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KillHour posted:Someone needs to make a comic using that pun in reference to the Russian retreat. How do I get in touch with The New Yorker? Someone did already prank Time with something quite rude.  https://twitter.com/hromadskeua/status/1507713495558721537
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Mustang posted:I don't know what Russian freight cars look like but I don't know why they wouldn't use intermodal containers, the alternative I'm imagining is those old timey freight cars with the sliding doors that would be tedious to load and unload. Army freight is generic open back trucks with non-pallet loaded items of various size in them.
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Igor's back and he's pivoted to video with his war takes https://twitter.com/revishvilig/status/1509179993041088513?s=20&t=00kR-HtCd9OfcjhiZKN65g https://twitter.com/revishvilig/status/1509179996685934601?s=20&t=00kR-HtCd9OfcjhiZKN65g Still thinks Russia hosed up, thinks they won't be able to encircle the Ukrainian forces by Donbas either.
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Mustang posted:I don't know what Russian freight cars look like but I don't know why they wouldn't use intermodal containers, the alternative I'm imagining is those old timey freight cars with the sliding doors that would be tedious to load and unload. Oh it sucks I have to watch hand unloading from rail car to container occasionally it’s like a day and a half to do one rail reefer into 3.5 reefer cans.
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Russia is adapting to Ukrainian drones and making innovative strides in the art of war. https://twitter.com/Mortis_Banned/status/1509253383210872842?t=K9-9i5_rHLjbewqBE_vXsQ&s=19
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Army freight is generic open back trucks with non-pallet loaded items of various size in them. I don't even know how you could unfuck that, there's only so much you can do to polish a turd. It's like the Russians just missed decades of logistics development while the US continued to refine its systems and processes. I think I remember something about the Canadian army training the Ukrainians on logistics, would be interested to see how the current Ukrainian logistics is organized and operated. Bar Ran Dun posted:Oh it sucks I have to watch hand unloading from rail car to container occasionally it’s like a day and a half to do one rail reefer into 3.5 reefer cans. Jesus Christ. I would give up if I couldn't use pallets and intermodal containers.
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Bar Ran Dun posted:You are not understanding the difference in scale. 1 truck load tends to cap out at 22.5 tons for really dense stuff and a heavy axle rail car can handle about 150 tons so its more like 665 truck loads of stuff. Containerizing drops this a lot but cuts out the bit where you have a rail yard, bunker or warehouse full of ammo. Having a huge pile of ammunition as you slowly parcel it out into bits your last mile can actually move has entertaining results if you end up in weapons range or drop some dangerously unstable ordnance, just like you planed  distant explosion https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1508886176043839492
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Think Australia and the UK are engaged in some cyber capability development as part of the trilateral AUKUS pact. https://twitter.com/haynesdeborah/status/1509274348963741707?t=trVH301w9Pa9gfKhcbBAEg&s=19
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Owling Howl posted:Russia is adapting to Ukrainian drones and making innovative strides in the art of war. They've gone from cope cage to cope nest. Russia is advancing rapidly in the field of cope; the West trails mighty Russia again.
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Aertuun posted:I don't think there's any evidence for Putin being "quite popular", or any evidence for him being "unpopular". Actually, essentially all available evidence suggests he's overall quite popular in Russia and has been for years. Control of the media goes a long way.
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I confirm that Putin is popular in Russia
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Paracausal posted:Think Australia and the UK are engaged in some cyber capability development as part of the trilateral AUKUS pact. Fascism rises once more
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Coquito Ergo Sum posted:It's so weird to see a brutal, monstrous dictator whose look and style communicates that he'd be more at home doing donuts in his four wheeler in Centre County, PA than running a puppet nation. no joke. that's one dictator who fell out of the ugly tree and hit every single branch on the way down Paracausal posted:Think Australia and the UK are engaged in some cyber capability development as part of the trilateral AUKUS pact. I'm guessing they mean the kit sabotage and refusing orders was purposeful but the way this is worded makes it sound like they somehow did both entirely by accident
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Is it possible that maybe Russia doesn't have the second most capable military in the world?
