Quote from: PopeyesPappy on October 11, 2022, 02:08:55 PMI've got an idea. Let's tell Elon we are going to take 10% of all his property and holdings and give them to poor Russians.

Unironically actually a good strategy.

Yeah, pretty much.  It's tough getting through that oligarchy.

The same billionaire who provided Ukraine with Starlink (saving lives) now denies its use (endangering lives)

Definitely, lessons are being learned about true loyalties and true character.  This crisis is very revealing in who is trustworthy and who is not.

Ukraine receives air defense systems from Germany

These were intially supposed to be delivered by the end of the year, but the timetable has been sped up considerably.

Ukraine is getting 4 more HIMARS very soon as well.  They're very proficient with them and they will help speed up to the end of this war.

Ukrainian forces destroy a command post and ammo dump in the south

Ukraine attacks a Russian military base and destroys six s-300 transport/launch vehicles

Apparently these are s-300 systems sans missiles, so not quite as good as bagging the complete system, but still good for reducing Russia's ability to fire missiles at civilians, since missiles without a launcher are no threat as are launchers without missiles.

S-300 missile launchers were designed for air defense, but Russia has frequently jury-rigged them to fire at ground targets.  And since they're not remotely designed for that sort of thing, they're not particularly accurate, so Russia mainly uses them to attack civilian population centers (i.e. war crimes)

Desperation level: t-62.  Russia plans to modernize its antique t-62 tanks to get them to the front lines in no time (about 3 years LOL)

QuoteIf the situation is as it is reported to be, the decision to reactivate hundreds of these remarkably old Cold War-era tanks offers fresh evidence that western sanctions and other factors are hobbling Russia's arms industry. It also provides more evidence as to the poor state of Russia's more advanced armor, with many hundreds of tanks destroyed, damaged, or captured and others sidelined due to being worn out or without high-tech replacement parts after nearly nine months of continuous combat.

QuoteGurulyov reportedly said that the T-62s in question would be modernized with new thermal and night vision optics and additional armor and other defensive features, particularly to help protect against anti-tank guided missiles like the U.S.-made Javelin.

QuoteGurulyov reportedly said during his trip to the 103 Armored Repair Plant that the T-62 has acquitted itself well in Ukraine, despite evidence to the contrary.

Definitely a case of too little, too late.  I guess they were really all in on that Kiev-in-three-days thing and took a while to finally dawn on them that they don't have nearly enough tanks.

Also, they have a really strange fixation on solving problems by throwing more men/tanks/missiles at it.  Whether they get 50 or 500 or 5000 more tanks, that's not going to fix their horrible logistics, training, morale, and C&C.  And it's not going to stop the world's displeasure at having rapists and murderers goosestep across Europe again.  And it's certainly not going to unexplode Russian bases, ships, and bridges.

Russia could've been a powerful partner in Europe.  Now it's a rusting pariah state, decaying under a tyrannical dictator.

Russian armored vehicle runs right into the world's most obvious minefield

Miraculously, no one died afaik.  Some mild-to-moderate tinnitus, perhaps.  It really is astonishing how poorly trained these guys are.  You could paint a boulder to look like a tunnel and these guys would drive right into it.

Russia really doesn't like Japan having access to HIMARS

6 helicopters.  Ouch!

33 drones as well, and that's only going to accelerate as more air defense is delivered.

Quote from: Hydra009 on October 13, 2022, 12:25:34 AMRussian armored vehicle runs right into the world's most obvious minefield

Miraculously, no one died afaik.  Some mild-to-moderate tinnitus, perhaps.  It really is astonishing how poorly trained these guys are.  You could paint a boulder to look like a tunnel and these guys would drive right into it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1580542417081884673

Quote from: Cassia on October 13, 2022, 09:41:53 AMhttps://twitter.com/i/status/1580542417081884673

Twitter is forcing me to login to view but someone posted a video in the comments of Private Conscriptovich on parade, getting (I'm assuming accidentally) run over by a Russian apc.  Is that right?

Quote from: Hydra009 on October 13, 2022, 01:40:46 PMTwitter is forcing me to login to view but someone posted a video in the comments of Private Conscriptovich on parade, getting (I'm assuming accidentally) run over by a Russian apc.  Is that right?

Fucked his right leg up pretty good, it looks like.

Blessing in disguise.

Edit - No such luck, saw a different angle - man ain't gonna have a working digestive tract after that I'm afraid. Helmet withstood an APC tire though, for Russian engineering...

He got back up and got back in formation afterwards, so maybe it wasn't as bad as it looked?