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Originally Posted By elcope: Indirect fire requires re-supply which is stuck in the 40 mi convoy, and missile inventory should be getting to about black right now, with no discernable means of manufacture in Russia due to sanctions and waging war one of your critical component suppliers. View Quote You got me Chief, not my theater but IMO a lot of this reporting is mistranslated intentionally. I'm kinda speechless at their performance so far since nothing they've done makes sense with the information available. |
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Originally Posted By racer765: it's already ridiculously simple for all that except the self-guidance to vlad's henchmen part. flite test foamboard airframe. $1. two servos, battery pack, arduino, some code. maybe $100. 1/4lb c4 or some such, no idea what that goes for, probably free in theater right now. call it $200 in hardware. I would be shocked if this isn't already happening right now. doubt vlad's henchmen have any kind of emp or rf tools to kill off the shelf consumer electronics based drones since we've been seeing footage the 10 days from consumer gear. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By racer765: Originally Posted By Johnrpb: What we need Elon to do is put together blue prints for easily field manufactured flying wing drone using readily available parts/explosives which is then controlled by mysteriously available free-source autonomous software which epstein’s themselves into Russian anti air/armor. it's already ridiculously simple for all that except the self-guidance to vlad's henchmen part. flite test foamboard airframe. $1. two servos, battery pack, arduino, some code. maybe $100. 1/4lb c4 or some such, no idea what that goes for, probably free in theater right now. call it $200 in hardware. I would be shocked if this isn't already happening right now. doubt vlad's henchmen have any kind of emp or rf tools to kill off the shelf consumer electronics based drones since we've been seeing footage the 10 days from consumer gear. I hear you 100% on that. I’m sure Ukraine has a few dozen, maybe even a few hundred dudes like you that can do that. What I’m Wanting is something they can put together at scale by assembly line similar to their molotov production. Sounds like you have the subject matter expertise in this area. Could you hypothetically put together a pdf with a parts list (order links) and instructions on how to assemble/deploy? |
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Originally Posted By solid: Yeah i see that might be so. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By solid: Originally Posted By Timeflies: Originally Posted By solid: Originally Posted By Dr_Nimslow: Not sure of the back story, but this is making the rounds on Ukrainian social media tonight. One of my wife's friends sent it to her. https://i.imgur.com/powYZG0.jpg In for info. Looks rough Also looks staged and edited at minimum, you know, to evoke emotion. Yeah i see that might be so. The kids snow suit is too clean. Not that I doubt anything that's going over there. |
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Originally Posted By DeathMetalMedic: Uh .... why are we telling the world this? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DeathMetalMedic: Originally Posted By bikedamon: Ukraine still has 'significant majority' of its military aircraft https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-still-has-significant-majority-its-military-aircraft-us-official-2022-03-04/ Uh .... why are we telling the world this? Maybe to watch and see how the Russians react to it. |
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Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle we humbly pray.
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Originally Posted By odiedodi: Russia shouldn't even be in their country, so your logic is dogshit. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Originally Posted By Johnrpb: I hear you 100% on that. I’m sure Ukraine has a few dozen, maybe even a few hundred dudes like you that can do that. What I’m Wanting is something they can put together at scale by assembly line similar to their molotov production. Sounds like you have the subject matter expertise in this area. Could you hypothetically put together a pdf with a parts list (order links) and instructions on how to assemble/deploy? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Johnrpb: Originally Posted By racer765: Originally Posted By Johnrpb: What we need Elon to do is put together blue prints for easily field manufactured flying wing drone using readily available parts/explosives which is then controlled by mysteriously available free-source autonomous software which epstein’s themselves into Russian anti air/armor. it's already ridiculously simple for all that except the self-guidance to vlad's henchmen part. flite test foamboard airframe. $1. two servos, battery pack, arduino, some code. maybe $100. 