The result of the failed Russian attempt to bridge and cross the Siverskyi Donets River, in Ukraine ,  a few days ago.
Russia lost 70+ vehicles destroyed and hundreds of  soldiers were killed. pic.twitter.com/bhX9RWxSyH

Hollowbyte  (@Anapurnaiii) May 16, 2022

So... a dozen women?

Turkey knows it is situated in a strategic position that NATO cannot afford to lose.

Very true - makes no sense but it makes "cents". Epoch Times looked at the Tucker Carlson crowd since they always aligned with his audiences line of thinking (I was a big Tucker fan also just like my Ukrainian mother until he started his Kremlin bullshit). Epoch could not support Ukraine being invaded by Russia when Tucker has guests on like former Moscow State Institute of International Relations employee Clinton Ehrlich who states on his Facebook page that Ukraine is shelling its own hospitals to blame Russia.

A friend of mine got Epoch Times as a birthday gift a few months ago. He used to love to ask me questions about what is happening to Ukraine and was always pro-Ukrainian. Not really any more.

Yep, right now the R-18 drone units are doing over 200 sorties per day.  If they see something big, info goes to other units to hit it.  Most R-18's are doing night missions.

Make Constantinople Greek Again.

Problem solved.

And see, the Epoch stuff worries me because the playbook in Ukraine can and would be used against Taiwan, Tibet, or anywhere else the CCP wants.... "Protecting Ethnic Han Chinese" is a great line. It should have utterly horrified Epoch what Russia did, but instead, its all I get in my Epoch news feed, which is just nuts. This tells me that they're willing to feed into BS logic too, as long as the ad dollars from that viewership niche stay. So even they will kowtow to money, rather than principles.

Looks like they have decent setups

CZ Bren 2 with Eotech and magnifier

It appears what many GD'ers are missing is that both Ukraine and Russia were notorious criminal-managed enterprises prior to this war.

Criminal cartels took precedence over politics, principles, freedom, God, mother, and whatever else is on that list.


However,

Ukraine must prevail.

Putin must disappear.

Fast and furious, Donbass edition.  Two Russian bmp's strike mines, the second one finds two.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/uqziox/two_destroyed_russian_bmps_after_entering_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb

I had big hopes for Epoch Times but for them to throw Ukraine aside for Russian propaganda just to avoid losing some of their audience tells me they are like any other alternative conservative news business. They won't fold on the Taiwan issue but it will be interesting to see how Kremlin spins that conflict - and yes, the Kremlin would be involved in this issue VERY heavily. I'm sure that the "USA has had biolabs in Taiwan for decades!" BS will be just one of many the conservatards will lap up.

Yes. It appears that all the SCARs, BRENs, and AR-type rifles go straight to Ukrainian special ops or foreign legion special ops UNLESS a Ukrainian bought an AR at a gun shop with his/her own money.

If this war in Europe doesn't turn her around, I'd say find yourself a better woman. Hope there are not kids involved.

I'm in.

Erdogan certainly keeps Turkey's interests above all others.

Too bad it's at the cost of Ataturk's legacy however.

Probably.  From reading tweets from Chechens, it sounds like there is a growing anti-infidel, anti-russian sentiment again.  After Putin's war concludes, there's going to be another attempt for musilms in Chechnya to break away is my belief.

What I had read prior to this war was that Ukraine was trying to shake the left over soviet corruption and was trying to move toward being a western style nation. They do NOT like russia or soviets. My daughter went to school with Ukranians.

That's the thing. There are no breeding age Russian males to move in.

The Russian military is supposed to Slavic majority by design, and they cannot even maintain that.

Russia cannot even repopulate itself.

She was on track until she equated supporting Ukraine with regime change
Because putin is the only one wanting regime change, by toppling a popularly elected government that actually did run on a reform platform.  How well they well getting along with that I don’t know.  
But there surely is a lot of nonsense and crooked spending in all that $40B.

Still destroying the Russian military and its current government is a good thing.  

Getting rid of the rampant corruption in the supposedly ethical western governments like the USA and most of not all of Western Europe- will probably take an Act of God.

Europeans don't have kids!

Agreed

network security professionals know the work of Ukrainian and Russian cartels

both stole $billions from the U.S. alone

I work I.T. and I can easily point at 50 recent instances of Russian organized crime in the U.S.. Stuff ranging from ransomware to bank robberies. From the news, they are all over Europe selling guns and smuggling all kinds of crap. On the other hand, I really can't point of any specific Ukrainian examples of the same.

I've heard a MANY people say Ukraine has an OC problem and a corrupt government. I can't seem to find anything other than the Eastern European hobby of embezzlement and money laundering for tax evasion. Both of which are endemic everywhere over there. Maybe a leftover from outright Soviet flavored communism?

I guess my question is: What are you talking about when you say Ukraine has a notorious criminal problem?

Ataturk and the so-called 'Young Turks' were genocidally murderous sonofabitches.

GROT Machine gun for the Armed Forces of Poland: is it a good replacement for the Kalash?
15.05.2022

By the Ukrainian Gun Owners Association (zbroya.info)

Soldiers of the Ukrainian Defense Forces have already started receiving Polish GROT guns, which Warsaw is handing over as military aid.