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Alchenar posted:The point of a minefield is to make someone go through the effort of clearing it. If anything actually blows up that's just a bonus. Well that, and you keep it guarded. Someone tries to clear it, they're under fire in the middle of a minefield. Also if you want to mine a paved road you first lay a thick layer of gravel on it so you can bury the mines. This is a hasty setup. The civilian traffic makes it confusing to me. Why haven't the mines been cleared before civilians are let in the area?
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Nenonen posted:Well that, and you keep it guarded. Someone tries to clear it, they're under fire in the middle of a minefield. Its likely the UA hasnt even made it there yet and the Russians boogied away and the locals are not stupid enough to try to disarm themselves but somehow dumb enough to try to weave through.
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Zhanism posted:Its likely the UA hasnt even made it there yet and the Russians boogied away and the locals are not stupid enough to try to disarm themselves but somehow dumb enough to try to weave through. In Zakarpattya we would say не бида meaning "no big deal."
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Crows Turn Off posted:Is it possible that maybe Russia doesn't have the second most capable military in the world?  I'm pretty sure India and hell even Turkey are above what we are seeing from Russia atm Finland would flatten them
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Zhanism posted:Its likely the UA hasnt even made it there yet and the Russians boogied away and the locals are not stupid enough to try to disarm themselves but somehow dumb enough to try to weave through. Call the guy who carted an anti-tank mine off into the woods with a cigarette dangling from his lips, I’m sure he can sort it out (as long as there are nearby woods for him to walk into).
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Zhanism posted:Its likely the UA hasnt even made it there yet and the Russians boogied away and the locals are not stupid enough to try to disarm themselves but somehow dumb enough to try to weave through. There was a story in Odesa local press about someone driving their car to a mined beach despite the warning signs.... https://dumskaya.net/news/v-odesskoy-oblasti-dvoe-grazhdan-podorvalis-zaeh-162165/
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Mustang posted:I don't even know how you could unfuck that, there's only so much you can do to polish a turd. While not necessarily as well equipped or as large as the US Army, the Canadian forces has a dedicated logistics branch and the people there are very professional and very meticulous about ensuring supply is properly managed, accounted for and signed off on.
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Crows Turn Off posted:Is it possible that maybe Russia doesn't have the second most capable military in the world? i think they might be more competent if the situation were different, like if they were actually defending russia from an attack on its own territory or something, when all your soldiers are basically tricked or forced into a war they dont believe in or care about and do everything half assed it becomes almost impossible to win. it seems like morale is just a lot more important than people thought, even though that's the obvious lesson from most wars in the past half century
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Kraftwerk posted:While not necessarily as well equipped or as large as the US Army, the Canadian forces has a dedicated logistics branch and the people there are very professional and very meticulous about ensuring supply is properly managed, accounted for and signed off on. I don't doubt it, my unit was on the border with Canada and we always had a Canadian exchange officer that was basically treated/used like any other American staff officer.
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'the main condition is the will of the citizens of the republic' oh shut the gently caress up you lying turd
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Shibawanko posted:i think they might be more competent if the situation were different, like if they were actually defending russia from an attack on its own territory or something, when all your soldiers are basically tricked or forced into a war they dont believe in or care about and do everything half assed it becomes almost impossible to win. it seems like morale is just a lot more important than people thought, even though that's the obvious lesson from most wars in the past half century The absolute state of Russian logistics is a major factor as well: everything is either old and no maitenance for years, or parts of things have been sold off by grifters or the brass Maybe letting the Russian Mafia run a military and economy was a terrible idea?
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Play posted:'the main condition is the will of the citizens of the republic' oh shut the gently caress up you lying turd They are not lying per se. They are just omitting the part where they kicked out all the Gergians.
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Also I'm pretty sure Sascha Baron Cohen's next movie character Kadryov seems to be pushing to be "The most Loyal" to Putin so he can usurp Shoigu's position, and like others said become Top Dunce in the Court of Dunces.
