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Originally Posted By SheltiePimp: How is the general mood and morale? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SheltiePimp: Originally Posted By WildBill375: Our ranks have also swollen with troops. Reserves are been being committed to the fight as we speak. How is the general mood and morale? Morale is high. |
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Originally Posted By stone-age: Where do you find that info. I can't find anything except the russian propaganda. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By stone-age: Originally Posted By ad_nauseam: 110 ruble is a fiction, you can't buy it under 150 Where do you find that info. I can't find anything except the russian propaganda. As of yesterday you could buy for around 100/1, today is more like 110/1. Still pretty amazing it's that good right now. No hard cash though, only electronic. @stone-age Tagged you since this moves so fast |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: That guy was spot on for the T-90. The company had such bad press because of the T-72 they just rebranded it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q83AIJCGaQ View Quote Lol, the Russian propaganda outlets were praising the T-90 a few years ago. They said it was an Abrams killer. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By SheltiePimp: That's why I can't sleep. The logical outcome of this event comes down to very few scenarios. A) This is a planned and coordinated effort between Russia and the West, Ukraine is just being sacrificed in a pre-negotiated deal. - Highly Unlikely B) Russia thought this would be fast and easy, and over in a few weeks. - Possible, but highly unlikely because they knew of the training of Ukrainian forces and the weapons transfers, they knew Ukrainian special forces and regular forces have planned and prepared for this invasion. C) Russia is totally fucked up and their planning, logistics, and tactics, and these losses are just indicative of where they are as a military. - Possibly true, due to their fallback and leverage of nuclear deterrence, and they accept the losses as part of a long term strategy The problem with all these scenarios, is if Russia starts losing, and they are embarrassed in the eyes of the world, and they are economically destroyed, how do they retaliate? How does Putin save face? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SheltiePimp: Originally Posted By Bassgasm: The simple answer is most likely this: They can't. Even if your nation is an economic and industrial powerhouse with a bad ass military, dealing with the scenario the Ukrainians are bringing to the table would be very difficult and costly. A nation experiencing an economic collapse with a sketchy military and soldiers that don't have will to fight? Nope. That ain't gonna work. That's why I can't sleep. The logical outcome of this event comes down to very few scenarios. A) This is a planned and coordinated effort between Russia and the West, Ukraine is just being sacrificed in a pre-negotiated deal. - Highly Unlikely B) Russia thought this would be fast and easy, and over in a few weeks. - Possible, but highly unlikely because they knew of the training of Ukrainian forces and the weapons transfers, they knew Ukrainian special forces and regular forces have planned and prepared for this invasion. C) Russia is totally fucked up and their planning, logistics, and tactics, and these losses are just indicative of where they are as a military. - Possibly true, due to their fallback and leverage of nuclear deterrence, and they accept the losses as part of a long term strategy The problem with all these scenarios, is if Russia starts losing, and they are embarrassed in the eyes of the world, and they are economically destroyed, how do they retaliate? How does Putin save face? There is another option. Despite Gen Miley saying that Kyiv would fall within 72 hours, Russians knew this would be a long and brutal war and don't have any intention of stopping it. They don't care if it takes 10 years and costs 100,000 Russian lives. They are intent on retaking all of the former Russian states and are planning on at least a 5 year campaign. Probably unlikely as well, but possible. |
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Originally Posted By RattleCanAR: Most likely not anymore. The unit CC ran out of data on his mobile plan. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RattleCanAR: Originally Posted By RolandofGilead: You think an S-400 is connected to the internet? Most likely not anymore. The unit CC ran out of data on his mobile plan. |
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Originally Posted By M-1975::
Translation from an earlier POW video: Guy is doing a lot of these: https://twitter.com/mdmitri91/media https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FM2LZtdXsAEXXQC?format=png&name=smalln View Quote No matter how the conflict shakes out, I don't see how Putin retains power. He is 100% discredited to everyone, including his own people. |
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Originally Posted By Dracster: It's Russia. Anything is possible at this point. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Dracster: Originally Posted By RolandofGilead: Originally Posted By Dracster: Originally Posted By HIPPO: Originally Posted By Action45: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: Current speculation:
That's huge news if true. Don't disagree at all with those. I'll add some that other folks are considering: - What if Putin has other plans for them? (Another related action in an adjacent area like say Moldova and Romania and/or as a check on neighboring countries/NATO) - What if someone jammed Russian air defense systems? Sounds like a job for Anonymous You think an S-400 is connected to the internet? It's Russia. Anything is possible at this point. I wonder how many times a day some jackass SNCO or dipshit 2LT plugs their Goddamn phone into a SIPR rack to charge it. |
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Russian soldier vs Ukrainian door
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There is no plan. I was one of the naysayers arguing that Russia was not going to invade. My argument was based on the simple fact, that Russia does not have the cash or the demographics to conduct war. This is exactly what we are seeing on display. This is a replay of Tsushima and Winter War combined into one humiliating defeat. Russia will soon cease to be a country, they already lost. This is weapons grade stupid.
