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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:45:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TTTSNB: Thursday everyone was saying there would be a huuuuuge WW2 sized battle in the next 48 hours. I guess that's a no-go eh? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TTTSNB: Originally Posted By HIPPO: Hot of the Press ISW Battle Map Updates!
Thursday everyone was saying there would be a huuuuuge WW2 sized battle in the next 48 hours. I guess that's a no-go eh? What’s your point? |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:45:40 PM EST
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:46:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rebel31: Originally Posted By Zhukov: Originally Posted By MattyCR: Observe? They are actively training, fighting and capturing in fairly decent numbers. I'm not talking about veterans. I'm wondering about active duty military there on orders - assuming that they are actually there. Maybe it's CIA folks and not military. https://www.soc.mil/528th/PDFs/Title10Title50.pdf Group guys have in fact walked across the Polish border since mid Jan. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:47:50 PM EST
[Last Edit: HIPPO]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery:
Fuck yass! That’s > 100 KM behind the border. Deep. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:48:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN: Why they just sent a bunch of old Mongolians to fight? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN: Originally Posted By HIPPO: Hot of the Press ISW Battle Map Updates!
Why they just sent a bunch of old Mongolians to fight? They're using a handful of budget buckshot to stiffen up that big bucket of spit they call an army. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:48:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery:
Ukraine Mig-29 in Low level hunt near Kiev  Ukraine war : Ukraine Mig-29 in Low level hunt near Kiev |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:49:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam: Russia planned to keep that territory and move russians in. Control the politics. Remove the culture and language. You know, genocide. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lorazepam: Originally Posted By THOT_Vaccine: My theory: All the murder and rape happened well in advance of them being cut off and run out. "The atrocities" were part of the plan from the beginning. The cover up - crematoriums and the vans to haul off everyone to siberia - never took place. They had to do shit like quick dump bodies in the sewer because they were out of time. ... Dark as fuck, granted. I just don't see anything to disprove it. Russia planned to keep that territory and move russians in. Control the politics. Remove the culture and language. You know, genocide. Like they did with Konigsberg......yeah...just bury it and plant Russians... 
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:52:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TTTSNB: does not answer my questions at all. dude looks like he just tripped and fell down. how can he be injured? shouldn't it look like he got hit with a giant invisible flyswatter? lots of glass breaks and falls into the yard, but I don't see anything else damaged or even moving. windows on opposite building aren't affected, no damage to cars, dumpster doesn't move, tree branches don't move. how is that supposed to wiork? why does the BARROOOOM noise go on for 10 seconds? why do the windows shatter and the webcam gets hit only in the middle of it? because there are multiple explosions and they are hit by one of them? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TTTSNB: Originally Posted By Gunslinger808: Originally Posted By TTTSNB: does not answer my questions at all. Pressure wave close to a large explosion causes internal damage to people, like crushing organs. Like being crushed if you were to dive to a great depth in water. Everything you need to know about blast injuries. does not answer my questions at all. dude looks like he just tripped and fell down. how can he be injured? shouldn't it look like he got hit with a giant invisible flyswatter? lots of glass breaks and falls into the yard, but I don't see anything else damaged or even moving. windows on opposite building aren't affected, no damage to cars, dumpster doesn't move, tree branches don't move. how is that supposed to wiork? why does the BARROOOOM noise go on for 10 seconds? why do the windows shatter and the webcam gets hit only in the middle of it? because there are multiple explosions and they are hit by one of them? Do the nice people in white coats know you are using the internet? 
