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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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94 | 23.27% |
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14 | 3.47% |
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87 | 21.53% |
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Ardennes posted:Their fuel consumption rate isn’t as much as the Abrams but it isn’t nothing either. Fuel cubes in suvs may be enough to keep some APCs going but if you want a full offensive you do need serious fuel. I'm sure they'll draw up a plan that relies on capturing Russian fuel dumps.
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Mar 23, 2023 19:49
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Grimnarsson posted:Ukrainians have every right to remember the famine of 1932-33, how it affected Ukraine and Ukrainians specifically. I'd say it's even understandable if Ukrainians see the famine as it affected them in harsher terms than others and want to use the harshest possible terminology to describe it. I mean, they also helped do their own genocide around the same time period. Plus the whole issue of "using the famine as an excuse to do ethnic cleansing of Russians." I don't have a lot of sympathy for this sort of thing in the present. Most people won't have any living relatives directly impacted, so it's the sort of thing you have to be either manipulated into by national propaganda (the most common cause, and the entire reason they view it as a genocide to begin with), or just work yourself into a frenzy about. I'm Jewish and the idea of getting really angry about it because of the personal connection to the holocaust doesn't really make sense (and that's referring to an actual undisputed genocide). While it's true that I still dislike most of the countries that were involved (one of which is Ukraine itself), that's only because they still suck and have been directly embracing the same people and ideas that caused the holocaust (and I'd feel that way regardless of ancestry). In some world where countries like Germany or Latvia weren't terrible, I would hold no ill will towards them.
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Mar 23, 2023 19:55
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Frosted Flake posted:I'm sure they'll draw up a plan that relies on capturing Russian fuel dumps. They can probably make it work if they just offered to buy them.
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Mar 23, 2023 20:00
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Ardennes posted:Their fuel consumption rate isn’t as much as the Abrams but it isn’t nothing either. Fuel cubes in suvs may be enough to keep some APCs going but if you want a full offensive you do need serious fuel. Maybe the ukrainians can start refining syngas fuel out of coal, just like the nazis
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Mar 23, 2023 20:04
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Ardennes posted:Their fuel consumption rate isn’t as much as the Abrams but it isn’t nothing either. Fuel cubes in suvs may be enough to keep some APCs going but if you want a full offensive you do need serious fuel. OK, but if you only get 14 tanks you only need 88 SUVs, I hear
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Mar 23, 2023 20:26
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Ytlaya posted:"gently caress, it looks like I have to defeat 20 Ukrainian soldiers with throwing knives this week, this is going to suck" and all that work just for a STALKER gas mask painted to look like rick and/or morty
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Mar 23, 2023 20:26
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Mar 23, 2023 20:29
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god can you imagine a bunch of people supporting their country when their country does an invasion. how can Russia be so backwards.
