Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Have you read up on it’s defensive systems they have built into it, they a formidable.
however it has apparently given up its secrets.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/worl...fence-systems/
however it has apparently given up its secrets.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/worl...fence-systems/
Onyx has recorded at least 20 T-90 and 2 T-90M variants destroyed since they were first deployed to Ukraine.
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You are missing the point, the T90 and T90M which this is appear to be are poles apart and the T90M has been in service as their top of the range main battle tank a scant couple of years, this is the cream of their crop and as such is of interest to the West because if WW3 ever happened we would need to understand their defence modes against our latest weapons, their secret armour construction and how to deal with them or develop weapons that can….
Only a fool would go into battle not knowing their enemies capabilities and deterrents against missiles if you had the opportunity to learn those secrets, , equally I would assume Russia would like some of the West latest armour to study, probably one reason why the Abrams, Challenger or latest Leo is absent from Ukraine.
It is also probably the reason the latest Russian armour has been lacking in the field and is now only appearing due to the losses inflicted upon them and shortages there off.
but hey, I’m just an interested party putting my view across, but it all makes sense to me.
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https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2022/0...the-americans/
Only a fool would go into battle not knowing their enemies capabilities and deterrents against missiles if you had the opportunity to learn those secrets, , equally I would assume Russia would like some of the West latest armour to study, probably one reason why the Abrams, Challenger or latest Leo is absent from Ukraine.
It is also probably the reason the latest Russian armour has been lacking in the field and is now only appearing due to the losses inflicted upon them and shortages there off.
but hey, I’m just an interested party putting my view across, but it all makes sense to me.
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https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2022/0...the-americans/
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How are the Americans suddenly going to be able to turbo-charge their planning and development by a factor of 10 or 15 ? Please let us into the magic secret.
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.Yes, those times can be reduced in a war emergency (and MBT castings are certainly less complex and material critical than a 747 landing gear), but agreed - 8 months is simply not going to happen.
Plus, the US isn't on a war footing...
One of the castings for the 747 main landing gear reportedly had a 4-year lead time .
Yes, those times can be reduced in a war emergency (and MBT castings are certainly less complex and material critical than a 747 landing gear), but agreed - 8 months is simply not going to happen.
Plus, the US isn't on a war footing...
.Yes, those times can be reduced in a war emergency (and MBT castings are certainly less complex and material critical than a 747 landing gear), but agreed - 8 months is simply not going to happen.
Plus, the US isn't on a war footing...
The Russian kit is basic, because the troops (conscripts) have very little training, the armaments industry somewhat lacks the West, not to mention the quality of metals and materials.
Tactics that the armoured vehicles were used for have been shown to be obsolete, (were never really much good against an in depth defensive force).
For the Ukrainians the use of direct fire heavy weapons gives them the accuracy and fire support they require to clear static defensive positions.
Abrams and Chally are fantastic in highly mobile manoeuvear warfare, this however is not where they are currently at, the weather and mud will likely turn this again into a slogging match.
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These are going to come in handy with the dam, the river and heck even skirting around the new defence line the Russians have thrown up.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
On November 2 an entire Russian battalion made up by newly mobilized conscripts from Voronezh was wiped out near Makiivka, Luhansk. The commanding officers ran away. Out of 570 only 41 survived.
As expected, they are cannon fodder.
As expected, they are cannon fodder.
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The end of July 100 volunteers set off to war in Ukraine, November they returned home….. all 12 of them.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Following on to the cannon-fodder post above…
The grandiose claims about successful operations by Russians in Pavlivka and Uhledar direction have changed for "urgent appeals to the higher-ups to do something about it", as Sladkov cries about it in his latest post.
The grandiose claims about successful operations by Russians in Pavlivka and Uhledar direction have changed for "urgent appeals to the higher-ups to do something about it", as Sladkov cries about it in his latest post.
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One of the castings for the 747 main landing gear reportedly had a 4-year lead time .
Yes, those times can be reduced in a war emergency (and MBT castings are certainly less complex and material critical than a 747 landing gear), but agreed - 8 months is simply not going to happen.
Plus, the US isn't on a war footing...
.Yes, those times can be reduced in a war emergency (and MBT castings are certainly less complex and material critical than a 747 landing gear), but agreed - 8 months is simply not going to happen.
Plus, the US isn't on a war footing...
in under two years - starting with bare fields and a workforce uneducated for the task at hand
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More inaccurate propaganda! I very much doubt that 529, out of the 570, died! There will have been casualties but also quite probably many who simply surrendered or ran away.
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Whatever the precise numbers, it seems unlikely that whoever remained would have been an effective fighting force. The earlier report of 12 remaining out of 100 ‘joyful’ volunteers is only slightly better statistically - and they, apparently, were volunteers rather than conscripts.
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Amidst the ‘joyful’ reactions to reputed further RU losses, I have to remind myself that UKR is also losing lives they can ill afford.
Please let this slaughter stop … soon.
Please let this slaughter stop … soon.
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IG,maybe they(UKR) should think about those `Florida swamp airboats` and skidoos for operations when it gets wet/snowy.
Well, if it WAS on a war footing, it could accomplish something like this
this
in under two years - starting with bare fields and a workforce uneducated for the task at hand
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this
in under two years - starting with bare fields and a workforce uneducated for the task at hand
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