one place to escape the vehicle from.
14 hours ago, Peter Cairns said:The Armata may be the first MBT to do it, but Stryer Fire support vehicle with 105mm gun does effectively the same thing!
The M1 Abrams TTB (Tank Test Bed) was a prototype tank constructed by General Dynamics Land Systems back in the 1980s.
The unmanned turret concept is nothing new. The Russians just wanted to make something different that would fit the 'new look' Russian Army.
13 hours ago, Raptorx7 said:To the media anything with armor in its name or something that is used by the military on land is considered a tank. In the US the media loves to call the MRAPS given to police departments "Tanks".
I recently watched a video of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests and I slammed my head against the keyboard every time one of the interviewed protesters called the Husky MRAP a 'Tank'. They deserve to get sprayed with water cannons and shot with rubber bullets just for that.
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A large part of armor effectiveness comes from the location of the hit. HE rounds by definition lack any armor penetration mechanism so if say a 152mm OF-530 hits the frontal upper glacis of a T-80, there will be no penetration and almost no effect. But if the same shell hit "its Achilles' heel ... the upper surface of the engine deck" then the round "could penetrate the thin armor of the engine deck, then pass through the unarmored firewall between the engine and fighting compartment, striking the ammunition around the turret" sparking "a chain of explosions of the tank propellant, causing the tank to 'lose its cap'" (Zaloga 31). This may seem like common sense but with even with precision artillery you don't have much of a choice where on the tank the round will land which leads to discrepancies in artillery effectiveness versus armor.
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AZOV has more of a multi-cam vibe so it would not work for this mod. But this is strikingly accurate for the variations of camouflage that exist in the Ukrainian army. It's nice to see the P1G-TAC "Zhaba" camouflage so now it's easier to represent more elite formations within the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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21 hours ago, Erwin said:
The Brits achieved power thru their very successful strategy of always allying with the 2nd most powerful nation vs the most powerful nation - until the Brit Empire itself emerged as the most powerful. Probably that's what Russia and China are attempting currently vs the US.
Agreed that this leaves aside the moral issues, however, historically, all nations function on a realpolitik level and act callously in their self-interest while simultaneously either covering those actions up or disguising them in a cloak of "the best defense is a good offense" type philosophy using the fear they have made their citizens suffer as the excuse for just about anything.
If it is predictable that China may become the most powerful nation in the next decades, then it only makes sense to start to make pally with Russia (India as well).
It would be foolish for them to do that because Russia is only becoming increasingly isolated and economically destitute. That's not even getting in to the fact that the U.S. has so many allies all over the globe, it is insane. Picking on Russia is advantageous for China because they would retain the moral high ground, grow closer to the technological and economical benefits from the west, and get territorial concessions in the Russian Far East and influence in Central Asia (they've been eyeing Kazakhstan for a while now).
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23 minutes ago, VladimirTarasov said:
Lol... That's going to look great. First the smoke furnace on the Kuznetsov now MIG-29s will be called rust planes
Technical malfunction is all what it was Duchess, naval aviators are pretty good at their job in the Russian navy. WELL actually, could also be a pilot mistake, since I just read the pilot was most likely a rookie, but the thing that threw me off is it crashed a few kilometers away from the carrier, that doesn't look like a mistake to me. MiG isn't going to be happy, and the Russian command isn't happy.
The Russian Navy should just do what Ukraine did and sell their aircraft carrier to China. The technical issues in the Admiral Kuznetsov's engine, the limited aircraft carrying capacity, the lack of a aircraft catapult all contribute to the carrier's increasingly evident irrelevance. It's honestly not worth the Telekanal Zvezda specials of we are the best nation because Putin has bestowed us with airfield boat to fight American imperialism!
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This is literally the perfect counter to Russian doctrine in a forest environment. I'm sure it's just a coincidence, probably, most likely.
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32 minutes ago, Machor said:
How could the US ally with an authoritarian regime against another authoritarian regime when those two authoritarian regimes have no conflicting interests and have everything to gain from cooperating with each other?
It would actually be in the Chinese interest to ally with the U.S. against Russia because the Russians have nothing to offer the Chinese except the the land they're sitting on (Sino-Soviet border conflict). Furthermore, the Chinese have a lot to gain from the magnitude of the U.S. economy. Russia can't even get China to recognize the seizure of Crimea and the growing military-industrial independence of China from Russia will further cut relations.