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Mar 23, 2023 20:33
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maybe the west going 'the objective is now the dissolution of the Russian state, they must be crushed for at least a generation' was counter-productive in that it gave the game away to even some of the Russian liberals
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Mar 23, 2023 20:40
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Regarde Aduck posted:maybe the west going 'the objective is now the dissolution of the Russian state, they must be crushed for at least a generation' was counter-productive in that it gave the game away to even some of the Russian liberals Yeah only some…plenty of die herds exist it is just they usually live out of the country. Granted, I have a very hard time getting anything out of Russian liberals in exile, they come off as a bit culty and sort of doesn’t matter what the West wants to do to the country. The US could open up with its strategic arsenal and they would give it a shrug. Best Friends posted:god can you imagine a bunch of people supporting their country when their country does an invasion. how can Russia be so backwards. Yeah the attitude from my experience is less of dislike for Ukraine or really supporting the invasion in the first place but more “this is a real war and we need to stick together and support the country.” Ardennes has issued a correction as of 21:13 on Mar 23, 2023 |
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Mar 23, 2023 20:53
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Ardennes posted:Yeah only some…plenty of die herds exist it is just they usually live out of the country. Granted, i have a very hard time getting anything out of Russian liberals in exile, they come off as a bit culty and sort of doesn’t matter what the West wants to do to the country. The US could open up with its strategic arsenal and they would give it a shrug. yeah libs gonna lib whatever nation or culture absolutely no ideals or beliefs, it's just weird surface bullshit so of course they don't care what the west has planned, they're all computer touchers that can live everywhere and will just keep moving so they can have mcdonald burger. Good for them, just wish twitter didn't exist so they no one had to read their weird expat opinions
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Mar 23, 2023 21:07
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https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1638298752875102215 how many adrien zenzs' does the state department and ned fund these days
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Mar 23, 2023 21:15
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Regarde Aduck posted:yeah libs gonna lib whatever nation or culture I think Russian liberals, perhaps because they are much more of a minority, do seem more hardcore than other types of liberal. In late September, they really did clear out of Moscow all at once but at the same time yeah they aren’t loyal to anyone but themselves obviously. It is also usually the only way Westerns get an opinion on Russia because not only their opinions but usually they are the ones to make a concerted effort to learn English (but that is par for course). Ardennes has issued a correction as of 21:18 on Mar 23, 2023 |
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Mar 23, 2023 21:16
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Medvedev is not the most, uh, dispassionate voice on the Russian side but assuming he means 1500 brand-new MBTs and he's not exaggerating this is a pretty bad statistic for the Ukrainians. https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1638809561045037057
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Mar 23, 2023 21:20
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https://twitter.com/GraphicW5/status/1638992489418727424?t=c8ST3V_uWAIdHRlFRZx6Ig
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Mar 23, 2023 21:32
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sum posted:Medvedev is not the most, uh, dispassionate voice on the Russian side but assuming he means 1500 brand-new MBTs and he's not exaggerating this is a pretty bad statistic for the Ukrainians. Is 1500 even remotely realistic? I feel like this is Medvedev hoping for 1500. That said even just 300 would be more than the West is currently delivering so who knows. Shoot for the stars.
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Mar 23, 2023 21:39
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Slavvy posted:I've seen a dude change an in tank fuel filter with a cigarette in his mouth right over the open hole with 60L of premium unleaded. The danger is vastly overstated and afaik the m113 runs effectively jet fuel which is much harder to ignite. The m113 has a detroit diesel 6V53T engine, so it can run on the kerosene based jp8, but it's just a commercial diesel engine. Ardennes posted:An Abrams has a gas tank of 1,850 liters, and most commercial SUVs can take 1,100 pounds max and that is dry weight. If they were holding 600 pounds of fuel each (considering it is going to be sloshing around), you would need 7 SUVs worth of fuel haulers just to fill it up. Unless you're talking about crossovers, an SUV should be able to carry much more than that from personal experience, even if it's not rated for it. That said, that's a van of some sort so should be fine with a ton. A 1 cubic meter IBC of diesel weighs ~850kg.
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Mar 23, 2023 21:40
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Dixon Chisholm posted:i dont. why would ukraine do such a thing? Bandera wasn’t a nice or good guy.
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Mar 23, 2023 21:51
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Not So Fast posted:Is 1500 even remotely realistic? I feel like this is Medvedev hoping for 1500. Build 300 tanks and then an additional 1200 cardboard tanks to soak up drone and missile fire.
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Mar 23, 2023 21:53
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Not So Fast posted:Is 1500 even remotely realistic? I feel like this is Medvedev hoping for 1500. PROCALCULATE
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Mar 23, 2023 21:54
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Not So Fast posted:Is 1500 even remotely realistic? I feel like this is Medvedev hoping for 1500. Maybe theyll refurbish 1500 tanks from storage. Make 1500 new tanks? no way
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Mar 23, 2023 21:56
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Not So Fast posted:Is 1500 even remotely realistic? I feel like this is Medvedev hoping for 1500. 1500 tanks, 200 of which are main battle type and 1200 of which are fish type. 100 unaccounted for.
