Russian Ukraine shenanigans

[uhhello]

1 hour ago, Lawman said:

There is a guy on YouTube taking the audio book and making videos out of DCS with it.

All it does is further build my rabid demand to make a miniseries out of that book.


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Yeah, it's pretty good.

[Sim]

1 hour ago, Lawman said:

There is a guy on YouTube taking the audio book and making videos out of DCS with it.

Link? 

[Lawman]

Link? 

I’ve tried 6 different GD ways to link it, this forum doesn’t like it. Searched red storm rising and fixedit and you should land in the right place on YouTube.



Also unrelated to RSR, this is another storyline somebody has put together with a gaming engine to create vidoes. The scenario he presents is basically every warfighter exercise I’ve done since 2016… just hit “the next world war” in YouTube search. I’d attach both links but the forum doesn’t like it so it’s one or the other.

My absolute favorite part of this is where the infantry brigade commander is killed because of poor cellphone discipline because opsec doesn’t outweigh high rank self importance and I’ve been convinced that’s how I die in a real shooting war, killed in a division headquarters because of some dumb ass major/LTC who wouldn’t give up their phone.

[FourFans]

On 2/23/2024 at 10:16 PM, Lawman said:

If you’re looking for ~36 hours of road-trip material, it’s available on YouTube and Spotify.

Can confirm.

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[gearhog]

The official numbers have been released. For the first time, Zalensky discloses that Ukraine has suffered 31,000 troop losses since the beginning of the conflict. He also revealed that Russia has suffered over 180,000 deaths and close to half a million in casualties. At this disparity, the war should be over soon. Remember, the tax deadline is Monday, April 15th.

https://x.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1761802069575336026?s=20

 

[waveshaper]

1 hour ago, gearhog said:

The official numbers have been released. For the first time, Zalensky discloses that Ukraine has suffered 31,000 troop losses since the beginning of the conflict. He also revealed that Russia has suffered over 180,000 deaths and close to half a million in casualties. At this disparity, the war should be over soon. Remember, the tax deadline is Monday, April 15th.

https://x.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1761802069575336026?s=20

 

Repost: Something to think about, both Russia and the Ukraine can take some serious casualties. The top three countries with the most casualties during WW2 = China, Russia, and Ukraine. Note - broken down by country not USSR, etc/keep in mind all these countries had a much smaller population during WW2.

List of casualties from top 8 countries during WW2:

Country	Tot. Deaths	Military Deaths	Civ. Deaths via Military	Civ. Deaths via Famine/Disease
China	20,000,000	3,750,000	8,191,000	10,000,000
Russia	13,950,000	6,750,000	4,100,000	3,100,000
Ukraine	6,850,000	1,650,000	3,700,000	1,500,000
Poland	6,000,000	240,000	5,820,000
Germany	5,700,000	4,456,000	2,135,000
Japan	3,100,000	2,300,000	800,000
India	3,087,000	87,000		3,000,000
Belarus	2,290,000	620,000	1,360,000	310,000

Complete list: World War II Casualties by Country 2022 (worldpopulationreview.com)

[gearhog]

3 hours ago, waveshaper said:

Repost: Something to think about, both Russia and the Ukraine can take some serious casualties. The top three countries with the most casualties during WW2 = China, Russia, and Ukraine. Note - broken down by country not USSR, etc/keep in mind all these countries had a much smaller population during WW2.

List of casualties from top 8 countries during WW2:

Country	Tot. Deaths	Military Deaths	Civ. Deaths via Military	Civ. Deaths via Famine/Disease
China	20,000,000	3,750,000	8,191,000	10,000,000
Russia	13,950,000	6,750,000	4,100,000	3,100,000
Ukraine	6,850,000	1,650,000	3,700,000	1,500,000
Poland	6,000,000	240,000	5,820,000
Germany	5,700,000	4,456,000	2,135,000
Japan	3,100,000	2,300,000	800,000
India	3,087,000	87,000		3,000,000
Belarus	2,290,000	620,000	1,360,000	310,000

Complete list: World War II Casualties by Country 2022 (worldpopulationreview.com)

I watch this video periodically to keep things in perspective. Mindblowing.

 

[gearhog]

I just saw that Russia pulled a ridiculous George W Bush publicity stunt with Putin supposedly flying one of their newest bombers. Of course, there is no way of knowing if this was a simulator or CGI.  I think it would be entirely appropriate if we countered by having Biden fly a B-1 into DCA.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-election-bomber-flight-navalny-facfaaacba57bfce3d61d810a426ec0d

 

[brabus]

1 hour ago, gearhog said:

countered by having Biden fly a B-1 into DCA.

He’d bust the P-area…trump’s fault.

[ClearedHot]

On 2/24/2024 at 11:14 PM, Sim said:

Link? 

 

[BashiChuni]

[HeloDude]

27 minutes ago, BashiChuni said:

What’s the need if only 31K Ukrainian soldiers have died compared to the hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers who have also died?

[BashiChuni]

The war drums continue. 