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3 minutes ago, HerrTom said:
Yes, but only if you're looking in its direction while it launches. The flames from the starter motor dissipate pretty quickly - on the order of a second or two. Then, if it's shot at you, the sustainer is going to be pretty well hidden by the missile itself. All you have left at that point is a small chunk of metal flying towards you at almost Mach 1 and a small amount of smoke (more if its cold outside) and a dust cloud if the environment is right.
I doesn't matter that it dissipates quickly. The sudden flash will instantly attract the eye. That's why when I'm playing as either Ukrainians or Russians I tend to avoid long-range ATGM systems like SKIF or KORNET and instead favor CORSAR or METIS-M.
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How many bridges are on that map? You could use your artillery to destroy the bridges and effectively utilize the amphibious capabilities of Russian transports. Just a thought.
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4 hours ago, VladimirTarasov said:
but he will definitely improve relations between Russia and the US, and in doing so with Europe as well.
I'm sure Europeans will be skeptical of a person that thinks that vaccines cause autism, climate change is a hoax, and that Obama wasn't born in the U.S. Let alone thinking that Russia isn't a threat to European unity and democracy. Trump and reality are two different worlds, and Europeans can see this.
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In light of the election it's probably safe to assume that Putin is going to start "protecting ethnic Russians" in more provinces in Ukraine. Ukraine is going have to start getting serious about national defense since Batman is totally fine with the Joker terrorizing Gotham. The era of great powers protecting their flock is over; now sovereignty stands a nation's ability to defend itself and the ability to secure regional alliances, not on some superficial promise from a larger nation. I'm sure Russia's neighbors are just as pumped as @cool breeze about a Trump victory. RIP eastern European liberal democracy 2016, it was an idealistic notion that just wasn't practical.
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RE Mosul:
The Iraqi army brought along TOS-1A for the operation so they are fully aware of what Mosul could potentially devolve into. Unfortunately for the civilians,the operation will likely entail a lot of Groznyesque city flattening.
Would not want to be on the receiving end of that thing.
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10 hours ago, kinophile said:
Belarus is not geographically or topographically suitable for a rebellion movement.
I would disagree. Belarus is culturally close to Ukraine but politically close to Russia. This division alone could cause problems down the road. Belarus has been within the same jurisdiction with Ukraine for a very long time; first with Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and later the Russian Empire. Belorussian culture and language is very similar to Ukrainian culture and language. This is evinced by the number of Belorussian liberals that volunteered in the ATO while there have been none (AFAIK) that joined the Russian side in the war.
Conversely, Putin pays Lukashenko (dictator of Belarus) an obscene amount of cash just so he doesn't migrate to the European Union. This arrangement satisfies both parties as Lukashenko and his people can live relatively comfortable lives outside of the European sphere and Russia keeps the west out of Russia's back yard. Interestingly, Belarus can still maintain their sovereignty despite being an ex soviet state that borders Russia because unlike Ukraine 1995-2013, Belarus has a very strong army for its size and population that can deter any surprise shenanigans from Putin, should Lukashenko decide to change the arrangement.
As the war in Ukraine rages on we might start to see societal rifts in a nation that is one of the most stable in Eastern Europe.
3 hours ago, hattori said:4 hours ago, panzermartin said:Someone is going to invade Canada soon
lol, no need, we sell it all to the U.S. anyways.
It's about time that America's Hat should join as the 51st state in the union.
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1 minute ago, Battlefront.com said:
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and poops like a duck it probably isn't a fascist Ukrainian pilot operating under orders of the CIA. Kinda obvious to many, but it apparently needs to be repeated.
You're forgetting the SBU ALPHA team that snuck onto the plane and planted the explosives, or the Ukrainian SU-25 that ATGM'ed the plane; or was it a SU-27? or the German "specialist" that had access to "compromising photographic evidence" that the gayropeans "deleted from the internet" (no joke an RT exclusive, well all of these were claimed at one point by Russian media but that was by far the best one, who knew you could find entertainment from propaganda), or the old guy that could see the BUK missle hit MH17 from ~50km away, or the time that they said that the BUK isn't in service with the Russian Federation when it clearly is.
What's with Russian state-owned media not being able to get their story straight? After all, they are subordinate to papa Putin (arbiter of all that is true and just, certified cleanser of Eurofacism).
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4 hours ago, sburke said:
Almost a direct quote from Donald Trump. You certain you want to be in that company?