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:55:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eesmith: FYI anyone headed east soon: Warsaw is a checked bag sinkhole that strikes with regularity. I've already covered how they misplaced one of mine, but the team that flew in today had all five of their checked bags get misdirected. Those aren't the only cases I've heard of, at least three other people have had the same issue recently. If you're headed that way, be sure to put contact info on the outside and inside of each bag, and build in a couple days of flexibility into your schedule in case you have to chill in Warsaw while they bring your bags to you. Sounds like the BapshaBa of old days.... Seems like it goes thru cycles |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:58:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankyRay: Do the nice people in white coats know you are using the internet? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FrankyRay: Originally Posted By TTTSNB: Originally Posted By Gunslinger808: Originally Posted By TTTSNB: does not answer my questions at all. Pressure wave close to a large explosion causes internal damage to people, like crushing organs. Like being crushed if you were to dive to a great depth in water. Everything you need to know about blast injuries. does not answer my questions at all. dude looks like he just tripped and fell down. how can he be injured? shouldn't it look like he got hit with a giant invisible flyswatter? lots of glass breaks and falls into the yard, but I don't see anything else damaged or even moving. windows on opposite building aren't affected, no damage to cars, dumpster doesn't move, tree branches don't move. how is that supposed to wiork? why does the BARROOOOM noise go on for 10 seconds? why do the windows shatter and the webcam gets hit only in the middle of it? because there are multiple explosions and they are hit by one of them? Do the nice people in white coats know you are using the internet? you already gave me 2 non-answers, if you don't have an answer I'm not interested in discussing this further with you |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 6:59:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Abakan: Ah, yes. Orban, another POS Judas wanna be co..sucker. What a letdown that asshat is. Hungarians can fuck off. I'd trade Ukraine for them in NATO. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:01:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By TTTSNB: Originally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN: Why they just sent a bunch of old Mongolians to fight? before https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0709/02/1200-1300-mongolian-warrior-armor_1_38e16b7ff3c344a11830f63773d5908b.jpg after https://oilandspiceco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Mongolian-Beef.jpg What about the fried wice? |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:01:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BigGrumpyBear: I honestly don't understand why we don't "transfer" the Predator drones to them. They're operated out of Nevada, if I remember right. Put a Ukrainian in charge and let our guys operate it. It's how they do military hardware for fed gov LEO's. If they want to play fuck fuck word games, fine, two can play them. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BigGrumpyBear: Originally Posted By sq40: I agree, keeping it a proxy war and ramping up support is the best option. I could see drones “donated”, but operated by our experts from remote being a thing. Plausible deniability is easy there. I just think the war crimes stuff will keep coming and NATO may buckle in and start a no fly zone, at least in western Ukraine. Where it goes from there depends on if there are engagements, versus Russia backing off western Ukraine. If we put a no fly over Kiev and to the Belarus border, i think there is an even greater chance of escalation. I honestly don't understand why we don't "transfer" the Predator drones to them. They're operated out of Nevada, if I remember right. Put a Ukrainian in charge and let our guys operate it. It's how they do military hardware for fed gov LEO's. If they want to play fuck fuck word games, fine, two can play them. The fact that we retired all our Predators 4 years ago might have something to do with why they haven't been sent. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:01:47 PM EST
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 No one has registered CrispyOrks.com. That is begging for a photo album. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:03:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ContraHQ: https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/s_ea/ea9b4589c33064ed9e49311e94c1dc04.jpeg No one has registered CrispyOrks.com. That is begging for a photo album. ORC not ORK FFS, if youre gonna be part of MemeWarIII, gotta get it right! Back to the front! |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:05:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Finslayer83: Group guys have in fact walked across the Polish border since mid Jan. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Finslayer83: Originally Posted By Rebel31: Originally Posted By Zhukov: Originally Posted By MattyCR: Observe? They are actively training, fighting and capturing in fairly decent numbers. I'm not talking about veterans. I'm wondering about active duty military there on orders - assuming that they are actually there. Maybe it's CIA folks and not military. https://www.soc.mil/528th/PDFs/Title10Title50.pdf Group guys have in fact walked across the Polish border since mid Jan. I've been listening to book Relentless Strike on Audible and the US had a guy who was Delta "retire" but kept working. He grew up in Eastern Europe so he had an accent. During the shock and awe phase he was driving around Baghdad in a SUV equipped with NSA installed comms surveillance gear trying to get a fix on Saddam's location. He went from AD Army to civilian but basically had the same job description. There is also the guy Jocko interviewed who grew up in Poland and was event sent to prison by the Soviets. He walked up one of our embassies and got asylum. Became a US Navy SEAL. I have no doubt we have guys like that over there who grew up in the region who can do our bidding while blending in and giving us deniability because they'd have records from their origin outside of the US. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:05:29 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery:
They Ukrainians are flying airstrikes deep into Russia now? Spicy! |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:07:27 PM EST
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We need to import some Ukrainian farm girls.