1/4lb c4 or some such, no idea what that goes for, probably free in theater right now. call it $200 in hardware. I would be shocked if this isn't already happening right now. doubt vlad's henchmen have any kind of emp or rf tools to kill off the shelf consumer electronics based drones since we've been seeing footage the 10 days from consumer gear. I hear you 100% on that. I’m sure Ukraine has a few dozen, maybe even a few hundred dudes like you that can do that. What I’m Wanting is something they can put together at scale by assembly line similar to their molotov production. Sounds like you have the subject matter expertise in this area. Could you hypothetically put together a pdf with a parts list (order links) and instructions on how to assemble/deploy? He talking about a large size soft stick RC airplane. Would need a decent motor and prop and youd want more than a 1/4lbs of C4 to do anything more than kill a soldier or two. Id be working on heavy lift octocopters that can drop multiple mortar rounds. |
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Originally Posted By Dopple: Putin is old soviet. Just like biden is old... well, old. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Dopple: Originally Posted By Chaingun: Originally Posted By Blue_Devil_JD: Originally Posted By stone-age: Over 9,000 dead russian troops. Russia has over 800,000 troops. In theater they only have 180K. 9-10 dead plus 2x that wounded. No major cities taken. Russia could see 30k dead 60k wounded before they take Kiev and Kharkiv. That many dead in a few weeks, even if they are going to resupply, a "modern" military taking those losses in that sort amount of time is a complete disaster. Seems like Putin is getting backed into a corner and running out of options. Seems like he has only two left. Win or launch nukes. I'm pretty sure he won't get taken alive. I've been wondering if the doctrine of MAD applies to megalomaniac's? If Napoleon had nukes would he have used them once he realized he would loose the Battle of Waterloo? Would Hitler have used them? Mad only makes sense if you are rational, logical. |
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Originally Posted By YankeeWhite: You'r half right. The Russians shouldn't be there, but sending in kids with almost no training to get slaughtered is a good idea? They should be moving them to the rear, but hey it's their fight. View Quote When you're arming your children, you're losing. I'm sure I'll be called a Russian troll for saying that. |
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World ain't what it seems, is it Gunny?
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Russia can run bombers out of Belarus
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Originally Posted By trapsh00ter99: We are watching Ukrainian news broadcast (Ukrainian language only) and they just showed the graphic of all the Russian losses. The female news anchor said something and my wife started laughing, I asked what did she say? She said, "I hope it will be more" lol View Quote |
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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Originally Posted By BossMaverick: Not sure what the rivalry is about, but even if the cameras are good for only 200 miles, that’s still a very effective tool for real time surveillance. View Quote Triton can fly for 30 hours at 55,000 feet 500 miles off target and take clear video of haji’s going OAB on sheep. |
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Originally Posted By bikedamon: Ukraine still has 'significant majority' of its military aircraft https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-still-has-significant-majority-its-military-aircraft-us-official-2022-03-04/ View Quote Tough to lose them when they stay on the ground. Edit: I don't blame them for saving them, and the pilots. That is the most expensive part of their military. |
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World ain't what it seems, is it Gunny?
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Right now there's probably at least a hundred Russians in the Chernobyl zone. Some Chechen dude bro has told them "DA is fine!" and put his mask back on as he was driving off.
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Seems some of the live invasion analysis streams are quiet today/tonight. What are we watching? The Nemico(n) child or something better?
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Coyote with 40 people crammed into a minivan gets into a chase with DPS, Paco over estimates his driving abilities and *whmmo!* the Astrovan of Immigration becomes a Pinata of Pain, hurling broken bodies like so many tasty pieces of cheap candy...