"He was a bad guy -- really bad guy. But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didn't read them the rights. They didn't talk. They were terrorists. Over. Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism,"
He kept all people in line. Some of those people were extremists. I never said that was a good thing. Don't mistake me for a Trump supporter.
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In other news, Putin is F***ed.
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12 hours ago, VladimirTarasov said:
No man now that's just messed up, you can't categorize a whole people over what some barbarians do, I have many Muslim friends which I come to respect.
Apologies. I get passionate about this sometimes. I too have Muslim classmates and don't want to call them something they are not.
I'm not criticizing the people themselves but rather the scripture that can justify such atrocities. They are categorically sadistic people but can still be considered good Muslims that follow the Koran to every comma; higher calling trumps human instinct every time.
Assad may be a monster but at the very least he kept the extremists in line, even if it was for the sake of control.
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Make sure to keep dismounts a good distance from the BMP-3M in case the vehicle suddenly decides to activate the tactical nuke feature.
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4 hours ago, VladimirTarasov said:
We can keep sending links to each other, but the smart one will know that once terrorists use people as hostage, once they are targeted it will result in collateral damage. US forces should know this better than most, in Iraq it happened on a large scale.
Muslims are going to kill, rape, enslave, and torture because that is what ideologues with 2000-year-old moral teachings do. Them's the breaks, yo. The problem is when a secular civilized nation (Russia) backs a government that murders people in the tens of thousands by gassing and bombing them for daring to question Assad's legitimate reign. Then Russia follows up by killing 4,000 civilians by systematically applying inaccurate weapons to neighborhoods. Though not intentional, it shows how much Putin cares about anyone that is standing between cluster bombs and Assad's political enemies.
panzersaurkrautwerfer said it best:
4 hours ago, panzersaurkrautwerfer said:If all of Syria was a wasteland, and the only living creature was Assad upon a throne made from the dead of "his" people, Russia would consider it a victory.
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7 hours ago, kinophile said:
That's.... Intriguing. I'd normally avoid the MTLB as an explosive coffin, plus it has terrible optics.
The BTR82A seems to spot reasonably well, has a great ROF and is fast. One thing I've come up against is its sorta limited ammo... I often recon by fire (ie shoot at every startled squirrel or falling leaf) so I likes me some big ammo loads.
On this map though, I'm going for a lower, sneakier profile, so excitable bursts of fire are Not Smart.
Still, the MTLBs ****ty optics keep me away from them.
The problems you mention about the MTLB; poor optics and the hazards of being in a tin can are both problems of the BTR. They have the same turret and their armor won't stop anything more than 7.62mm ball (not even that at some angles). Still, the MTLB retains several advantages:
1) The BTR will often get stuck in river beds and struggles to traverse forests. The MTLB on the other hand, can go almost anywhere and will rarely if ever, get stuck. This has to do with the fact that its ground pressure amounts to like childrens' stuffed animal per inch squared. Not to mention the ability to duck and weave in alleys and tight choke points without the limitations of "wheels".
2) Sneaky beaky vehicle profile. You'd be surprised about how many times I've seen Mk. 19 gunners and Ukrainian RPG teams miss their first volley/rocket on the MTLB by either impacting the lower track or flying way over the vehicle (where BTR would still have it's fleshy bits) just because of how hard that thing hugs the ground. There is also the added benefit of increased stealthiness in tree lines and whatnot.
3) The MTLB is also a very inconspicuous vehicle that is highly underestimated. If spotted, the opponent will often treat it as less of a threat than it really is, thus diverting less assets to counter them and is less likely to pay attention to concentrations. It can have that psychological effect. They are usually regarded as lower quality vehicles so they can be used ferry FO's and various high value support teams quickly, stealthily, and inconspicuously.
+ still more seats
+ still cheaper
+ still wrecks face with light 30mm
Technical malfunction is all what it was Duchess, naval aviators are pretty good at their job in the Russian navy. WELL actually, could also be a pilot mistake, since I just read the pilot was most likely a rookie, but the thing that threw me off is it crashed a few kilometers away from the carrier, that doesn't look like a mistake to me. MiG isn't going to be happy, and the Russian command isn't happy.
Assad may be a monster but at the very least he kept the extremists in line, even if it was for the sake of control.
Question(s) About White Phosphorus Artillery
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Can an admin please remove the second topic that I accidentally reposted?