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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% |
| dragonfly |
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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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Regarde Aduck posted:well the west is currently working on the belief that Russia has lost almost all their active T-72B3's and like half of their T-90's so as long as they can keep the illusion going then there's nothing to worry about BAE is not making any new 105mm or 155mm guns though, they're waiting for massive orders to ensure it's profitable, so it's not continuous low-rate production like the Russians do. e: and then, like the Australian shipyards, they lay off their workforce when an order finishes so that there's no skilled and experienced labour that can demand higher wages.
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Aug 7, 2023 20:39
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https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1688183706228248576?s=20 If you have to smuggle in shotgun shells with candy wrappers, then it's over. How many man hours went into individually unwrapping two shells at a time?
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Aug 7, 2023 20:58
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1688183706228248576?s=20 how many man hours went into wrapping them even
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Aug 7, 2023 21:01
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The only reason I can think of for doing that is if they're afraid some other unit is going to steal their supplies before it gets to them but I feel like that concern would be equally valid for the candy bars you disguised them as.
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Aug 7, 2023 21:02
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Disguising my bullets as candy corn to make sure they reach the front undisturbed.
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Aug 7, 2023 21:02
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Raskolnikov38 posted:how many man hours went into wrapping them even they probably were feeding shells into a chute for the wrapping machine Thoguh posted:The only reason I can think of for doing that is if they're afraid some other unit is going to steal their supplies before it gets to them but I feel like that concern would be equally valid for the candy bars you disguised them as. Allegedly it's because of the grain deal. Ammo has to be disguised as food aid before it reached Odessa.
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Aug 7, 2023 21:02
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Thoguh posted:Disguising my bullets as candy corn to make sure they reach the front undisturbed. lmao
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Aug 7, 2023 21:03
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They also seem to only have one knife that they have to share.
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Aug 7, 2023 21:05
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/snekotron/status/1688614752803565568 Supposedly, they have been taking M1s and their turbine engines from stockpiles as well which makes sense in context. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 23:00 on Aug 7, 2023 |
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Aug 7, 2023 21:12
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/snekotron/status/1688348555549843456 So it's exactly like Nixon's moment but they forgot to time it with the 2024 elections.
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Aug 7, 2023 21:14
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Bar Crow posted:They also seem to only have one knife that they have to share. refusal to move on from Soviet doctrine smh
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Aug 7, 2023 21:21
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1688183706228248576?s=20 why do they even need to smuggle them to begin with
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Aug 7, 2023 21:30
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Frosted Flake posted:BAE is not making any new 105mm or 155mm guns though, they're waiting for massive orders to ensure it's profitable, so it's not continuous low-rate production like the Russians do. From a number point of view, the only countries which could have a running artillery production at low rate non-stop are the US, China and Russia imo. Any other counties which produce artillery guns are totally dependent on foreign orders. France, the UK and Germany for example don't have a big enough artillery park to "sustain" an industry by itself. The EU together could have a joint venture I guess but it won't happen because each countries will want to keep it even if it means it all ends up in massive wasteful industry which always starts and stop depending on orders wasting the experienced workforce each cycle.
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Aug 7, 2023 21:30
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supersnowman posted:From a number point of view, the only countries which could have a running artillery production at low rate non-stop are the US, China and Russia imo. Any other counties which produce artillery guns are totally dependent on foreign orders. France, the UK and Germany for example don't have a big enough artillery park to "sustain" an industry by itself. The EU together could have a joint venture I guess but it won't happen because each countries will want to keep it even if it means it all ends up in massive wasteful industry which always starts and stop depending on orders wasting the experienced workforce each cycle. I can totally see the EU doing something that would give each member state a different role in the assembly process
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Aug 7, 2023 21:31
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Well it's like France could either ask NEXTER to produce LG1, a useful lightweight gun, or CAESAR, a truck with a gun on it. They chose the one that fit with market trends, the gun-on-truck fad of the past decade, so no 105mm for anyone, since BAE stopped making L/M 118 too. They apparently couldn't move FAMAS production to a different plant either, which makes me think that the amount of facilities they have left has got to be miniscule. e: the AA-52 machine gun too. They must have shuttered a tonne of factories if all of these are either/or. Frosted Flake has issued a correction as of 21:35 on Aug 7, 2023 |
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Aug 7, 2023 21:33
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lack of action in ukraine getting you down? how about raising the stakes for yourself by participating in my contest to guess whether the ukraine war or the hollywood strike ends first https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4038791
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Aug 7, 2023 21:36
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lol at the concept of EU joint military ventures, they took two decades to design a new helicopter and when it finally went into production it was so bad it ended up getting shitcanned. EDIT: technically a NATO venture but w/e
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Aug 7, 2023 21:46
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supersnowman posted:From a number point of view, the only countries which could have a running artillery production at low rate non-stop are the US, China and Russia imo. Any other counties which produce artillery guns are totally dependent on foreign orders. France, the UK and Germany for example don't have a big enough artillery park to "sustain" an industry by itself. The EU together could have a joint venture I guess but it won't happen because each countries will want to keep it even if it means it all ends up in massive wasteful industry which always starts and stop depending on orders wasting the experienced workforce each cycle. https://twitter.com/thouse_opinions/status/1683408517833834496?s=20
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Aug 7, 2023 21:49
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yellowcar posted:why do they even need to smuggle them to begin with hiding military imports going through odessa? best i can think of 
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Aug 7, 2023 21:54
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I wouldn't think there's any reason to import arms through Odessa though. There's a whole Polish border that's completely open. Meanwhile, smuggling in arms disguised as food through the Black Sea just proves that Russia was completely correct to back out of the grain deal.