 Beloe Zlato - ??????-????????? // Spruces-pine-trees |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:10:22 PM EST
[Last Edit: 7empest]
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Tricked
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:10:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster: Thales sight in a Russian T72B3 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-31-39_jpg-2342478.JPG The signs say "Picnic Area", right? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-06-10_jpg-2342479.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-06-08_jpg-2342480.JPG Thales
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:11:49 PM EST
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Ukraine is giving the Orc pilots plenty of options on how to FO:
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:12:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: Thales Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mancow: Originally Posted By Dracster: Thales sight in a Russian T72B3 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-31-39_jpg-2342478.JPG The signs say "Picnic Area", right? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-06-10_jpg-2342479.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-06-08_jpg-2342480.JPG Thales Fucking French, as usual... |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:14:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mnd6563: Ukraine is giving the Orc pilots plenty of options on how to FO:
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:14:48 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar: We need to import some Ukrainian farm girls.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvKnHBS4deUExcept they're Russian but ... otherwise yes 
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:15:31 PM EST
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Russian tanks crossing Seversky Donets river on pontoon bridge -- T-80U, T-80BVM tanks, BTR-82A etc.
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:17:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mnd6563: Fucking French, as usual... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mnd6563: Originally Posted By mancow: Originally Posted By Dracster: Thales sight in a Russian T72B3 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-31-39_jpg-2342478.JPG The signs say "Picnic Area", right? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-06-10_jpg-2342479.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_16-06-08_jpg-2342480.JPG Thales Fucking French, as usual... Creepy considering we contact with them too. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:18:29 PM EST
[Last Edit: Cpt_Kirks]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar:
I think that should read 6.5 kilometers. A 6500km range shoulder fired missile, wow. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:19:41 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar:
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:21:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar: Translation: how "terrible" Chechens and "evil" Russian "occupiers" are dragging people out of cellars in Mariupol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wDyvt7hkMAMan, those peoples clothes are spotless for having spent weeks in a hole in their cellar. I'm calling BS on it. Also note comments are turned off on the youtube video. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:22:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar: We need to import some Ukrainian farm girls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvKnHBS4deUAs someone who is happily married to a farm girl, America needs more farm girls. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:22:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonKey153: Lots of nasty ways to play their own game against them. While they have the support of the entire western world, why can't we find one of their planes that can be modded to take CBU-105s? Lend lease f16s? Who is going to fly f16's? It would take years to train ukr pilots to be combat effective in one |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:26:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gentlemanfarmer: If the Israelis were so scared of Nazi Ukrainianians, why did they license tavor, x95, Negev, galil, and a host of other weapon systems to Ukraine in the last decade? No this is about Russia threatening Israel with Hamas and them backing down. The fact that they prefer a genocidal country to a democracy is pretty lame and selfish. Israel sells weapons to everyone except Ukraine, doesn’t look good. The Israelis didn't "back down." In fact, they just "stood up" their forces: https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-visits-victims-of-tel-aviv-attack-vows-to-pursue-terrorists-everywhere/ Summary: Whether acting on their own to avoid international headlines, or at Moscow's urging, Hamas has been attacking the last month. Gloves off now, said Bennett. IDK what Israel is doing atm wrt Ukraine, but this summary that they are getting bought off is flat out wrong. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:29:04 PM EST
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Originally Posted By TTTSNB
