Harmon Rabb

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I'm surprised Russia has not claimed that the Il-76 the Ukrainians shot down was full of puppies. But seriously, I know we should stay objective and look at all the facts but even if what Russia is saying is true which I really doubt. Russian officials are like the boy who cried wolf at this point, between CIA funded biolabs creating supersoldiers, British PMCs selling children to the Coca-Cola company and Ukrainians creating an ecological catastrophe in their own country by destroying the Kakhovka Dam. Frankly I just don't believe a damn word they say at this point, when they make claims like this. EDIT: Footage appears reportedly showing the crash site.

AFU FPV drone in action.

Scott Ritter is a perfect example of how low a once respected military officer can sink in life. A shame how he uses his background as a Marine Officer to promote his rubbish. A lot of people don't bother looking into his background and just trust him because of the uniform he used to wear. Guessing him being placed on a sex offender registry limited his ability to find respectable work like he used to have. Here is another shameful place one can unfortunately find Ritter's face besides Kadyrov's rallies, for those who maybe don't know.

Never mind the tweet itself. A lot of the kit which is mentioned in this tweet is already promised or sent over. Well maybe not in the numbers that we wanted like ATACMS and Abrams tanks. But is it a good sign that Mike Johnson is saying the right weapons are not being sent? Suggesting he is open to supporting Ukraine with more military aid as long as they gets the right weapons? Would be interested in hearing from folks who really follow D.C. politics. @billbindc

An Interview with the brave Ukrainian knights behind the Bradley IFV armor. Obviously happy about slaying that dragon... I mean T-90M.

It is Friday, wanted to post something a little fun. Always enjoyed Pilsner Urquell due to its taste and place in beer history. Now i have another reason to buy it this year. Hey this is a wargaming forum, and everyone knows wargamers love their beer and pretzels sometimes.

Hey this forum is a lot bigger than I thought it was. Speaking as someone who played CMBS for a few hours total. Personally what I would like instead of any content for a game which features a fictional war in Ukraine like CMBS. What I would like is a when this war becomes just an unpleasant part of history like the many wars before it, is a game be made about the actual 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. After spending as much time as I did on the famous "hot thread" and speaking with the man who runs this company. @Battlefront.com. I'm convinced that they could make the the most realistic wargame featuring this conflict while handling the subject matter with the respect it deserves.

I could not agree more with Admiral Bauer. I also firmly believe that the outcome of this war is incredibility important for not only Ukraine but for the whole world.

With English subtitles. German journalists interview an AFU Leopard 2 crew. They said they were hit with a 120 mm shell but survived because of the tank, which will be repaired in Lithuania.

I did always find it kinda peculiar how a country like Slovenia which literally borders Italy and Croatia which practically borders Italy are sometimes called eastern Europe. Heck, Yugoslavia was not even in the Warsaw Pact. But what all of this reminds me is why when I post here I try not to speak of a western, central or eastern Europe. I just say Europe. I always felt like everyone has a different definition of what countries really represent those regions.

I remember there was some interest in in the spillover of this war into Africa last year. Interesting video of General Budanov's birthday being celebrated in Sudan. Guessing this is related to Ukrainians helping them take care of their Wagner problem. I know it is a few days late but I would also like to wish General Budanov a happy belated birthday.

Good stuff.

Totally. I assume that RU air force has some sort of equivalent of the U.S. Air Force Security Forces. With the war in Ukraine I am curious just how well defended RU air force bases are deep inside Russia where Russians do not expect to be attacked. Really would not be surprised if at least some those guys are fighting in Ukraine right now. I mean we already have Russian sailors fighting on the ground in Ukraine. Would be cool if the AFU can do more of these kind of actions deep inside Russia, and if it would force RU to spend more resources defending their bases inside Russia instead of having them in Ukraine itself, still good.

Even if RU Air Force mechanics will be able to get this SU-34 running again. The idea that a Ukrainian "James Bondko" is running around in Russia setting fires to RU aircraft in Chelyabinsk of all places, while giving out heavy metal salutes will not help morale inside the RU Air Force at all. This is priceless. For the record I had to look up where this part of Russia is. Wow you were not kidding that is deep Russia.

