OT: Putin's War in Ukraine

[swaghauler]

LoL!

I guess there are knuckleheads on both sides of the fight though...

https://youtube.com/watchv=AUUZ6pcu-Igfeature=share

The Russians just need someone like AC to keep them focused:

https://youtube.com/watchv=3DxgkUBo44M&feature=s

[Vespers War]

Same here with regard to seeing such an expensive weapon wasted on a truck. But as you say, if it's scoring kills then it's scoring kills. I suppose the good news is that they'll at least have options with the T-62.

As an aside, this whole endeavor tells us a great deal about how fast ATGM stocks would be depleted in the Twilight War. Soldiers clearly won't save the expensive gear for the expensive targets, and will instead target whatever they can.

This would also depend on how the ATGMs were issued. The AT4 and SMAW would likely see wider issue than Javelin in "typical" Twilight War timelines (or Dragon for the earlier timeline, since Javelin wasn't introduced until 1996 and Dragon remained in service until 2001). An alternate for AT4/SMAW would be the Viper rocket that was canceled in 1983 in the real-world timeline but might have been introduced if GD had any cost-control talent.

For Dragon, it had been 1 launcher per infantry squad in the 80s, but in the 90s that got shuffled. Mechanized infantry had 2 launchers per squad, while light infantry had 6 launchers per company and Rangers had 3 per company. Marines had a dedicated platoon of 32 launchers per battalion, divided into 4 sections of 4 squads of 2 teams each. The ideal when Viper was under development was that everyone who didn't have a Dragon would have a Viper.

[swaghauler]

Sub Brief Video

Sub Brief has posted a video on the Kursk Bridge attack. I think I agree with him based on the totality of the evidence.

https://youtube.com/watchv=9tQ1jYbhxNc&feature=

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[swaghauler]

A Discussion About Air Defense & Drones

Here's Perun's weekly upload. This week he discusses the air defense issues in Ukraine.

https://youtube.com/watchv=xCEzEVwOwS4&feature

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[swaghauler]

Kings & Generals Six Month Overview

Here's a 6-month overview of the war by the King & Generals channel.

https://youtube.com/watchv=4mJT452uDDc&feature=

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[swaghauler]

The Kings and Generals channel has put out a new video.

https://youtube.com/watchv=S7usqwT-ty4&feature=

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[swaghauler]

Perun's Take On The Moskva Sinking

Perun discusses the sinking of Moskva.

https://youtube.com/watchv=YrgCPsock6w&feature=

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[Raellus]

Dirty Pool

So now Russia's claiming that Ukraine is preparing to employ a dirty bomb.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russias-growing-dirty-bomb-threat-narrative-is-highly-concerning

What's Putin playing at now Is Russia preparing to launch a false flag operation If so, to what ends

This may a worst-case scenario, but if Russia is planning on employing tac-nukes in Ukraine, this "report" could be a cover story to explain increasing its troops' NBC threat readiness.

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[Raellus]

NATO-trained ex-Afghan army SOF are apparently being sent, by Iran, to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ex-afghan-commandos-fighting-for-russia-in-ukraine-last-afghan-army-boss

Would said Afghani troops be considered mercenaries

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[kcdusk]

Foreign fighters fighting on behalf of a different country. Are they being paid If so, I'd say yes to mercenaries.

If the soldiers are there representing Iran, still being paid, then i'd say not mercenary.

Different argument now. I always thought of mercenaries as individuals being paid to fight. Not really in large groups, or sent by a country. Being sent by a country makes them "legit" fighters in my view rather than mercenary.

[shrike6]

Hawk gets dusted off for Ukraine.

https://eurasiantimes.com/designed-to-fight-ussr-us-could-now-arm-ukraine-hawk/amp

[Targan]

Interviews with recent Russian "mobilisation" conscripts suggest they're being issued rusty AKMs that have been poorly stored and in many cases won't fire, but that's a moot point anyway as apparently many of them aren't being issued 7.62 x 39 ammunition. What a total sh*tshow.

[kato13]

they're being issued rusty AKMs that have been poorly stored and in many cases won't fire

Given I have always been under the impression you could bury an AKM in mud and still fire it, this is world class neglect.

[kcdusk]

this is world class neglect.

Neglect of untrained soldiers being sent into battle with no bullets Or of the AKM

Apologies for the poor taste in joke. Nobody here is laughing.

[shrike6]

Russia adds former US allies to the mix.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/11/01/us-trained-afghan-commandos-join-russian-campaign-in-ukraine/