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Originally Posted By Houlagan72: The kids snow suit is too clean. Not that I doubt anything that's going over there. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Houlagan72: Originally Posted By solid: Originally Posted By Timeflies: Originally Posted By solid: Originally Posted By Dr_Nimslow: Not sure of the back story, but this is making the rounds on Ukrainian social media tonight. One of my wife's friends sent it to her. https://i.imgur.com/powYZG0.jpg In for info. Looks rough Also looks staged and edited at minimum, you know, to evoke emotion. Yeah i see that might be so. The kids snow suit is too clean. Not that I doubt anything that's going over there. Yup. I noticed the crystal clean of the picture including the dog. Details matter man ! |
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Originally Posted By hondaciv:
View Quote Again, they shouldn't be ruling anything out, at all. It's just dumb. The only reason to make concessions is to gain something. Leave everything open - no-fly zones, NATO membership, whatever. Go ahead and quietly commit to yourself that NATO won't include Ukraine, but don't say it out loud. Stupid people. |
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Originally Posted By odiedodi: Lookner flamed out. He was good at compiling information, but extraordinarily bad at handling internet people. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By CavScout: Seems some of the live invasion analysis streams are quiet today/tonight. Lookner flamed out. He was good at compiling information, but extraordinarily bad at handling internet people. That is too bad, I saw him burning out and over-reacting more as each day progressed. He had no sleep, I get it but he really started ripping into his donors and people in chat. Come on Steve, pull it together weasel! |
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Originally Posted By doc540: Russians appear to be using some type of infantry drone system in this combat vid? starting at 00:38 anyone know for sure? View Quote Due to my high level contacts [cough], I've confirmed all Russian infantry platoons carry this drone for combat surveillance. Attached File |
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"Shall we rise up, or perish in silence?"
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Originally Posted By aeroworksxp: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/327887/brave_sfRBNb6CW8_jpg-2301740.JPG View Quote Lol Poll is misleading? |
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@Chokey for links . Great information provided by you through this thread and it is appreciated !
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Originally Posted By solid: Yup. I noticed the crystal clean of the picture including the dog. Details matter man ! View Quote Not countering your point, but it reminds me of a weird phenomenon. You can watch videos on YouTube of people in Pakistan or India doing manual labor wearing all white robes of some kind. And they somehow keep those robes white and clean while working in nothing but orange/red dirt and mud. Meanwhile, I wear a white shirt and it has shit all over within an hour of doing nothing. |
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Originally Posted By aeroworksxp: Not countering your point, but it reminds me of a weird phenomenon. You can watch videos on youtube of people in Pakistan or india doing manual labor wearing all white robes of some kind. And they somehow keep those robes white and clean. Meanwhile, I wear a white shirt and it has shit all over within an hour of doing nothing. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By aeroworksxp: Originally Posted By solid: Yup. I noticed the crystal clean of the picture including the dog. Details matter man ! Not countering your point, but it reminds me of a weird phenomenon. You can watch videos on youtube of people in Pakistan or india doing manual labor wearing all white robes of some kind. And they somehow keep those robes white and clean. Meanwhile, I wear a white shirt and it has shit all over within an hour of doing nothing. No ,understood completely,that picture is really clean and better than most i can get off my android. Little weird. |
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Originally Posted By solid: Yup. I noticed the crystal clean of the picture including the dog. Details matter man ! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By solid: Originally Posted By Houlagan72: Originally Posted By solid: Originally Posted By Timeflies: Originally Posted By solid: Originally Posted By Dr_Nimslow: Not sure of the back story, but this is making the rounds on Ukrainian social media tonight. One of my wife's friends sent it to her. https://i.imgur.com/powYZG0.jpg In for info. Looks rough Also looks staged and edited at minimum, you know, to evoke emotion. Yeah i see that might be so. The kids snow suit is too clean. Not that I doubt anything that's going over there. Yup. I noticed the crystal clean of the picture including the dog. Details matter man ! I just keep hoping that they can all hang in there and get the job done! |