[LookieRookie]

Fuckkk that

[BashiChuni]

its gonna happen. ole joe gonna lead us right into WW3

[Danger41]

When I hear a NATO country saying they're "prepared" for anything, I put a very hairy eyeball on that.

[SurelySerious]

When I hear a NATO country saying they're "prepared" for anything, I put a very hairy eyeball on that.

They’re prepared… to take the two hour NATO union lunch break while they plan dinner.

[gearhog]

13 hours ago, BashiChuni said:

 

Russia's response:

Moscow, Feb 27 (EFE).- Russia on Tuesday warned of a direct conflict with NATO if the military alliance deployed its troops in Ukraine, as suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron a day ago.

“The very fact of discussing the possibility of sending certain contingents to Ukraine from NATO countries is a very important new element,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in response to Macron’s remarks.

“In that case, we would need to talk not about the probability, but about the inevitability (of a direct conflict with NATO),” he said in reply to questions about a direct Russia-NATO conflict if the Atlantic Alliance sent its troops to fight in Ukraine.

Peskov said NATO member countries must “assess” whether the conflict with Russia “corresponds to their interests and the interests of their people.”

Macron said on Monday that defeating Russia in Ukraine was “indispensable to security and stability in Europe,” amid urgent pleas for more weapons from Kyiv.

https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2024-02-27/russia-warns-of-direct-conflict-if-nato-deploys-ground-troops-in-ukraine/

In other news, Ukraine officially cancels national elections. It might sound counter-intuitive, but it's actually a necessary step in preserving itself as a beacon of freedom and democracy and protecting it's citizens from tyranny.

 

 

Edited February 27, 2024 by gearhog

[brabus]

3 hours ago, gearhog said:

[canceling an election and letting the current guy stay in the seat until a TBD date] is a necessary step in preserving itself as a beacon of freedom and democracy and protecting it's citizens from tyranny.

 

LOL. That’s some solid gaslighting right there.

[fire4effect]

First M1 Abrams Tank Destroyed In Ukraine—Social Media Reacted (forbes.com)

I suppose it was only a matter of time. So many truths about Air Land Battle are no more.

[Lawman]

First M1 Abrams Tank Destroyed In Ukraine—Social Media Reacted (forbes.com)
I suppose it was only a matter of time. So many truths about Air Land Battle are no more.

“Destroyed” as reported by media leaves a hell of a lot of leeway by what we would classify as destroyed in actual Armor.

Knocked out or disabled, yeah probably as that’s happened a lot in the past in Iraq as well. If you are disabled remaining with the hull would be suicide and the crew is the most irreplaceable component. But, short of burning if you can perform a recovery it’s pretty ridiculous how badly battle damaged but through rear area MX is restorable. The resilience of the platform and survivability of the crew is really what the M1 has historically shown its self to be. People confuse that with some form of video game god mode invulnerability.

That’s why ours and every smart western military has focused so much on not repeating the mistakes the Germans made and put Armor recovery vehicles in our MTOE. It is far easier to replace a tank from the battlefield than it is to wait and build a new one. If the Ukrainians can recover it back to the rear they can Low Boy the thing to the Depots we already have in Europe for exactly this contingency.


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[McJay Pilot]

6 hours ago, fire4effect said:

First M1 Abrams Tank Destroyed In Ukraine—Social Media Reacted (forbes.com)

I suppose it was only a matter of time. So many truths about Air Land Battle are no more.

It’ll be ok. Even CPT Bannon and Team Yankee lost a hull or two fighting the Red Horde. As Lawman pointed out, the odds are good that the MX bubbas can have it back in the fight if they can get to it!

[fire4effect]

6 hours ago, Lawman said:

“Destroyed” as reported by media leaves a hell of a lot of leeway by what we would classify as destroyed in actual Armor.

Knocked out or disabled, yeah probably as that’s happened a lot in the past in Iraq as well. If you are disabled remaining with the hull would be suicide and the crew is the most irreplaceable component. But, short of burning if you can perform a recovery it’s pretty ridiculous how badly battle damaged but through rear area MX is restorable. The resilience of the platform and survivability of the crew is really what the M1 has historically shown its self to be. People confuse that with some form of video game god mode invulnerability.

That’s why ours and every smart western military has focused so much on not repeating the mistakes the Germans made and put Armor recovery vehicles in our MTOE. It is far easier to replace a tank from the battlefield than it is to wait and build a new one. If the Ukrainians can recover it back to the rear they can Low Boy the thing to the Depots we already have in Europe for exactly this contingency.


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I know in Iraq it took a pretty big IED to take one out. Unlike Russian tanks I'm sure the crew had a much better chance at survival. No turret throwing contest. Assuming the video is real it was shown burning so I don't know what condition it's in. To your point on repair, I'm skeptical the capability is there to fix many of these. Media reports say a drone did it, but I guess you can say even a Javelin style weapon could loosely fit in that category depending on who's doing the reporting. More info to follow I'm sure.

[fire4effect]

[busdriver]

Could just as easily be the shit on top burning (countermeasure dispensers, ammo cans, whatever else is strapped on top)  I'm certainly no M-1 expert, but it doesn't look like flame/smoke pouring out of a critical opening in the hull.