With all the talk of F-16s and Abrams tanks, I for one still think Dana is a pretty girl.

Ukrainian fighter pilots will begin their training in Denmark with Norwegian F-16`s (regjeringen.no)

SMERSH in 2024? Good god, I wish Ian Fleming was around to see this. Maybe we could get some new James Bond novels.

For those of you who have never heard of this system before, lets read a description from RU propaganda source Sputnik. Reads like an advertisement for this thing.

Out of curiosity I checkout out his profile just to get a sense of where he is coming from, because besides two YouTube videos no context was provided. He seems to have an axe to grind with the people who post in this topic. But hey, if he wants to trust some YouTube vatniks over guys like @The_Capt and @Haiduk. Who I'm convinced have forgotten more about military matters, than most people will know in their life. The choice is his.

This will probably be my last post regarding this topic since I know how easily it is to distract folks with WW2 related stuff on this forum. For example lets take a country like France. They did not go through the horrors of Stalinism. They were an established colonial power themselves. Despite going through not one but two bloody world wars with the Germans the Germans still managed to get some Frenchmen to wear German uniforms during the war. Unfortunately I think that in the event of a total Russian occupation of Ukraine, Russia would probably be able to get people to serve it from all over Ukraine. Even from western Ukraine. The reasons would be different. Some would do it for political reasons while others may just think they would look handsome in a military uniform. Some would just obey any authority figure even if that authority is a foreign power occupying their country. Just so no Europeans think that I'm picking on them, I do not think this is an exclusively French or Ukrainian scenario. In an event of one of those fictional scenarios where the Germans or Soviets somehow managed to occupy parts of North America (lets not get into how plausible many of those scenarios are from a military standpoint ) I think we would also have people who would be willing to put on the occupiers uniform. Picture related, two Frenchmen wearing German uniforms.

Not saying that I think Ukraine will fall but I think that if it did the sad reality is Russia would be able to find more Ukrainians willing to fight for them if they took the whole country even from places like Kyiv (I know not gonna happen). I think we have all heard stories of people from the occupied parts of Ukraine already being forced to fight. Not sure how many. Even after this brutal war. Don't think they would attack NATO. Most likely would have been used to occupy Ukraine. During WW2, the Wehrmacht managed to get personnel from all sorts of countries that not that long ago were or still were actively fighting Germany in another brutal war in Europe. Wehrmacht foreign volunteers and conscripts

think I posted this before but I think it is worth re-posting for this conversation. In the West we think of Chechnya when we think of a candidate to break away from Russia, because we remember the events that ironically enough helped Putin take power. Another area to watch is Bashkortostan. I doubt most people in Europe or North America have even heard of this area. GTBT did an informative video covering this topic recently.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year and whatever other holidays you folks may celebrate on this forum, and more importantly to the AFU personnel fighting the good fight.

Perun has General Hodges on his YouTube channel again. Timestamps created by Perun. 00:00:00 — Opening Words 00:01:35 — What Are We Talking About? 00:03:37 — Lessons From The Battlefield 00:03:56 — Q: Ensuring Training Delivers Value 00:07:44 — Q: Training For The Environment 00:12:56 — Q: Keeping Up With Adaptation 00:15:56 — Q: Observers And Lessons Learned 00:19:41 — Q: Lessons So Far? 00:22:28 — Q: Wargaming and Assumptions 00:25:32 — Q: Training Pre-2022 00:28:08 — Q: Evolution Of The Training Mission 00:34:30 — Q: Training Efforts Post 02/2022 00:37:22 — Q: Higher Level Training Requirements 00:40:47 — Q: Force Regeneration 00:43:24 — Cohesion And Training As A Unit 00:44:36 — Answer Pt.2: Force Regeneration 00:46:09 — Training Program Abbreviation 00:47:35 — Evaluating 2023 00:48:21 — Q: Outcome Vs Commitment 00:52:12 — Priorities, Resources & THAAD 00:54:01 — Q: The Path To 2025 01:02:20 — Conclusion 01:03:50 — Channel Update