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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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87 | 21.53% |
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Al-Saqr posted:it's in the grip of a famine because america and the west literally stole their money, so the taliban just sealed a big oil/mineral deal with the chinese and are trying to seal contracts with anyone willing to try and get money back. Glad to hear that they're able to get some money in the door. I don't envy them the job of cleaning up after two generations of guerrilla war.
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Jan 14, 2023 16:51
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Also, there’s some deliberate conflation between Russia, the state, and Russian, the ethnic group within the borders of neighbouring countries. This goes back to the other powers of Europe reacting against pan-Slavism in the 19th c. and has emerged in a genuinely upsetting and frightening way since 1991 generally, 2014 specifically. Ukraine is more or less openly threatening ethnic cleansing with talk of expelling “Russians”, suppression of the Orthodox church and so on, but western liberals are either stupid or quietly supportive. The Baltic states are already playing with fire, which puts NATO in an extremely dangerous position. Finland also has a historical Russian population, though a smaller one. In 2007 the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance reported in its Third report on Finland: In its second report, ECRI recommended that action be taken to combat negative societal attitudes and manifestations of intolerance towards the members of Russian-speaking communities. However, representatives of these communities have indicated to ECRI that lack of determined action on the part of the Finnish authorities has allowed these attitudes and manifestations to intensify since ECRI's second report. ECRI is concerned at reports indicating that Russian-speakers have been the targets of violence, in at least one case resulting in death, and that the racist motivation of these acts has not always been adequately dealt with by the police. Racial harassment of Russian-speakers and racist bullying of Russian-speaking children at school have also been frequently reported. In addition, ECRI's attention has been drawn to the presence of anti-Russian material on the Internet inciting to racial hatred, and to the use of derogatory expressions to designate Russian-speakers as well as negative portrayal of these persons in the media.
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Jan 14, 2023 16:57
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https://twitter.com/ukraine_map/status/1614192433226473474?t=cUcMrJfhSRLLlpqJ4R1B0g&s=19 zaluzhny i heard you needed a new armored corps best i can do is one tank platoon
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Jan 14, 2023 16:59
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Gonna love the logistics nightmare when you have like 5 different types of tanks with incredibly different tooling breaking in different ways.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:04
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Frosted Flake posted:Ukraine is more or less openly threatening ethnic cleansing with talk of expelling “Russians”, suppression of the Orthodox church and so on, but western liberals are either stupid or quietly supportive. they're not quietly supportive they're loudly supportive, hooting and hollering as priests are arrested and put in jail forever or used as pow trade fodder. but it's ok because the Orthodox church are chuds
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Jan 14, 2023 17:05
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New round of Russian missile attacks. Lot of video of blown up residential buildings again with civil rescue ongoing.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:06
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mlmp08 posted:New round of Russian missile attacks. Lot of video of blown up residential buildings again with civil rescue ongoing. have you been able to analyze which missiles caused the damage with your crater calipers yet
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Jan 14, 2023 17:08
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speng31b posted:have you been able to analyze which missiles caused the damage with your crater calipers yet No, I don't like to wade in this early because there's often video of stuff I don't really want to see, like dead kids.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:10
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Gonna love the logistics nightmare when you have like 5 different types of tanks with incredibly different tooling breaking in different ways. That's one of the reasons that the West was trying so hard to find old Soviet gear because it's just easier logistics-wise. Too bad we fried Iraq those couple times, old Saddam would've been happy to sell us T-72s and old Soviet aircraft and he had them in spades. Ah well, I'm sure Iraq is better off now. Now to take a big sip of water.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:11
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once again, talibans ftw
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Jan 14, 2023 17:12
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speng31b posted:have you been able to analyze which missiles caused the damage with your crater calipers yet Do the Russians build more than one flavor of cruise missile?
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Jan 14, 2023 17:12
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Here's the UN report from December, which covers the period of 1 August to 31 October: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/ua/2022-12-02/HRMMU_Update_2022-12-02_EN.pdf HRW report on 2022. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/ukraine#2df168
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Jan 14, 2023 17:12
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Apparently "western intelligence" thinks a huge mobilization wave is imminent in Russia https://archive.ph/UbS17 ""Kyiv tries to rally West before ‘500,000 Russians’ go to front" posted:President Putin could mobilise up to half a million extra troops for his war against Ukraine as he seeks to wrestle back the initiative with a multipronged spring offensive.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:13
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mlmp08 posted:No, I don't like to wade in this early because there's often video of stuff I don't really want to see, like dead kids. i make fun of you a lot, but i do appreciate that you haven't melted down like every other main character in this thread and started posting that kind of stuff yet
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Jan 14, 2023 17:13
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crater phrenology
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Jan 14, 2023 17:15
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tristeham posted:once again, talibans ftw been saying this
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Jan 14, 2023 17:15
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sum posted:Apparently "western intelligence" thinks a huge mobilization wave is imminent in Russia You don't got to hand it to them, but the CIA has been at least somewhat accurate with their Russia intelligence. Idk that they could draft, equip, and train that many people and get them deployed in just a few months.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:16
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Zeroisanumber posted:Do the Russians build more than one flavor of cruise missile? Russia's primary long-range strike weapons include: Kh-101 (air-launched cruise missile) Kh-55 (naval cruise missile) AS-4 (anti-ship missile, but has been updated to be used for long range air-to-ground strikes. Inaccurate to the point of being criminal to point it at a city, since it often misses the target without being shot at or jammed or anything. They were originally designed to target big metal ships against a backdrop of ocean, not a building against a backdrop of 100 other buildings.) Others: Iskander maneuvering ballistic missile Iskander-launched 9M728/729 cruise missiles S-300 missiles modified to be used as inaccurate but available ballistic missiles. They also have shorter range TV-guided missiles, but those are employed more tactically with a man-in-the-loop flying them in. Stuff like missiles from fighter-bombers or helicopters to hit buildings, fortifications, armor, etc.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:18
