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What is the most powerful flying bug? This poll is closed. |
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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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12 | 2.97% |
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67 | 16.58% |
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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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for reference, War in the East uses a scale of 10 miles per hex so if the ISW is reporting a Ukrainian advance that's ~15.6 miles wide, and 5.5 miles deep, that's probably not even enough to count as one whole hex being taken
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Jun 12, 2023 04:24
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OctaMurk posted:Think Ukraine’s Offensive Has Started? Wait for the Heavy Brigades lmao it's an actual article
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Jun 12, 2023 05:05
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comedyblissoption posted:in the united states when unionized workers attempt to buy the factory that is being offshored, the owners have the right to refuse the sale to them https://www.thetravel.com/best-mcdonalds-food-russia quote:With tensions building between the U.S and Russia, Russia placed a mandate on McDonald’s to use local distributors for their menu items. Since 2018, McDonald’s has been using locally sourced products for 98% of items.
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Jun 12, 2023 05:07
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gradenko_2000 posted:for reference, War in the East uses a scale of 10 miles per hex flashpoint campaigns has 500m per hex. I saw earlier a claim of Ukraine advancing between 300m and 1500m to recapture a village, framing it as a big success, but seems silly thinking about 1-3 hexes. another claim had Ukraine advancing 250m around bakhmut, which is almost nothing at all. less than the effective range of a rifle. seems kinda silly to compare war games to the real thing but it does point out how slow and grueling and awful it must be to be there as an infantryman on the ground, slowly inching forward under constant artillery fire for days on end, probably just lying in a ditch for hours at a time until you can crawl slightly forward again.
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Jun 12, 2023 05:15
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Horizon Burning posted:Consider that CD Projekt Red is a Polish studio. Poland shares a land border with Ukraine. Most of the Western military aid to Ukraine flows through Poland, and I recently saw an estimate that as of last month, over 12 million Ukrainian refugees have crossed through Poland since the war began. The aggressor in that war is attempting to erase the Ukrainian language. I'm not impressed with the Ukrainian voice acting talent on display here. https://youtu.be/8uwQHfTRzZA
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Jun 12, 2023 05:22
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tazjin posted:good reading material is essential for a trip to the dacha on an extended weekend new Europa Universalis IV dlc looking good, and I’m glad it seems like they are pushing the end date back by a few centuries
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Jun 12, 2023 05:43
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KNIB!
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Jun 12, 2023 05:47
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Jun 12, 2023 05:56
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Bad news for Russia - Prigozhin is openly defying the Shoigu's order for volunteer formations to sign military contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence. Further internal disenssion within the Russian military leadership will continue the deepening demoralization and disorder of the Russian forces. https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-11-2023 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 11, 2023 Wagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin characterized the Russian Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) plan to formalize volunteer formations by July 1 as an attack on him and his forces. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on June 10 that all volunteer formations must sign military contracts with the Russian MoD by July 1.[11] Prigozhin defensively claimed that Wagner private military company’s (PMC) servicemen will not sign contracts with the Russian MoD in his media response to Shoigu’s announcement.[12] Prigozhin proceeded to criticize Shoigu and the structure of the Russian Armed Forces and specified that Wagner is entirely subordinate to the interests of Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin’s mention of Putin as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief closely mirrors the language Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov used in his accusation on June 9 that Prigozhin is being insubordinate to Putin.[13] Prigozhin also noted that Wagner approves its actions with the Russian military command via Wagner-affiliated Army General Sergei Surovikin. Some members of Russia’s veteran community indicated Shoigu’s statement is not intended to target Wagner. A member of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee (and former commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army) Viktor Sobolev stated that Shoigu’s order excludes Wagner.[14] Sobolev is an avid critic of Wagner and claimed that Wagner personnel are mercenaries, not volunteers.[15] Former Russian officer and ardent ultranationalist Igor Girkin supported the order and stated that cohesive armies win wars rather than separate detachments or private military companies (PMCs).[16] A Wagner-affiliated milblogger contrarily (baselessly) claimed that Wagner is not a PMC and that a secret decree legalized Wagner’s existence in Russia.[17] The milblogger also claimed that Shoigu and the Russian MoD are Girkin’s patrons who are using Girkin to prevent Prigozhin from assuming more authority and reshuffling leadership in the Russian MoD.
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Jun 12, 2023 06:05
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fizzy posted:Bad news for Russia - Prigozhin is openly defying the Shoigu's order for volunteer formations to sign military contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence. Further internal disenssion within the Russian military leadership will continue the deepening demoralization and disorder of the Russian forces. This time it will surely not be a choreographed bit of kabuki theater. 
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Jun 12, 2023 06:13
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Majorian posted:This time it will surely not be a choreographed bit of kabuki theater. If that Prigozhin guy's acting was any worse I would assume he was teaching a high school drama class. The fact so many people take it at face value says it all.
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Jun 12, 2023 06:27
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does ukraine actually have 500-700+ armoured units in reserve?
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Jun 12, 2023 06:29
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CODChimera posted:does ukraine actually have 500-700+ armoured units in reserve? they actually thave 700000 in reserve just off screen
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Jun 12, 2023 06:29
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CODChimera posted:does ukraine actually have 500-700+ armoured units in reserve? Just behind that hill over there, out of sight. No you can't go and check yourself just trust them.
