kohlenklau Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I don't own CMBS or any modern titles. Too intense for me. Plus I have no knowledge of the equipment vs "learning" about WW2 from long long ago <since age 5???>. I have active duty kids and right or wrong some part of my brain shudders away from modern warfare. I hope this hell ends soon. Anyway, the above photo made me want to make a mod for you fellows who play CMBS to consider using. I suppose the file nomenclature would have this be for the CMBS UI "portrait ukrainian armor.bmp"...? Please rename if I am incorrect. https://www.dropbox.com/s/sshijv6ox3gpjy8/portrait ukrainian armor.bmp?dl=0 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) deleted, someone pointed out it was silly and they were correct Edited March 28, 2022 by danfrodo dumb post 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homo_Ferricus Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 ^These kind of posts here are cringe. This is the Battlefront forums, not twitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 my apologies Homo_Ferricus, good point. I'll delete it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAZmaj Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) Wrong link Edited March 28, 2022 by CAZmaj Wrong link 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAZmaj Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 10 hours ago, ASL Veteran said: Geez, I wonder why she would be changing her tune now? Money and privileges/benefits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenris Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Not sure we've seen this one already but at the 35 second mark you see a union jack patch on one of the guys and the guy next to him on the left looks like he might be holding a digital camera with a furry mic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Rabb Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1508548335514226689?s=20&t=kdP-BxHuV4xm8jbT4-uGHQ Don't think that tank crew is enjoying fighting in an urban environment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorgunner Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fernando said: And here (00:04 time) the flash seems too big, as if firing a blank Please! Can we not have the discussion of these pictures!! Of prisoners of war! Real, or not!! No POW´s Should be filmed according to the Geneva convention! Edited March 28, 2022 by Armorgunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Harmon Rabb said: https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1508548335514226689?s=20&t=kdP-BxHuV4xm8jbT4-uGHQ Don't think that tank crew is enjoying fighting in an urban environment. I think the warhead failed to function. NLAW is probably not designed for that attack geometry / distance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG TOW Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Gpig said: Those videos DO pass the sniff test. It's understandable to not want to believe it. Yes, number 3 guy you can see the involuntary reflex of his foot as he is shot, and the debris in front of his knee from possible bullet ricochet on ground. So yeah AK bullet to popliteal artery, time is limited. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, Armorgunner said: Please! Can we not have the discussion of these pictures!! Of prisoners of war! Real, or not!! You are not wrong to say that. If it were just about the POW situation that would be one thing, but this is a bigger issue. Still, I do not think any more of this should be posted. Summaries of what others have come up with should be sufficient to keep us informed. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorgunner Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Battlefront.com said: You are not wrong to say that. If it were just about the POW situation that would be one thing, but this is a bigger issue. Still, I do not think any more of this should be posted. Summaries of what others have come up with should be sufficient to keep us informed. Steve Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, akd said: I think the warhead failed to function. NLAW is probably not designed for that attack geometry / distance. Yes, I didn't think the hit seemed as intended. The NLAW is a strange missile. It is always designed to attack at a right angle to its flight path. At this steep of an angle that would not be ideal at all. This is one of the major differences between NLAW and Javelin. Javelin has a traditional warhead in the nose, which means you can fire straight at a target (in LOS Mode). NLAW's downward directed blast means it is not designed to directly impact anything. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Hunter Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 An interesting perspective, in the beginning he brings up the Tank is dead discussion and then moves on to discuss the amount of the videos and the content we're seeing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Video of Russian forces supposedly in the Porasnaya area, which is Luhansk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorgunner Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said: You are not wrong to say that. If it were just about the POW situation that would be one thing, but this is a bigger issue. Still, I do not think any more of this should be posted. Summaries of what others have come up with should be sufficient to keep us informed. Steve I just want to show that we from the West. Are so totally morally superior. And will show that we! Stand up, and still hold on to. What we decided together with Russia, at the 1949 Geneva Convention! Edited March 28, 2022 by Armorgunner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Armorgunner said: I just want to show that we from the West. Are so totally morally superior. And shows that we!!! Stand up, and still hold on. What we decided together with Russia, at the 1949 Geneva Convention! The irony is that Russia's actions make it so much harder on the rest of the world to follow the rules. But it is true, the Geneva Convention does not say "eye for an eye" or "do onto others as they do onto you". I very much hope, and expect, that Ukraine follows the rules of war better than the Russians. However, I do not expect Ukraine will be perfect. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraft Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Pilaf said: Yes, number 3 guy you can see the involuntary reflex of his foot as he is shot, and the debris in front of his knee from possible bullet ricochet on ground. So yeah AK bullet to popliteal artery, time is limited. The other POWs in the video have been given western tourniquets. I dont think they'd waste time with that if they were going to dump them in a ditch. On the point of validity, yes the Russian leaked documents causes doubt but I believe that to be coincidence. Mistreatment and abuse (besides filming, which is pretty tame and common practice in every war, ever, since the invention of phones) has increased a lot during the last couple of days with stripping, beating and kicking. What makes me esp. believe it is that this does not seem like the failed propaganda Russia has put out so far, if they were to fake it why not go all the way? Why show the common soldier that only the artillery officers get their knees capped and not the grunts who do the loading etc. I think simplest explanation is as always that this was not directed by a ruskie film studio close to Kyiv but rather angry blokes releasing their anger much like the videos from previous days. I do hope the Officers find out who was doing that and get this sorted as their emotions hurt the war effort more than those russians did. 21 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said: Still, I do not think any more of this should be posted. Summaries of what others have come up with should be sufficient to keep us informed. Steve Whoops my bad, that got posted while I was still typing. Edited March 28, 2022 by Kraft 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kraft said: The other POWs in the video have been given western tourniquets. I dont think they'd waste time with that if they were going to dump them in a ditch. On the point of validity, yes the Russian leaked documents causes doubt but I believe that to be coincidence. Mistreatment and abuse (besides filming, which is pretty tame and common practice in every war, ever, since the invention of phones) has increased a lot during the last couple of days with stripping, beating and kicking. What makes me esp. believe it is that this does not seem like the failed propaganda Russia has put out so far, if they were to fake it why not go all the way? Why show the common soldier that only the artillery officers get their knees capped and not the grunts who do the loading etc. I think simplest explanation is as always that this was not directed by a ruskie film studio close to Kyiv but rather angry blokes releasing their anger much like the videos from previous days. I do hope the Officers find out who was doing that and get this sorted as their emotions hurt the war effort more than those russians did. Whoops my bad, that got posted while I was still typing. No problem with discussion. In fact, I welcome it. I was speaking specifically of graphic images/videos. That is what we should stay away from. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Well, I don't believe this is in Mariupol. Not only do I think Kadyrov isn't going anywhere near the frontline, the likes of Pushilin certainly wouldn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 3 hours ago, The_Capt said: Right!? I mean the majority of their "combat veterans" are likely dead at this point. The effort to RSOMI 100k troops is enormous. They do this, or something like it, every year. There are about 200k conscripts, with each serving for 2 years = 100k intake each year. The bigger question is whether they conduct a stop-loss or release /previous/ year's draft on schedule. If they do release, then it's going to be ... 2 months? before the new 100k are even moderately useful, meaning a BIG dip in operations between 1 Apr and early-mid June (which, coincidentally means high summer and firm ground) If they don't release, then it's still early-mid June before the newbies get used, but the dip in ops between now and then will be lower. On the other hand, I imagine that the guys due to be released aren't going to be super happy about being held in uniform for another year. Also makes it even harder to maintain that whole "limited operation" bizzo with the public. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 More possible hints as to the negotiations. This is from the Financial Times: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, JonS said: They do this, or something like it, every year. There are about 200k conscripts, with each serving for 2 years = 100k intake each year. The bigger question is whether they conduct a stop-loss or release /previous/ year's draft on schedule. If they do release, then it's going to be ... 2 months? before the new 100k are even moderately useful, meaning a BIG dip in operations between 1 Apr and early-mid June (which, coincidentally means high summer and firm ground) If they don't release, then it's still early-mid June before the newbies get used, but the dip in ops between now and then will be lower. On the other hand, I imagine that the guys due to be released aren't going to be super happy about being held in uniform for another year. Also makes it even harder to maintain that whole "limited operation" bizzo with the public. (waves hello in a southwestward direction) The other thing to keep in mind is that Ukraine got started on their mobilizations a month ago. And unlike the "trained" conscripts that Russia has to draw from, Ukraine has 8 years of veterans to draw from. Using your timeframe, when Russia is ready with its 100,000 they might have to invade Ukraine from scratch as there might not be much to reinforce by then. And what does Putin expect them to got into Ukraine with aside from their disposable bodies? By all accounts Russia doesn't have stocks of 1st line anything lying around in any quantity. Body armor? Forget about it for sure. They'll be lucky if they don't get marched into Ukraine with the expectation that the guy behind picks up the gun from the guy in front because they don't have enough to go around. Russia's "been there, done that" before. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorgunner Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said: The irony is that Russia's actions make it so much harder on the rest of the world to follow the rules. But it is true, the Geneva Convention does not say "eye for an eye" or "do onto others as they do onto you". I very much hope, and expect, that Ukraine follows the rules of war better than the Russians. However, I do not expect Ukraine will be perfect. Steve I dont hold anyone from Ukraine responsible for anything. The big criminals are on the Russian leader side!! But I dont like to see POW on film. It can lead to retaliations, against family members of the POW´s. Edited March 28, 2022 by Armorgunner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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