Ukraine will absolutely be in the EU and NATO. Kyiv will over the next 50-100 years will become the center of the Slavic world. Glory to them. |
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Originally Posted By sq40: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/49447/83EAB26B-469A-480A-9368-6CA248177822_jpe-2298746.JPG View Quote Group buy? |
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Originally Posted By sq40: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/49447/83EAB26B-469A-480A-9368-6CA248177822_jpe-2298746.JPG View Quote Group buy!?!? Edit: beat dammit |
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Originally Posted By writerdeluxe2006: Russian soldier vs Ukrainian door
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Originally Posted By planemaker: For sure you could hear that one coming for miles. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By planemaker: Originally Posted By CS223: Originally Posted By Doritodust: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/470154/E251C98C-7CEA-487A-B823-649FBAC6FAB2_jpe-2298672.JPG I couldn't believe it, I had to look it up, its a fucking pulse jet powered drone. For sure you could hear that one coming for miles. Basically a mini V1. |
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Originally Posted By SilverBearX: There is another option. Despite Gen Miley saying that Kyiv would fall within 72 hours, Russians knew this would be a long and brutal war and don't have any intention of stopping it. They don't care if it takes 10 years and costs 100,000 Russian lives. They are intent on retaking all of the former Russian states and are planning on at least a 5 year campaign. Probably unlikely as well, but possible. View Quote Ten more years of "DEFCON updates." I'm in. |
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Originally Posted By M-1975: Another kid POW:
Translator: https://twitter.com/mdmitri91/status/1498949550698078211 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FM1WnbsWYAEz_z2?format=png&name=large View Quote |
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Originally Posted By writerdeluxe2006: Russian soldier vs Ukrainian door
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Originally Posted By Walleyeguy24: How many of those are likely air worthy? How many capable pilots do they have? How many maintenance people do they have? I'm pretty sure their logistics are fucked everywhere. I do agree to some extent that it is suprising we haven't seen more of their air assets in battle, but they also can't afford to use many of them either. In my eyes, they are built and trained to defend Russia from their home bases. They cannot project outside of their own areas with any type of efficiency. Based on what we are seeing with all of their other equipment, they can't keep all those assets flying at once. Limited maintenance, parts, missiles/bombs, fuel, air crews, storage, etc. They just can't do it in any real numbers without abandoning their current posts. View Quote Martin is deluded into thinking the russians have a military that is an equal to ours. Their economy was about the same size as TX, and expects them to have a military equal to ours. He needs to understand that without nukes, they would just be a drunken pissant of a country with undeveloped potential because everyone is miserable there. |
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Originally Posted By RattleCanAR: @freefalle7 View Quote Nobody was killed just a few concussions and one gunner burned. My truck was one of those, And my gunner got a few pretty bad burns. He spent two weeks in KAF and the other soldier and I spent a week at the FOB Med center. Other truck just had concussions and was out of action for a week. MRAPs are tough and survivable , but easy to stop, keep in mind these trucks hit IEDs/VBIEDs vs javelins or NLAWs. A javelin or Nlaw would have fucked us up, like closed casket funeral fucked up. |
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Hell at this point I wouldn't be surprised to see a "Russian break away region" join Ukraine
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By writerdeluxe2006: Russian soldier vs Ukrainian door
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FM2QkySWYAIqdWc?format=jpg&name=large That is hilarious and basically a perfect picture of what Russia sent to Ukraine. He probably wasted 25 percent of his allotted ammo on that failed mission as well. |
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Originally Posted By Maine_11B_to_Nurse: It appears not to matter much, it just needs to defeat the fuel and food trucks, the rest takes care of itself. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Maine_11B_to_Nurse: Originally Posted By kncook: Originally Posted By spydercomonkey: Originally Posted By Tech-Com:
Great updates. I know the M72 LAW is insufficient on MBTs but 2.7k of them from one country would really beat up the BMPs, trucks, and Tigr-M stuff. Would a M72 LAW defeat an MRAP type vehicle? It appears not to matter much, it just needs to defeat the fuel and food trucks, the rest takes care of itself. There are loads of things you don’t want or need to waste an NLAW on. A LAW kills all those Tigrs,MTLBs,Kamazes… |
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Originally Posted By mcantu: It seems pretty clear that Russia is sending in it's 2nd and 3rd echelon troops as cannon fodder. The troops and vehicles they sent in in 2014 were better equipped and newer than what's been sent in so far View Quote |
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Originally Posted By writerdeluxe2006: Russian soldier vs Ukrainian door
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Originally Posted By SilverBearX: There is another option. Despite Gen Miley saying that Kyiv would fall within 72 hours, Russians knew this would be a long and brutal war and don't have any intention of stopping it. They don't care if it takes 10 years and costs 100,000 Russian lives. They are intent on retaking all of the former Russian states and are planning on at least a 5 year campaign. Probably unlikely as well, but possible. View Quote This is a serious option. These questions need to be answered to make sense of it. 1: Why hasn't Russia cut off internet and mobile access? 2: Why hasn't Russia targeted electrical, telecommunications, transportation, and naval logistics targets? 3: Can Russia provide political, legal, and policing forces for all territories of Ukraine? 4: Does Russia have the manpower to police Ukraine? 5: Would it be beneficial for Russia to leave an internal Police and Military force intact to govern Ukraine, as they have in Chechnya? The next 7 days will reveal what's really at play. |
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Originally Posted By bikedamon: That captured Russian gulping down tea and food like he's starving while Ukrainians basically comfort him and he weeps is a powerful scene. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By bikedamon: That captured Russian gulping down tea and food like he's starving while Ukrainians basically comfort him and he weeps is a powerful scene. Yeah it is. And the second video down definitely has a Bo and Luke Duke feeling to it! HeeeeeeeeeeeeHawwwwwwww! |
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Originally Posted By maddmatt: Hell at this point I wouldn't be surprised to see a "Russian break away region" join Ukraine View Quote I'm saying the US should make a claim on Siberia since Native Americans closest relatives are native Siberians and indigenous peoples of the Russian occupied Far East. Our history must not be denied! |
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Originally Posted By Walleyeguy24: Yes and no. It certainly has changed. But, the Russian command, control, intelligence, and COMMUNICATIONS seem to he as big of a driving factor as anything. These guys are out of fuel from the start, nobody knows where anyone else is and what to do. That is just as important. I doubt the IS or another well trained western ally would fair anywhere close to this poorly. But these drone strikes are absolutely a game changer, there is no doubt about it. If the US isn't working on small portable, disposable drones, we are not doing a good job or reading a modern battlefield. We also have no idea what counter drone technology is out there. GPS jamming along with other counter measures could make them useless. View Quote US has tube launched AI drone swarms |
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Originally Posted By gene_wi: There is no plan. I was one of the naysayers arguing that Russia was not going to invade. My argument was based on the simple fact, that Russia does not have the cash or the demographics to conduct war. This is exactly what we are seeing on display. This is a replay of Tsushima and Winter War combined into one humiliating defeat. Russia will soon cease to be a country, they already lost. This is weapons grade stupid. Ukraine will absolutely be in the EU and NATO. Kyiv will over the next 50-100 years will become the center of the Slavic world. Glory to them. View Quote The best part of this is that they have heroes and role models. Russia has so badly damaged their image they may as well change their name and rebrand. My next prediction is Chechnya goes kaput. Not only have the Kadyrovites been mauled,Putin won’t be able to afford to pay them off. On the other side the Chechen who fought with Ukraine will be winners and everybody loves a winner. |
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Originally Posted By SheltiePimp: This is a serious option. These questions need to be answered to make sense of it. 1: Why hasn't Russia cut off internet and mobile access? Appears there troops would be even more lost without google maps and cell phones to call back to HQ. 2: Why hasn't Russia targeted electrical, telecommunications, transportation, and naval logistics targets? They need it as well. 3: Can Russia provide political, legal, and policing forces for all territories of Ukraine? No 4: Does Russia have the manpower to police Ukraine? No 5: Would it be beneficial for Russia to leave an internal Police and Military force intact to govern Ukraine, as they have in Chechnya? No The next 7 days will reveal what's really at play. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By writerdeluxe2006: Russian soldier vs Ukrainian door