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Zeroisanumber posted:Do the Russians build more than one flavor of cruise missile? mlmp08 posted:Russia's primary long-range strike weapons include: 16-bit Butt-Head posted:crater phrenology
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Jan 14, 2023 17:20
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Gonna love the logistics nightmare when you have like 5 different types of tanks with incredibly different tooling breaking in different ways. at this point it would be quicker to make a list of the MBTs that aren't used by the Ukrainian military.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:23
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January 6 Survivor posted:at this point it would be quicker to make a list of the MBTs that aren't used by the Ukrainian military. the Merkava, I think also that weird Swedish tank that doesn't have a turret
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Jan 14, 2023 17:27
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speng31b posted:i make fun of you a lot, but i do appreciate that you haven't melted down like every other main character in this thread and started posting that kind of stuff yet Yeah, if a regional conflict gets so enraging or grossly vicariously enjoyable to someone that they they start posting gore, or rooting for war crimes, or whatever, gently caress, poo poo has gone too far and such posters need to take or be put on a break. And honestly, aside from the shock value of seeing some hosed up imagery I didn't want to see, it's more chilling to read the UN, AI, HRW, or other investigation with a little bit more space, cause it better gets across how hosed up these actions often are and removes from the team-sports style "well, that's ok, because..." from some dipshit apologist about how actually the other guy is bad too, so rape/torture/abuse/whatever of the baddies and "disloyal" civilians is ok and worth it.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:27
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gradenko_2000 posted:the Merkava, I think None of the South Korean models. Also I think Japan has some weird domestic main battle tank for some reason, but I cannot remember. And, of course, as we hear every day, no Abrams in Ukraine... E: Only very vaguely skimmed, but it seemed like the weekend of 160 new posts was off to a weird and wild start. 
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Jan 14, 2023 17:29
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gradenko_2000 posted:the Merkava, I think now I want to see some nagmachons. goofy looking contraptions
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Jan 14, 2023 17:30
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Cuttlefush posted:now I want to see some nagmachons. goofy looking contraptions It is weird. Kinda reminds me of the old Soviet KV-2s
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Jan 14, 2023 17:31
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now I wanna see some of those too
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Jan 14, 2023 17:32
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Are there not M60s sitting around in a warehouse somewhere?
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January 6 Survivor posted:at this point it would be quicker to make a list of the MBTs that aren't used by the Ukrainian military. IS-2s because iirc a museum T-34 got put to use as a static bunker somewhere either around Mariupol or Severodonetsk.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:34
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Zeroisanumber posted:Glad to hear that they're able to get some money in the door. I don't envy them the job of cleaning up after two generations of guerrilla war. I thought the idea of foreign companies exploiting national resources from desperate nations was frowned upon?
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Jan 14, 2023 17:34
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Frosted Flake posted:Are there not M60s sitting around in a warehouse somewhere? I think we sold most of them or gave them away. The Egyptian Army has a ton, iirc.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:35
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Frosted Flake posted:Are there not M60s sitting around in a warehouse somewhere?  • New M60 Upgrade Program – Integrated 120mm Main Gun Assembly – Improved secondary weapons (coax machine gun, commander’s machine gun) – Integrated 25mm remote weapon system with 300 round ready-ammo box – Interface with advanced fire control system – 120mm ammo stowage racks (objective 40 round stowage capacity) – Increased engine, power pack to 1200hp for improved mobility – Upgraded suspension for improved on/off road and cross country mobility – Upgraded vehicle armor protection – Integrated 360 degree, day/night vision system – Integrated Auxiliary Power Unit for improved “engine off” vehicle capability – Integrated crew air conditioning system with increased electronics cooling – Enhanced fire suppression system for crew and engine compartments – External electrical power supply: tools, lighting, communications - Main Battle Tank Performance at a Fraction of the Cost
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Jan 14, 2023 17:36
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Malleum posted:
i think i have one of those in war thunder
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Jan 14, 2023 17:37
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👏SEND👏 UKRAINE👏 A👏 T28👏
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Jan 14, 2023 17:38
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evilmiera posted:I thought the idea of foreign companies exploiting national resources from desperate nations was frowned upon?  bitch
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Jan 14, 2023 17:39
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doverhog posted:Actually, I'm a defender of democracy and human rights, in the face of fascism and lies. lol fondly remembering when i was a big enough dope to post epic lines like this
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Jan 14, 2023 17:40
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Weka posted:Weed? You know what ELSE is green? That's right, war chief Putin!
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Jan 14, 2023 17:41
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Realistically, Ukraine needs to replace the 2 destroyed tank brigades, plus whatever else, so unless they get the entire Challenger park, it seems to me NATO is content to watch them die a slow death, without reclaiming territory, which Ukraine is slowly becoming aware of, and will try to draw NATO into the conflict as a result.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:41
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I will be donating my entire world of tanks garage to the Ukraine
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Jan 14, 2023 17:41
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evilmiera posted:I thought the idea of foreign companies exploiting national resources from desperate nations was frowned upon? Afghanistan being able to look to the future and deal with the problem of rapacious foreigners as their own, sovereign nation is preferable to them being an imperial satrapy.
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gradenko_2000 posted:👏SEND👏 UKRAINE👏 A👏 T28👏 i went to the patton museum back before the renovations and they just had the t28 sitting in the yard without the second set of tracks and tiny baby me was very disappointed it was right next to a sherman jumbo though so i wasnt disappointed for long, that was cool to look at
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