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Mar 23, 2023 21:57
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Dixon Chisholm posted:catholics raus a fine fire jumping to you too!
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Mar 23, 2023 21:59
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yeah that 1500 number has gotta include T-72's upgraded to B3 standard etc
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Mar 23, 2023 22:07
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Belaguida leveling up https://twitter.com/tsihanouskaya/status/1638985149382795264 https://twitter.com/tsihanouskaya/status/1638998057978306560 Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Belarusian Democratic Leader Tsikhanouskaya - United States Department of State www.state.gov posted:The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel:
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Mar 23, 2023 22:08
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Weka posted:The m113 has a detroit diesel 6V53T engine, so it can run on the kerosene based jp8, but it's just a commercial diesel engine. It is a pretty small van having to use muddy back roads while still being nimble enough to dodge hazards. I kind of doubt they have a ton of fuel sloshing around back there. OctaMurk posted:Maybe theyll refurbish 1500 tanks from storage. Make 1500 new tanks? no way It seems like Uralvagonzavod was working around the clock, and sizable shipments already came from the factory. He very well may mean t-90/72b3ms in addition to the t-62s. It is also unclear what Omsk is doing.
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Mar 23, 2023 22:08
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mawarannahr posted:Belaguida leveling up Luv 2 B a Traitor 4 America lol Belorussian Guaidó
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Mar 23, 2023 22:11
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Not So Fast posted:Is 1500 even remotely realistic? I feel like this is Medvedev hoping for 1500. The Soviet Union was rolling out thousands of MBTs a year in peacetime conditions in the 1980s and many of those factories are now owned by the Russian state. It's hardly impossible.
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Mar 23, 2023 22:12
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sum posted:The Soviet Union was rolling out thousands of MBTs a year in peacetime conditions in the 1980s and many of those factories are now owned by the Russian state. It's hardly impossible. There is no chance Russia built 1500 new tanks in a year this year or last.
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Mar 23, 2023 22:15
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russia is run by libs
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Mar 23, 2023 22:16
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sum posted:The Soviet Union was rolling out thousands of MBTs a year in peacetime conditions in the 1980s and many of those factories are now owned by the Russian state. It's hardly impossible. lol this isn't the Russia of the 1980's, state owned factories or not
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Mar 23, 2023 22:17
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mlmp08 posted:There is no chance Russia built 1500 new tanks in a year this year or last. It's ludicrously implausible that a state-owned defense manufacturer could massively ramp up production above peacetime output 13 months into a war
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Mar 23, 2023 22:21
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Ukraine, as the true successor of the USSR, inheritor of the UN Security Council seat, will be held accountable for the holodomor.
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Mar 23, 2023 22:22
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sum posted:The Soviet Union was rolling out thousands of MBTs a year in peacetime conditions in the 1980s and many of those factories are now owned by the Russian state. It's hardly impossible. yes it is
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Mar 23, 2023 22:24
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sum posted:It's ludicrously implausible that a state-owned defense manufacturer could massively ramp up production above peacetime output 13 months into a war believe what you want. 1500 new tanks in the last year is fantasy.
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Mar 23, 2023 22:26
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mlmp08 posted:believe what you want. 1500 new tanks in the last year is fantasy. The quote was "we will make 1500 new tanks this year." Goddamn you're such a nuisance.
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Mar 23, 2023 22:29
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i think its fair to say russia has experienced plenty of neo-liberal rot that 1500 tanks is probably highly implausible
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Mar 23, 2023 22:30
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mlmp seething about it means it's real and accurate
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Mar 23, 2023 22:30
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A large part of soviet tank production infrastructure was in Kharkov, which is in Ukraine, so that comparisons a but problematic.
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Mar 23, 2023 22:31
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Throatwarbler posted:A large part of soviet tank production infrastructure was in Kharkov, which is in Ukraine, so that comparisons a but problematic. I think that problem is being solved atm. Just call T-80UM the comeback kid.
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