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Originally Posted By SheltiePimp: This is a serious option. These questions need to be answered to make sense of it. 1: Why hasn't Russia cut off internet and mobile access? 2: Why hasn't Russia targeted electrical, telecommunications, transportation, and naval logistics targets? 3: Can Russia provide political, legal, and policing forces for all territories of Ukraine? 4: Does Russia have the manpower to police Ukraine? 5: Would it be beneficial for Russia to leave an internal Police and Military force intact to govern Ukraine, as they have in Chechnya? The next 7 days will reveal what's really at play. View Quote If they could they would. |
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Originally Posted By outofbattery: The best part of this is that they have heroes and role models. Russia has so badly damaged their image they may as well change their name and rebrand. My next prediction is Chechnya goes kaput. Not only have the Kadyrovites been mauled,Putin won't be able to afford to pay them off. On the other side the Chechen who fought with Ukraine will be winners and everybody loves a winner. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By outofbattery: Originally Posted By gene_wi: There is no plan. I was one of the naysayers arguing that Russia was not going to invade. My argument was based on the simple fact, that Russia does not have the cash or the demographics to conduct war. This is exactly what we are seeing on display. This is a replay of Tsushima and Winter War combined into one humiliating defeat. Russia will soon cease to be a country, they already lost. This is weapons grade stupid. Ukraine will absolutely be in the EU and NATO. Kyiv will over the next 50-100 years will become the center of the Slavic world. Glory to them. The best part of this is that they have heroes and role models. Russia has so badly damaged their image they may as well change their name and rebrand. My next prediction is Chechnya goes kaput. Not only have the Kadyrovites been mauled,Putin won't be able to afford to pay them off. On the other side the Chechen who fought with Ukraine will be winners and everybody loves a winner. |
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Originally Posted By lorazepam: Martin is deluded into thinking the russians have a military that is an equal to ours. Their economy was about the same size as TX, and expects them to have a military equal to ours. He needs to understand that without nukes, they would just be a drunken pissant of a country with undeveloped potential because everyone is miserable there. View Quote Well, a lot of people have thought “near peer” with regards to Russia meant something like that. Even myself, I figured the Russians would steamroll their way to the capital in 2 or 3 days, but pacification and victory was going to take far longer. |
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Originally Posted By outofbattery: Ukrainians are fighting for a free,independent Europe against tyranny. They are fighting on behalf of us. History will remember those who stood by Ukraine’s side and curse those who tried to undermine her chance at freedom. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By outofbattery: Originally Posted By BerettaGuy: Originally Posted By outofbattery: Originally Posted By Birddog1911:
Do you even understand how proud I am that the Ukrainians had the first batch to help blunt the blow? I love my little land 🇪🇪 God Bless Estonia! I mean what balls. Hanging out there on the end of the NATO chain on the Russian border and they send their weapons which they need. Ukrainians are fighting for a free,independent Europe against tyranny. They are fighting on behalf of us. History will remember those who stood by Ukraine’s side and curse those who tried to undermine her chance at freedom. I sure as hell hope so. Because y'all are paying a heavy price. |
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Originally Posted By sq40: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/49447/83EAB26B-469A-480A-9368-6CA248177822_jpe-2298746.JPG View Quote Hell yeah, now that's how you fund your military. It would be awesome to be able to actually buy anything we wanted from that conflict, I'd have some badass new to me toys. |
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Originally Posted By m35ben: Is he trying to steal some hardbass? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By m35ben: Originally Posted By writerdeluxe2006: Russian soldier vs Ukrainian door
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