Originally Posted by _Agrajag_
(Post 11370474)
I can't say that this comes as a surprise. Hungary has been moving away from the ideals of NATO (and the EU for that matter) for a while. What puzzles me is that the views of many Hungarians (perhaps a majority) are at odds with those of Viktor Orbán, yet he remains in power and has been emulating Putin in turning Hungary into an autocracy. Seems strange for a country that suffered when under the thumb of the Soviet Union to put up with this.
Just like Erdogan in Turkey. And both funded by the Kremlin. |
Originally Posted by _Agrajag_
(Post 11370480)
Used to be standard to have detonators rigged in anything sensitive.
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/WX8279/vie...ane-WX8279.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zGQAA...-L/s-l1600.jpg (...and sorry for the aviation content! :ouch: ) sort of reminds me of this: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/1e...a41c67257e.jpg |
Originally Posted by Sue Vêtements
(Post 11370502)
I did a walkaround once in a B17 and the guide said that's what the two red buttons on the glareshield are for. I think he said it destroyed the radios
Originally Posted by Sue Vêtements
(Post 11370502)
(...and sorry for the aviation content! :ouch: )
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Originally Posted by _Agrajag_
(Post 11370480)
Used to be standard to have detonators rigged in anything sensitive. Goes right back to the earliest airborne radars I think. Certainly kit I worked on in the 70's and 80's had the capability to fit detonators for this purpose. No idea if modern kit has the same capability. Be surprised if it didn't, though.
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Originally Posted by henra
(Post 11370394)
In Ramstein Air Base itself ~9000 US staff are working/stationed.
It is the whole Kaiserlautern area with Kaiserslautern Army Depot,Daenner-casern, Kleber-casern, Tank casern Kaiserslautern, Sembach, Pirmasens and a few more installations where some 50.000 US troops are stationed. Ramstein Air Base - Allgemeine Daten"Als größte Einrichtung der US Air Force außerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten umfasst das Gebiet 1400 Hektar und wird von rund 53.000 amerikanischen Soldaten und Angehörigen bewohnt. Die Fläche gehört allerdings der Bundesrepublik Deutschland."https://praxistipps.focus.de/ramstei...-gelten_145238 |
The countries that are armed with the Leopard-2 have agreed that they can start training courses for Ukrainian tank crews to master the Leopard-2. Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov said this in an exclusive comment to LIGA.net
https://news.liga.net/ua/politics/ne...ryv-po-leopard |
Originally Posted by Tartiflette Fan
(Post 11370539)
Quoting from this article.
Ramstein Air Base - Allgemeine DatenPage 200: Active Duty 8225 in 2014. |
Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11370550)
The countries that are armed with the Leopard-2 have agreed that they can start training courses for Ukrainian tank crews to master the Leopard-2. Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov said this in an exclusive comment to LIGA.net
https://news.liga.net/ua/politics/ne...ryv-po-leopard EDIT: Just how pathetic does the German government want to portray itself as being ?Today Pistorius said that they would have to do an accounting of the tanks whilst considering their position. Seriously now, after nearly a year, going to an international conference with pre-warning what will be discussed, and the Defence Minister says he doesn't have the figures on tank availability ? |
Originally Posted by henra
(Post 11370557)
https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/Download...ort%20FY15.pdf
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Probably realistic advice, but why the h*ll can't we give UKR the means to erase that threat?
Interesting that the original desire by many of us for more material support to the UKR is finally getting belated traction. Timing is such an important factor. |
Are the Russians (Wagner) aiming for a Bakhmut bellybutton to tie off the final knot, a Bakhmut
And are the US negotiators aware of this and working towards it? Will the new influx of weapons prove to be a seal along the new 'wall', providing equal and opposite military pressure rather than actual battlefield use? |
Originally Posted by Tartiflette Fan
(Post 11370563)
Just how pathetic does the German government want to portray itself as being ?Today Pistorius said that they would have to do an accounting of the tanks whilst considering their position. Seriously now, after nearly a year, going to an international conference with pre-warning what will be discussed, and the Defence Minister says he doesn't have the figures on tank availability ?
What's next, "we won't count our tanks until the Americans count theirs" ? I heard an excuse on Radio 4 that this is in part due to 39-45. That's almost beyond living memory FFS. |
Case for Abrams vs Leopard for Ukraine.
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Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11370677)
Case for Abrams vs Leopard for Ukraine.
Appreciate the drive and resolve, dead serious and verbatim no joke, yet the amount of 'our side' bias has thickened recently a lot. That's from someone who's been now repeatedly moderated and rightly so for being too loud about the victim/aggressor stance (my take). |
Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11370677)
Case for Abrams vs Leopard for Ukraine.
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Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11370550)
The countries that are armed with the Leopard-2 have agreed that they can start training courses for Ukrainian tank crews to master the Leopard-2. Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov said this in an exclusive comment to LIGA.net
https://news.liga.net/ua/politics/ne...ryv-po-leopard I realise I’ll be shouted down , but the implication in training them to use the Leopard is that they’ll be getting the tanks quite soon & I don’t see that happening. I concur that they SHOULD get them but there’s no sign of a change in German attitude. As I’m posting , another question : sorry if it’s already been covered & I missed it... Are they getting all this kit for nothing or will there a massive bill for fighting tyranny along the lines of the one Blighty faced for ‘Lend lease’? I assume we’re all giving the kit away , is that the case? |
Originally Posted by Flugzeug A
(Post 11370714)
Sorry , but why ?
After a decision to send Leopards you will then have to send the future users to at least 2 months of training. Why waste these two months? To help Vlad and his cronies? It's the right thing to do. And in parallel use the two months to put some pressure on Olaf the Slow. HE is the problem. The vast majority of the rest of the German Government would like to push ahead. Maybe NSA can find some Wirecard or Cum Ex documents in the meantime to accelerate things?! |
Do all NATO countries have tanks?
If Germany is dragging it's heals couldn't a coalition tank force (including German tanks) be sent to Ukraine so that one country cannot be singled out? My understanding is that most countries use Leopard or Russian armour anyway? |
Originally Posted by uxb99
(Post 11370779)
Do all NATO countries have tanks?
If Germany is dragging it's heals couldn't a coalition tank force (including German tanks) be sent to Ukraine so that one country cannot be singled out? My understanding is that most countries use Leopard or Russian armour anyway? Same goes for almost everything else. If the UK had, for example, Abrams M1s then we couldn't send them to Ukraine without agreement from the US. |
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