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Shibawanko posted:i think they might be more competent if the situation were different, like if they were actually defending russia from an attack on its own territory or something, when all your soldiers are basically tricked or forced into a war they dont believe in or care about and do everything half assed it becomes almost impossible to win. it seems like morale is just a lot more important than people thought, even though that's the obvious lesson from most wars in the past half century Aren't we lucky all armies of the future will be replaced with automated drones that won't have morale issues or question orders?
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Bar Ran Dun posted:They don’t have the road and rail capacity for the surge they needed to do in the time frame they attempted to do it. Ships aren't a pipes they are buckets, those 2" pipes can move a lot more volume because they have greater velocity and they can carry a constant flow.
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d64 posted:Source levada.ru Russia is a totalitarian state, recently graduated from an authoritarian state where you could publish some opposing views: You're not going to get any reliable opinion polls out of such a country. These types of polling numbers are entirely worthless, we're not talking about Trump vs. Biden. You'd have to be an idiot to answer some pollster with "I oppose Putin" Fame Douglas fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Mar 30, 2022 |
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OddObserver posted:They are not lying per se. They are just omitting the part where they kicked out all the Gergians. They are still lying because any 'will' of the people that doesn't involve loving Russia 100% would just be suppressed or worse anyways. Perhaps the people there now do want that, but if they didn't it wouldn't matter.
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Kraftwerk posted:While not necessarily as well equipped or as large as the US Army, the Canadian forces has a dedicated logistics branch and the people there are very professional and very meticulous about ensuring supply is properly managed, accounted for and signed off on. Can add UK to that list too. We were drilled very early on in training (boot camp) that looking after your kit was paramount. Kit inspections daily while out on exercise. Dust in the mag housing? Run. Mess tins slightly burnt? Run. Not bothered to shave that morning? Run. Our logistics is also heavily modeled on Canada.
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Fame Douglas posted:Russia is a totalitarian state, recently graduated from an authoritarian state where you could publish some opposing views: You're not going to get any reliable opinion polls out of such a country. These types of polling numbers are entirely worthless, we're not talking about Trump vs. Biden. It's not just fear of saying what they actually think, it's also that people are not given truthful information to make an informed answer. I'm sure a lot of Russians think they're on the right moral side here as they are pro "rescuing oppressed civilians from a violent nazi regime" and pro "protecting our country from NATO who are each day getting closer and closer to bombing our cities and children". To them it just happens to be the same as being pro-Putin. I mean the top story on Yandex news right now is about "Ukrainian death squads" operating in Kharkiv and rounding up anyone who is not a Ukrainian fascist. Only Putin can save the civilians there. Rad Russian fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Mar 30, 2022 |
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CommieGIR posted:Why would the US need to supply US forces in Afghanistan via intermodal. Think carefully. It might be because its across multiple seas. It has nothing to do with intermodal. It had everything to do with supplies having to come across seas. I'm not an expert on logistics, so this is mostly intuition, but I feel like the logistical constraints that are applied to the whole system when you add international shipping might be a big deal. In order to make intermodal work, you need to have a certain level of sophistication, standardization and organization at every step, and those all make corruption more complicated to pull off. Russia might have been better off if their logistics chain involved an artificial step of loading everything onto container ships, having the ship go out for a day, then unload back into the same port.
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Skex posted:Ships aren't a pipes they are buckets, those 2" pipes can move a lot more volume because they have greater velocity and they can carry a constant flow. You’re wrong and freight rail can be like 30ish mph or less on lovely tracks lol.
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Rad Russian posted:It's not just fear of saying what they actually think, it's also that people are not given truthful information to make an informed answer. I'm sure a lot of Russians think they're on the right moral side here as they are pro "rescuing oppressed civilians from a violent nazi regime" and pro "protecting our country from NATO who are each day getting closer and closer to bombing our cities and children". To them it just happens to be the same as being pro-Putin. It doesn't really matter whether they believe it, even: When state media is pushing some talking point, people know they have to toe the line, or they will get in trouble.
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Fame Douglas posted:It doesn't really matter whether they believe it, even: When state media is pushing some talking point, people know they have to toe the line, or they will get in trouble. Yeah, this is the thing. The truth doesn't matter: what matters is what you need to believe in order to continue living your life. Believing something and signaling that you believe it are different things, and the latter is all that's necessary.
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