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Originally Posted By MattyCR: He talking about a large size soft stick RC airplane. Would need a decent motor and prop and youd want more than a 1/4lbs of C4 to do anything more than kill a soldier or two. Id be working on heavy lift octocopters that can drop multiple mortar rounds. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By MattyCR: Originally Posted By Johnrpb: Originally Posted By racer765: Originally Posted By Johnrpb: What we need Elon to do is put together blue prints for easily field manufactured flying wing drone using readily available parts/explosives which is then controlled by mysteriously available free-source autonomous software which epstein’s themselves into Russian anti air/armor. it's already ridiculously simple for all that except the self-guidance to vlad's henchmen part. flite test foamboard airframe. $1. two servos, battery pack, arduino, some code. maybe $100. 1/4lb c4 or some such, no idea what that goes for, probably free in theater right now. call it $200 in hardware. I would be shocked if this isn't already happening right now. doubt vlad's henchmen have any kind of emp or rf tools to kill off the shelf consumer electronics based drones since we've been seeing footage the 10 days from consumer gear. I hear you 100% on that. I’m sure Ukraine has a few dozen, maybe even a few hundred dudes like you that can do that. What I’m Wanting is something they can put together at scale by assembly line similar to their molotov production. Sounds like you have the subject matter expertise in this area. Could you hypothetically put together a pdf with a parts list (order links) and instructions on how to assemble/deploy? He talking about a large size soft stick RC airplane. Would need a decent motor and prop and youd want more than a 1/4lbs of C4 to do anything more than kill a soldier or two. Id be working on heavy lift octocopters that can drop multiple mortar rounds. I've got a big hex that can pick up roughly 15lbs. Thing about multicopters is they typically don't have a lot of endurance/range. With just a gopro and transmitter, my big hex gets about 40minutes of endurance. With a 10lb payload, that probably would drop in half. Those styrofoam FQM-117Bs have about 15 minutes on glow fuel, 25 minutes if you use batteries and an electric motor. I like them because they're easy to mount payloads in. |
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Originally Posted By odiedodi: "today's press conference is sponsored by bigdaddyunlimited." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By Croak: I hope Zelensky isn't going to sound like a Guntuber thanking his ammo sponsors. If you've ever made a complete ass of Russian military might in one single week, go ahead and smash that like button |
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Originally Posted By madwis15: I'd rather just see companies abandon China just like they did with Russia. That would hurt them far more. View Quote a better path would be to raise import tariffs on chinese-manufactured goods, and provide tax incentives for US companies to transfer manufacturing from overseas back to the United States. but, oh wait. Biden & Hunter are in bed with the Chinese, therefore "Xiden". and ... no more mean tweets. |
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Originally Posted By x248716x: a better path would be to raise import tariffs on chinese-manufactured goods, and provide tax incentives for US companies to transfer manufacturing from overseas back to the United States. but, oh wait. Biden & Hunter are in bed with the Chinese, therefore "Xiden". and ... no more mean tweets. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By x248716x: Originally Posted By madwis15: I'd rather just see companies abandon China just like they did with Russia. That would hurt them far more. a better path would be to raise import tariffs on chinese-manufactured goods, and provide tax incentives for US companies to transfer manufacturing from overseas back to the United States. but, oh wait. Biden & Hunter are in bed with the Chinese, therefore "Xiden". and ... no more mean tweets. The Bidens should be fed to alligators for their treason with China, no doubt. But the Chicom Money Train started with Bush the Elder, at least, if not all the way back to Nixon. |
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Originally Posted By aeroworksxp: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/327887/brave_sfRBNb6CW8_jpg-2301740.JPG View Quote Jack Posobiec is a fucking idiot and it amazes me people still follow him |
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Originally Posted By Consigli: Seems like Putin is getting backed into a corner and running out of options. Seems like he has only two left. Win or launch nukes. I'm pretty sure he won't get taken alive. I've been wondering if the doctrine of MAD applies to megalomaniac's? If Napoleon had nukes would he have used them once he realized he would loose the Battle of Waterloo? Would Hitler have used them? Mad only makes sense if you are rational, logical. View Quote |
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God's grace is not cheap; it's free.
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Wife: " Let me know when I have to post the orange diamond #4 signs on the house."
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Seems like the biggest threat to Ukranian strongholds is Russian artillery.
How does Ukraine counter that? Can they? |
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Originally Posted By mokerr: Jack Posobiec is a fucking idiot and it amazes me people still follow him View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By mokerr: Originally Posted By aeroworksxp: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/327887/brave_sfRBNb6CW8_jpg-2301740.JPG Jack Posobiec is a fucking idiot and it amazes me people still follow him |
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God's grace is not cheap; it's free.
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nothing of value here
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Originally Posted By RattleCanAR: It has different international feel to melt a plant vs lighting a nuke. They can melt a plant without getting a nuke in return. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RattleCanAR: Originally Posted By macro: Couldn't they just threaten to nuke them? It has different international feel to melt a plant vs lighting a nuke. They can melt a plant without getting a nuke in return. Does the deliberate destruction of nuclear plants to spread radiation justify a first strike nuke attack? |
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God's grace is not cheap; it's free.
