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No, but they can get its phone number.My friend wants to know, will they pull a Russian tank
No, but they can get its phone number.My friend wants to know, will they pull a Russian tank
I agree with you that most here want Russia to lose. But we should not fool ourselves into thinking everyone in The West agrees. Anecdotal Evidence: I live in rural East Texas (think Deliverance) I had a conversation with a local coot at the gas station. He interestingly said “I think differently than most folks, I think we should stand up to Russia.” Thus, in the corn pone circles In which he runs, folks must not support standing up to Russia. Also, my step daughters husband, a stout East Texan, today sounded like KGB; “It is the Ukrainians who are killing civilians and blaming it on the Russians.” And looking forward to the destruction of the troops holding out in the Azovstal plant. Basically for this guy, Russia is in the right & Ukraine must be crushed. So, there is, on the far right here in the US, lots of sympathy for Putin & the invasion.I don't think any of us in the thread know for certain what's actually happening.
The best information is that agreed by both sides- e.g. there's still fighting in Mariupol, there aren't any Russians left north of Kiev, Kherson is closer to the front lines than a few weeks ago, etc.
Relative force losses, true capabilities, future plans- every armchair general here has their own opinion. Some seem reasonable, others a decade or two out of date.
I'm not sure there's much point arguing about "I believe/you believe" when we can't quickly prove which article of faith is correct.
I think the common ground is that most here want Russia to lose, and to do so as quickly as possible, at enough cost to dissuade them from trying this expedition again for many many years.
Stanley Kubrick would have a field day with that thought.on the far right here in the US, lots of sympathy for Putin & the invasion.
Better to see that as 140kg or 70 miles.I read the specs for the aforementioned drone.
140kg to a range of 70 miles. In the small print the battery life is 34 minutes.
Personally, I think it’s best to use these kind of things to pester Russian forces.
Some very good answers in the link, and thanks for the info about the M777.M777 have on board FCS so they can fire from dispersed firing positions. More vulnerable than SPGs but they shouldn’t be operating in the linear firing positions that make such appealing targets. As to SPGs, they are sending them but they require a lot of logistical support.
As to gun life, it depends.
How often do modern artillery pieces need to change their barrels?
We were taught both. One in Physics, other in Maths.Ah, a classisist. We were taught f not a or in this case g.
But applying this to long range snipping and counter battery fire, how long after firing will the radar detect the incoming? How long after that for counter fire? Finally what is the flight time from the masked battery?
Stanley Kubrick would have a field day with that thought.
How the fvck has that shift happened in my lifetime?
The Ukrainians may be winning the information war in the West, (apart from East Texas), but is that a concern for Putin ? As long as the domestic audience is accepting of the Kremlin version of the war's progress why should he care what the wider world thinks ? He could recall his forces tomorrow, announce a glorious victory on the 9th and the mushrooms that are the Russian populace will accept it; sanctions will wither and die, and in a few years we will be back here again.I agree with you that most here want Russia to lose. But we should not fool ourselves into thinking everyone in The West agrees. Anecdotal Evidence: I live in rural East Texas (think Deliverance) I had a conversation with a local coot at the gas station. He interestingly said “I think differently than most folks, I think we should stand up to Russia.” Thus, in the corn pone circles In which he runs, folks must not support standing up to Russia. Also, my step daughters husband, a stout East Texan, today sounded like KGB; “It is the Ukrainians who are killing civilians and blaming it on the Russians.” And looking forward to the destruction of the troops holding out in the Azovstal plant. Basically for this guy, Russia is in the right & Ukraine must be crushed. So, there is, on the far right here in the US, lots of sympathy for Putin & the invasion.
Some posters talk about Ukraine pursuing and winning a war of attrition. Methinks they may have been seduced too much by pictures of tractors pulling tanks and chosen to ignore demographics and stockpiles. Ukraine cannot win a war of attrition. Moscow still has hundreds of thousands of troops to call upon and millions of reservists - but, for domestic political reasons, is choosing not to use them. What does Ukraine have left?
They may well be able to win a war of attrition, or perhaps more accurately a battle of endurance. Much depends on the Russian will and ability to keep on waging a war of aggression that yields few tangible gains.
There are a lot of variables, such as the functionality of Russia's battle groups, and the troops' willingness to fight. It's also an open question whether the Russians can recall and equip reservists, what their ammo and POL state is - their arms industry appears to be in serious trouble. Add to that growing economic woes, rumours of Kremlin plots, Ukrainian integration of NATO weapons systems etc.
The Ukrainians appear to be hanging in there and trusting to the Russians to lose the war.
Hold on mo. I'm not in anyway saying that the bloke at the sharp end isn't telling the truth. I believe him wholeheartedly. Sadly.The individual who made the statement giving numbers, is (a) British, fighting for his adopted homeland (Ukraine) (b) talking in English to a friend (not me) on Face Book.
How do you know that the UKr are exaggerating Rus losses? Oryx doesn't see/report everything.
So can I suggest that you shove your assumptions where the sun doesn't shine?
Update from Zak
Good morning buddy, it’s been a crazy few days to say the least, our sister battalion has lost over 450 KIA over the last 10 days, they are situated to our left flank facing east, so had to pull in reserve troops and get them placed in and get the other battalion out of there.
Repelled 2 Russian BTG’s they also took horrendous casualties and lost 16 tanks over the last 4 days, countless of other vehicles also, another 2 BTG’s that are now not combat effective, they must be down to 30-20% CE so that’s the only good news really, more cruise missile attacks on the city, few KIA civilians
Yeah, seen the posts by the lads, hopefully will get here soon, it will go to Lviv first then be sent by the post to me or my friend here in the city, depending if I am here or not, George wood , mutual friend is also sending over lots of first aid stuff, will be extremely useful as we are running seriously low on IFAK’s.
Asked if had any int on how Russian Forces were ref reserves etc
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The orcs are much of worse than we are buddy, like I said we destroyed two BTG’s in the last few days, estimates is that they have lost up to 33% of their full invasion force
The other BTG’s keep on getting thrown together ad hoc and launched back into the fray, they are only using people from the far flung districts of Russia, not seen any from the Moscow and St Petersburg districts as the death toll there would sway public opinion.
That’s just in our area, Ukrainian forces are relieving and pushing the orcs out of Kharkiv district and are doing well.
Mixed emotions here.Ukrainian MoD have stated that today's attack on Azovstal has failed.