does not answer my questions at all. dude looks like he just tripped and fell down. how can he be injured? shouldn't it look like he got hit with a giant invisible flyswatter? It squeezes instead of flattening, like squashing an orange, looks the same on the outside but liquifies internals. lots of glass breaks and falls into the yard, but I don't see anything else damaged or even moving. windows on opposite building aren't affected, no damage to cars, dumpster doesn't move, tree branches don't move. how is that supposed to wiork? Pressure waves don’t always move items, the house glass broke because of the difference of pressure, they popped just like an over pressured ballon would. why does the BARROOOOM noise go on for 10 seconds? why do the windows shatter and the webcam gets hit only in the middle of it? because there are multiple explosions and they are hit by one of them? Size and proximity to a blast can also seemingly extend the sound of a blast, the pressure wave passes quickly, the sound can linger and echo. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:29:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MattyCR: ORC not ORK FFS, if youre gonna be part of MemeWarIII, gotta get it right! Back to the front! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MattyCR: Originally Posted By ContraHQ: https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/s_ea/ea9b4589c33064ed9e49311e94c1dc04.jpeg No one has registered CrispyOrks.com. That is begging for a photo album. ORC not ORK FFS, if youre gonna be part of MemeWarIII, gotta get it right! Back to the front! Register both with a redirect on one to the other. That way you capture both factions 
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:30:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SWIRE: If they are dug in and have good supply lines they will be a lot tougher than the forces that tried to move on Kyiv with limited supplies. Immobile, dug in front lines? They can be pounded with artillery. Yes, tough to attack frontally with infantry, etc. So you don't. Just pound away. Bypass when you can. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:31:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Glock63: Who is going to fly f16's? It would take years to train ukr pilots to be combat effective in one How many years would you say it takes a fighter pilot to become combat effective after their training, when they are in their squadron? |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:33:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher15: The US suffered a 25% casualty rate in Korea and something like 15-16% in WW2. The Russians are being fed into a meat grinder. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher15: Originally Posted By sq40: I'm not a military expert or anything.. but losing 1/4 of your military in six weeks is probably frowned upon. Doubt it was in 6 weeks time. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:38:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cpt_Kirks: I think that should read 6.5 kilometers. A 6500km range shoulder fired missile, wow. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cpt_Kirks: Originally Posted By realwar:
I think that should read 6.5 kilometers. A 6500km range shoulder fired missile, wow. Some Russian tank turrets have reached an altitude of 6500km. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:39:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SEAN10MM: Hilarious. "Hey Igor, look at this stuff in my hands"..... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SEAN10MM: Originally Posted By Crash_Test_Dhimmi: I guess they have ASVAB waivers in the Russian army too... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/182245/Screenshot_20220409-144329_png-2343356.JPG Hilarious. "Hey Igor, look at this stuff in my hands"..... Igor... This stuff is hot, I wrap it in cloth and put it under coat to stay warm. You should look for one too. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:41:19 PM EST
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So I have a question out of curiosity, and let me preface this by saying that I am 100 percent on the side of Ukraine and want to see more crispy orcs.
We've heard a lot about the Russian oligarchs and how they support Putin's ass but it seems to me that they are laying low and don't want any part of this invasion. I am just curious and quite possibly I may be dead wrong but does anyone know for sure? I'm just reaching out for the vast knowledge of the hive. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:45:09 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sq40: From what I've read earlier in this thread, Crimea has been heavily fortified over the years. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sq40: Originally Posted By mercersfinest4: Originally Posted By HIPPO: Hot of the Press ISW Battle Map Updates!
Can Ukraine push into Crimea with a little help now that Russia looks toothless? From what I've read earlier in this thread, Crimea has been heavily fortified over the years. Most of Ukraine's armor and Mech forces are engaged in the Donbass in the East. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:46:29 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pallas: That is just bad ass! Huge yacht, landing craft with a LC on it, my man has style. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pallas: Originally Posted By realwar: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP7EcfvXIAYSEdF?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP7EmD8XIAkhtkN?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP7F0A5X0AYpFiU?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP7GN25XIAk4v24?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP7DZvSXwAESu3c?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP7CdFSWUAMI7uA?format=png&name=small That is just bad ass! Huge yacht, landing craft with a LC on it, my man has style. It should be taken out to the deepest part of the Black Sea and sunk.