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Jun 12, 2023 06:29
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CODChimera posted:does ukraine actually have 500-700+ armoured units in reserve? ive been assured by all the smartest posters that the west has infinite weapons to hand out so clearly ukraine must have at least that many
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Jun 12, 2023 06:42
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The Ukrainian reserve. In this part of the world? Located entirely in your kitchen? May I see it?
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Jun 12, 2023 06:46
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None of the Progozhin related story make any sense to me, since he turned himself tictok star. What's the explanation here? Putin and Shoigu conspire to used up Wagner first and take over the rest of the PMC, so they kept giving Prigozhin wrong info as a joke? Or Putin wants to throw Prigozhin off the balcony but was too afraid of his private army so he needs to take them away from Prigozhin first?
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Jun 12, 2023 06:50
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i don't think there is a story beyond prigozhin wanting to stay media relevant
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Jun 12, 2023 06:51
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OctaMurk posted:Think Ukraine’s Offensive Has Started? Wait for the Heavy Brigades wait they're sending in goons now?
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Jun 12, 2023 06:59
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  bradley was also supposed to be war winning wunderwaffen too lol
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Jun 12, 2023 06:59
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imagine 2000 fluffdaddys stomping across the fields of Ukraine wielding Crunchyroll links and anime figurines
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Jun 12, 2023 07:02
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Goons hard at work designing the prototype grovertank
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Jun 12, 2023 07:04
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the bradley, an infantry fighting vehicle so legendary hbo made a movie about its development unfortunately, that movie was a comedy
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Jun 12, 2023 07:05
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Danann posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA&t=301s
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Jun 12, 2023 07:05
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Danann posted:
extreme kid at the playground insisting that their dad could beat your dad energy
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Jun 12, 2023 07:07
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But... It's a troop... carrier...
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Jun 12, 2023 07:07
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it would be pretty amazing if we got a tank battle of 500+ vehicles charging
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Jun 12, 2023 07:09
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Danann posted:
even if they were super weapons the number supplied seems pretty low. 50 to 113 max? like they need hundreds but I guess you could say that about all of the western armour supplied so far
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Jun 12, 2023 07:15
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gradenko_2000 posted:But... It's a troop... carrier... You want me to write a sign on it in 50 languages, I'm a troop carrier not a tank, please don't shoot me
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Jun 12, 2023 07:28
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gradenko_2000 posted:But... It's a troop... carrier... It's tank shaped, therefore its a tank.
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Jun 12, 2023 07:33
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CODChimera posted:it would be pretty amazing if we got a tank battle of 500+ vehicles charging Imagine 4 Ukraine tanks on the edge of the Russian lines. Say that as soon as the first is destroyed by Russian artillery a direct copy of that tank nearest the front is sent from US NATO stockpiles to the back of the line of tanks and eventually takes the place of the first tank. The formerly first tank becomes the second, the second becomes the third and the fourth tank gets blown up by Russian artillery. Time works the same way.
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Jun 12, 2023 07:38
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gradenko_2000 posted:But... It's a troop... carrier... It can carry five engineers which would capture the construction yards and tiberium refineries.
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Jun 12, 2023 07:43
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KomradeX posted:You want me to write a sign on it in 50 languages, I'm a troop carrier not a tank, please don't shoot me I just realized that the Sergeant in the movie is a young Viola Davis
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Jun 12, 2023 07:50
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:That's funny because half of the complaints about living under communism is about the lack of treats. The more you look at the 80s, there was some more open dissatisfaction under glasnost, but in all honesty, the Soviet Union had its own punk scene, counter-culture, soft-drinks etc. I guess blue jeans were hard to find and everything, but it really came down to a food crisis from 1989 to 1991. People were going hungry in cities and that is why people were pissed, it wasn't treats. Btw, that 1989-1991 period coincided with Gorbachev trying to liberalize agriculture. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 08:14 on Jun 12, 2023 |
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Jun 12, 2023 08:16
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BrotherJayne posted:meaning that, with the downstream dam blown, fording opportunities will soon be present, yes? Sounds plausible, but is it? After all you can't send water from a reservoir back up river. Feels like we could learn a lot about who did what if we also knew the historical water levels of the upstream reservoirs.
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Jun 12, 2023 08:27
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Bad news for Russia - Ukraine's counter-offensive continues to grind relentlessly into Russian-occupied territory. https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...f08eb0764d39f53 Ukraine announces it has recaptured village of Storozheve 1h ago 07.25 BST Ukraine’s deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, has announced the liberation of Storozheve by Ukrainian marines on her Telegram channel. It is a really tiny place, a hamlet, across the Mokri Yaly river from Blahodatne, which was recaptured over the weekend. She wrote: "The national flag is flying over Storozheve again, and it will be the same with every settlement until we liberate all Ukrainian land. Thank you Rear Adm Mykhailo Ostrogradskyi, 35th Separate Brigade of Marines. To be continued … Glory to Ukraine!" According to Russian military bloggers, the battle is on now for Urozhaine to the south, as the Ukrainians fight their way village to village, on both sides of the river. Ukrainian officials say the Russians blew up a small dam on the Mokri Yaly upstream, in an effort to hinder the offensive.
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Jun 12, 2023 08:49
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DancingShade posted:It's tank shaped, therefore its a tank. I'm sick of this idea that nothing but a MBT is a tank. A Bradley is only a couple tonnes lighter than the lighter Sherman varieties. It's a light tank. You call yourselves tankie!
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gradenko_2000 posted:But... It's a troop... carrier... A BMP can also do those things lol, these vehicles are basically interchangeable
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