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Tanks don't seem all that tactically useful when the average foot soldier is equipped well enough to blow them to pieces.
They aren't. There's a reason the US military hasn't invested in them in a long time
That's why NATO covers tanks with infantry and aerial overwatch instead of driving them from ambush to ambush like the russians
This has been military theory for awhile, hence why the US Marines were already ditching all there tanks by 2023.
This war has just resoundingly proved the theory right.
They still have uses, but they don't dominate the field anymore and never will, same as the battleship
yeah, he is going to pull the nuclear war card anytime he wants to take what he wants. At some point somebody is going to have to call his bluff...
That's a shit decision. He shouldn't be punished for his ethnicity.
There are always humans in the chain and exactly none of them are going to want to go down with a ship that doesn't need to sink.
that makes sense. he wants to win, not have a bunch of yes men like Putin.
Yah...
Tbh the West (despite my constant issues with the US especially) are coming out looking real competent right now.
This was the most interesting out of all of this guy's tweet-chains, talking about the background in how FSB came to run the show.
It's honestly quite hilarious that at least a part of the Russian military thinks they can protect their vehicles by just putting a cage made of $20 worth of scrap metal on it. Do those idiots really think countries like the US and UK didn't test if their Javelins and NLAWs just go straight through that shit during development?
Until it's not a bluff and we all die.
The guy is deranged
This is rough, once they get a forward operating base they are going to set up old-ass howitzers and MLRS and start trashing the city in earnest. Same thing as the other cities, they can't take it so they'll trap/starve/kill as many people as possible.
I keep hoping that there's something that can be done from the western part of the country to interfere with that.
My overarching concern is that this isn't a war Russia can win but it's also a war that Ukraine and the rest of the rules based world order can lose, if that makes any sense.
Regarding the oligarchs not being able to overthrow or displace Putin, only the security agencies-that's not exactly correct, in a culture of corruption everyone has their price and the oligarchs can buy the people they need out of the bureaucracy if both estates are being hit hard enough.
edit: cope cages might actually work against their own RPGs fired from elevation in urban environments, they are useless only because what the tanks are facing is not what they faced in Chechnya much less Syria.
I have yet to see anything sus
I think I missed this, because I've been reading Reuters during this time and haven't had an issue with their coverage. What did they post?
Congratulations, you are over-qualified for the Russian military. Indeed, tanks are rather ill-suited for urban and most rural warfare due to restricted maneuvering, sight ranges, and forced constantly on the low ground of surrounding buildings and structures. They also need constant supply lines of fuel trucks which is tricky to perform for the same reasons.
Should have invested in active protection technology.
...or used an IR camera drone that is on look out.
It is stupid but I cannot necessarily blame them for not wanting the heat or safety concerns.
Reading the article it seems like all involved really like the artist so maybe something can be worked out after the hostilities.
Interesting. So did Russia make the claim with a fake video that Reuters just re-posted?
Interesting. I believe that is the company that spotted the convoy in the first place.
At least there's some good news for pro Putin countries. They get a reality check on their countries agency ability to gather intelligence.
The video they posted is coming straight from the russian military
Probably the part to not make any nuclear talk, which is basically one of the few concrete things you could do that will get you banned in this thread.
Lol oops. Well I'll be keeping an eye extra open with their coverage.
They partnered with a russian propaganda outfit, tells you all you need to know.
The USSR fielded the first ever hard kill active protection system, "Drozd" and has access to various types that including an EW one, and then "Arena" as their 90's version of the hard kill concept. The USSR also pioneered early research into explosive reactive armor. There's a lot of ERA on Russian tanks.
They never deployed the systems on every vehicle, though. The Soviet army had a high-low mix of a small number of their best stuff alongside a large amount of cheaper stuff. And their procurement and maintenance has atrophied since the end of the cold war. It's also likely that the AT weapons like the Javelin are generally effective at bypassing these systems. But even against standard, older RPGs, they were never 100% effective, so sophistecated top down attack munitions are of course going to do better.
Hey, don't get snarky with me, I'm just trying to help you out. XD
ISW analysis for 10 March 2022:
www.understandingwar.org
Institute for the Study of War
The likelihood is increasing that Ukrainian forces could fight to a standstill the Russian ground forces attempting to encircle and take Kyiv. Russian forces also appear to be largely stalemated around Kharkiv and distracted from efforts to seize that
It's not you. I just think it's a relevant aspect to discussion of the current circumstances.
Tanks can be very useful in a lot of situations including urban combat if used correctly with infantry support. Plus the US has invested plenty in Abrams upgrades as well as a next generation tank program (besides 1 that was already cancelled). They're extremely vulnerable when used as an end all be all weapon system with little to no infantry screening. This was already apparent in many previous wars including Chechnya. It's extremely strange the Russians never adapted.
I am a Bird + American gas masks...
Uhh.. So I guess I found the attack vector? XD
Every once in a while, I think and laugh about this stupid gag from the British show (I think) called.. Look Around You. Which spoofed educational shows.
From the episode on water: What are birds? We just don't know..
Yep! Look Around You was fantastic. Ran on Adult Swim here in the U.S. and I loved it.
No, that doesn't. That's out of context.
TASS joined the Reuters Connect platform in 2020. Reuters Connect is their news sourcing/digital licensing platform.
That's not exactly true. A few years back the army told Congress they had enough tanks, but Congress made them but more
Actually didn't know about Drosd, only knew about the active tiles.
Who knows if those systems are even activated.
Maybe not, because it was just a maneuver.
The loses are kinda high if they really have a working active protection.
It also looks like they go with high numbers instead of safety, there was a convoy that created a 5 miles traffic jam.
trying to parse if they didn't tell him because they didn't know due to lack of expertise or if they knew but didn't bother to tell him.
Getting out of hand with this everything and everyone Russian has to suffer the consequences of Putin's actions.
Not sure why someone would warn you unless by "the inevitable" you specifically said nuclear war (which you did not). If by the inevitable you meant that there would come a point where NATO and Russian forces attack each other directly with unknown outcomes from that...that is fair game. We know this scenario as a fact if Russia steps foot on (or attacks) a NATO country so this is an important discussion. There are many non-doomsday ways that could play out.