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:48:04 PM EST
[Last Edit: MattyCR]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ryan_Scott: How many years would you say it takes a fighter pilot to become combat effective after their training, when they are in their squadron? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ryan_Scott: Originally Posted By Glock63: Who is going to fly f16's? It would take years to train ukr pilots to be combat effective in one How many years would you say it takes a fighter pilot to become combat effective after their training, when they are in their squadron? 4-5 years. Its like apprentice and journeyman. It takes a while to have all the training so you can tell whats gonna happen before it does or to have muscle memory to do shit simply under stress. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:48:06 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bluecord114: So I have a question out of curiosity, and let me preface this by saying that I am 100 percent on the side of Ukraine and want to see more crispy orcs. We've heard a lot about the Russian oligarchs and how they support Putin's ass but it seems to me that they are laying low and don't want any part of this invasion. I am just curious and quite possibly I may be dead wrong but does anyone know for sure? I'm just reaching out for the vast knowledge of the hive. IDFK but if you speak up against the propaganda they put you in the gulag for 15 years. then there's this guy https://fortune.com/2022/03/04/putin-bounty-russia-ukraine-1-million-dollars/ |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:49:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bluecord114: So I have a question out of curiosity, and let me preface this by saying that I am 100 percent on the side of Ukraine and want to see more crispy orcs. We've heard a lot about the Russian oligarchs and how they support Putin's ass but it seems to me that they are laying low and don't want any part of this invasion. I am just curious and quite possibly I may be dead wrong but does anyone know for sure? I'm just reaching out for the vast knowledge of the hive. I saw a former "oligarch" (he had spent some time in prison for criticizing Putin) interviewed and he explained that the west misunderstands what the oligarchs really are. They basically serve at Putin's pleasure. You only get to play if you kiss his ass and share your earnings with him. They have very little political power and need to tread very lightly to stay in the big guy's graces. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:52:05 PM EST
[Last Edit: TNgan]
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Yes, Russian purchased thousands French thermo sights for their tanks.
Original it suppose to be only being use for export Russian tanks, such as the Indian T-90A and S. But the Russian started stockpile those, and eventually installing it on their own tanks. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:52:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Counting up EVERYTHING in that list does not come close to the 684 (UK estimate) destroyed Russian tanks. Is that list Putin's numbers? https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html I am really astounded by that list. Its astounding. What blows my mind is 170 captured tanks. Not damaged and captured, but undamaged/captured. That is the equivalent of all the tanks in a US WWII armored division. Captured in one month. I'm trying to wrap my head around this and there aren't really any good historical examples that come close to this. Country A invades country B and 17% of their tank crews in the first wave abandon their vehicles and walk away in the first month. This is like the Italian invasion of N Africa, or some sort of Mussolini-like fiasco. Italy invading Greece or something. The delta between the aggressiveness of the national command authority and the unwillingness of the troops to fight isn't something that has an easy precedent. The alternative explanation is the Ukrainians are lying their asses off. The most likely outcome is a month for the Russians to prep, a second offensive, a fiasco, and then rout. Most of the time the defenders quit and surrender in droves at the end of a war and that's how you know the end is near. This is just weird. Morale is harder to measure then numbers but these are crazy numbers. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:53:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Element94: Google is not very helpful when researching obscure military acronyms. I ran across a post that had 4 I didn't know. I was interested so I asked. I was working at PEO Carriers in the DC Navy Yard (dropping in two acronyms there) and there was an acronym in use I didn't know. I asked what it stood for and the Navy guys helpfully explained what it meant. I know I remember acronyms FAR better if I know the exact words the letters stand for, so I asked what the words were. Nobody could remember what the letters stood for, even the guy in charge of the acronym in his full-time job. (They did laugh and say, "Geez, we ought to know that," and looked it up.) |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 7:55:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Zhukov: I'm not talking about veterans. I'm wondering about active duty military there on orders - assuming that they are actually there. Maybe it's CIA folks and not military. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Zhukov: Originally Posted By MattyCR: Observe? They are actively training, fighting and capturing in fairly decent numbers. I'm not talking about veterans. I'm wondering about active duty military there on orders - assuming that they are actually there. Maybe it's CIA folks and not military. Low profile and pay attention. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 8:01:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MattyCR: 4-5 years. Its like apprentice and journeyman. It takes a while to have all the training so you can tell whats gonna happen before it does or to have muscle memory to do shit simply under stress. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MattyCR: Originally Posted By Ryan_Scott: Originally Posted By Glock63: Who is going to fly f16's? It would take years to train ukr pilots to be combat effective in one How many years would you say it takes a fighter pilot to become combat effective after their training, when they are in their squadron? 4-5 years. Its like apprentice and journeyman. It takes a while to have all the training so you can tell whats gonna happen before it does or to have muscle memory to do shit simply under stress. Doesn’t seem to me that a guy who is a journeyman fighter pilot would take years to learn a new aircraft. Even the new tactics to go with it. |
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