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Originally Posted By planemaker: I've got a big hex that can pick up roughly 15lbs. Thing about multicopters is they typically don't have a lot of endurance/range. With just a gopro and transmitter, my big hex gets about 40minutes of endurance. With a 10lb payload, that probably would drop in half. Those styrofoam FQM-117Bs have about 15 minutes on glow fuel, 25 minutes if you use batteries and an electric motor. I like them because they're easy to mount payloads in. View Quote Given the distances to front line fighting, Id take payload over endurance. Bigger issues Id have with am electronics is being jammed or plain old shot at. Id want to have a decent INS and make a smart flight plan to get in and out ASAP and carry as much as I could. |
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Originally Posted By M-1975: Putin apparently doesn't have sole control over Russian nukes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By M-1975: Originally Posted By Consigli: Seems like Putin is getting backed into a corner and running out of options. Seems like he has only two left. Win or launch nukes. I'm pretty sure he won't get taken alive. I've been wondering if the doctrine of MAD applies to megalomaniac's? If Napoleon had nukes would he have used them once he realized he would loose the Battle of Waterloo? Would Hitler have used them? Mad only makes sense if you are rational, logical. I would think any "normal" group of people or "government" would always have a side eye look to their peers who have an overwhelming say in ultimate power and duly note going forward they might have to kill this asshole. |
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Just a hypothetical question here...
Send F35's to knock out sams with AWAC supoort F22's to provide CAP AC-130's, A10's, and AH64's to clean up ground targets Could it be done with no boots on the geound and how long would it take to clean house of the russian armor? |
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Originally Posted By HIMARS13A: What's the talk around the water cooler about this? I'm blown away at how they've broken down. View Quote As someone who has served continuously since the Cold War (1985) and the Russians are going to break through the Fulda Gap OMG, I'm disappointed in their performance. I'm also pleasantly surprised at how well the premise of "let's dump shit-tons of easy-to-use ATGM's and MANPADS" doctrine is working out for the Ukrainians. Who knew that arming the fuck out of motivated people works? Do I think the Soviets of the 1980's would have performed better than now, probably, but there were also a shit-ton more of them too. Same as us. For days now, I've been told "to wait for their tier one units". I posit that this is their tier one units. This is as good as they get on the large scale. As a logistician, watching that 40 mile stalled convoy flounder is both professionally infuriating, (how could they do that to their own troops) as well as (C'mon Ukrainians, fuck that thing up) and hilariously amusing. They've turned their own logistics convoy into the Ukrainians largest POW camp through their own inaction / inability to move. Day 8 into a 3 day move??? The first half of that convoy is out of fuel and the batteries are dead. The morale in that convoy must be absolute shit. Half those trucks will still be there 3 months from now even if no one is shooting at the maintenance recovery teams, or the Ukrainian version of rednecks don't steal them. I look forward to the videos. |
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KF7WNX If you want a picture of the future, imagine Clownshoes stomping on a human face—for ever.
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Originally Posted By BlueSetter: Triton can fly for 30 hours at 55,000 feet 500 miles off target and take clear video of haji’s going OAB on sheep. View Quote Uh, no. Even assuming the sensors were capable at that shallow slant angle and range through atmospherics (they arent), curvature of the earth puts the horizon at 287.5 miles from 55000 ft. |
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Originally Posted By m35ben: Keep in mind I'm talking out of my ass about this but bombers fly higher than the ground attack stuff the Russians have been using. Maybe the Russians are going to try for safety by height. View Quote The Ukrainians still have S300's, though I'm not sure on their missile supply. |
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KF7WNX If you want a picture of the future, imagine Clownshoes stomping on a human face—for ever.
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Originally Posted By trapsh00ter99: We are watching Ukrainian news broadcast (Ukrainian language only) and they just showed the graphic of all the Russian losses. The female news anchor said something and my wife started laughing, I asked what did she say? She said, "I hope it will be more" lol View Quote Based |
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It is one thing for a society to elect change; it is another for a court of law to impose change by adjudging those who oppose it hostes humani generis, enemies of the human race. --Justice Scalia
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