This small automatic weapon under the caliber 5.56x45 NATO is new for Poland itself. Its mass serial production began only in 2017, and it is thanks to GROT that the Polish Army plans to abandon the Soviet legacy.
GROT machine as a challenge for Poland

For Poland's defense industry, the development of the GROT was a challenge, as it was about developing an assault rifle from scratch. Earlier, in 1997, the Poles developed and deployed production of the wz.96 Beryl machine gun, but this was only an upgrade of the AK-74 to NATO cartridge.

In addition, the Poles immediately set themselves the maximum high bar - the new development had to be better than the German HK416 and the Belgian FN SCAR-L. And these two models are not only new, but also one of the best in their class, combining reliability and efficiency.

Moreover, the main feature of GROT is modularity. And in a much broader sense than in many other shooting systems. Virtually the entire system is a constructor from which it is possible to assemble a rifle, machine gun, assault rifle and compact weapon for combat in cities or for armored crews. And all this in the field.

There is also a bulpup version of the machine, which uses the same modules, but has not yet gone into series.

As a result, the GROT was developed from 2007 to 2017, in which it was adopted in the version of the assault rifle with the index GROT C16 FB-M1. The first batch of weapons underwent a thorough research operation, during which deficiencies were identified in the weakness of plastic elements and other "children's diseases".

This caused a relatively high-profile "weapons" scandal and the manufacturer upgraded as quickly as possible. GROT C16 FB-M2 received a longer stream to cover the gas block, reinforced drummer, modified handle and butt.

Features of the GROT C16 FB-M2 automatic rifle

GROT C16 is a classic assault rifle with automatic piston short-stroke automatic and barrel channel locking when turning the shutter. Aluminum and impact-resistant plastic are widely used in the design, but the weight of the rifle without cartridges for the version with a barrel of 406 mm (16 inches) - 3.65 kg, which is approximately equal to the AK-74. Dimensions are also standard: 900 mm and 843 mm with folded butt.

The developers paid special attention to ergonomics. A classic for NATO countries, a three-position safety fuse-selector for the thumb. Mine for a standard NATO store and a large key for its reset. Shutter knobs on both sides, which remain stationary when firing.

As for the range and accuracy of GROT C16 firing, they are standard for assault rifles. The aiming range is defined by the developers at 500 meters, the standard cluster according to the specification is 150 mm from the average aiming point per 100 meters. Speed ​​is also standard for NATO systems - 700-900 shots per minute.

The development of the Poles' own automatic weapons, especially from scratch, without the use of the American AR platform or Kalashnikov's work, of course, caused fierce envy in Russia.

This resulted in a number of publications, which reproduced all the shortcomings identified in the first version of GROT C16, and the "winner" of course was "St. Kalash". But the main disadvantage of the AK-74 and the newer AK-12, primarily in ammunition 5.45x39, which is worse than NATO 5.56x45.

In the West, the vast majority of observers, first of all, noted the convenience of GROT. This is what our fighters, who have already received these weapons, say. As for the peculiarities of operation in real combat, it is likely that reviews will appear no less quickly.

As for the price, in 2019 Warsaw ordered 18,000 GROT C16 for 40.2 million dollars, which gives the cost of one rifle at 2,233 dollars.
Features GROT C16 FB-M2

   Ammunition: 5, 56x45 mm NATO

   Initial velocity of bullets: 890 m / s

   Muzzle energy: 1600 J.

   Theoretical rate of fire: 700-900 shots per minute.

   Aiming range: 500 m

   Length with butt / with folded: 900/843 mm.

   Barrel length: 406 mm.

   Weight of the weapon without shop: 3650 g

Most are missing her primary point
This regime is not doing its primary function and that is to work for the benefit of the US citizens
Instead they stock and hand out formula to illegals
They are making inflation worse.  Restricting the supply of fuel products and hurting all American consumers.  But then turn corn to fuel when it’s needed for food and animal feed
Destroying russia is good,   But there’s not an ounce of concern for American families and industry with the demorats

No doubt there’s lots of very sketchy kickback schemes within the $40B

It was well on its way with the pro-USA Yushchenko administration back around 2006-2010 - I worked with them. With the help and skill of Paul Manafort, the Kremlin corruption was put back in with Yanukovych.

They are right.

That's as specific as I'm going to get publicly.

And there's a significant difference between "working I.T." and specializing in network security.  

Apparently, the KA-52 has problems.........unsure if propaganda, so take it for what its worth

Russia’s Ka-52 Attack Helicopters Have A Serious Vibration Problem

What you describe isn't Trump's legacy. It's the establishment media's legacy. They destroyed their own credibility through decades of pushing propaganda in service to the "elites". Trump just pointed it out. And he was right. So, while you're right about the issue you're describing, it's wrong to hang it around Trump's neck. That's the equivalent of shooting the messenger. He didn't force the big media companies and tech companies to become propaganda arms of the establishment and knowingly peddle falsehoods 24/7/365. They decided to do that on their own. We, as a nation are better off for waking up to their treachery instead of sucking it all down. Cynicism and skepticism with respect to the info channels owned by the powerful and well-connected are healthy responses. That's the very definition of critical thinking.