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Aug 7, 2023 21:57
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Going up against a professional army with a few day's training and a gun that I barely know how to fire is the sort of poo poo I experience in my anxiety dreams. Must be a lot worse when it's happening to you for real.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:00
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It's only a matter of time before they realize this will increase the price of the weapons they can no longer produce.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:05
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Megamissen posted:hiding military imports going through odessa? best i can think of But the grain deal is dead, why would it matter? Unless its still.stuff from weeks ago
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Aug 7, 2023 22:15
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:they probably were feeding shells into a chute for the wrapping machine Seems like a bad idea to record yourself confirming the thing Russia was claiming you were doing, but I guess it doesn't matter now that the grain deal is null.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:21
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supersnowman posted:From a number point of view, the only countries which could have a running artillery production at low rate non-stop are the US, China and Russia imo. Any other counties which produce artillery guns are totally dependent on foreign orders. France, the UK and Germany for example don't have a big enough artillery park to "sustain" an industry by itself. The EU together could have a joint venture I guess but it won't happen because each countries will want to keep it even if it means it all ends up in massive wasteful industry which always starts and stop depending on orders wasting the experienced workforce each cycle. You're leaving out the Koreas. DPRK has the second biggest tube artillery park in the world and I think SK and the PRC are near parity for the third and fourth ranked slots.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:28
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1stGear posted:I wouldn't think there's any reason to import arms through Odessa though. There's a whole Polish border that's completely open. Meanwhile, smuggling in arms disguised as food through the Black Sea just proves that Russia was completely correct to back out of the grain deal. It amazes me that western media management is so bad that Russia can accuse the west of (X), the west denies (X). Then the west boasts publicly about doing (X) in speeches, social media, post videos of them doing (X) etc. Every time. The ammo in the food shipments is just the most recent example.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:30
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Everyone is assuming they are unpacking smuggled ammo. What are they saying in the video? Maybe they're wondering why all their candy is shotgun shells.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:33
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speng31b posted:idk, but my recommendation is they don't post anymore stuff like that itt without quotes to back it up I believe they were referring to this post, which while it definitely does not say that, is somewhat questionable imo. DancingShade posted:Sure but arguably any culture that easily subverted was always going to get washed away by history, one way or another. It's as much a mercy kill or euthenasia for as it is colonialism.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:35
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1stGear posted:I wouldn't think there's any reason to import arms through Odessa though. There's a whole Polish border that's completely open. Meanwhile, smuggling in arms disguised as food through the Black Sea just proves that Russia was completely correct to back out of the grain deal. It's way cheaper to ship stuff overseas than over land. Plus they've got other problems like the Russians bombing out their rail network.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:39
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Weka posted:You're leaving out the Koreas. DPRK has the second biggest tube artillery park in the world and I think SK and the PRC are near parity for the third and fourth ranked slots. You are totally right. The Koreas would also be able to sustain an artillery industry.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:43
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:Everyone is assuming they are unpacking smuggled ammo. What are they saying in the video? Maybe they're wondering why all their candy is shotgun shells.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:44
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Weka posted:I believe they were referring to this post, which while it definitely does not say that, is somewhat questionable imo. i believe the intent was to lament the way that the US has had complete success in subverting their culture and turning them into gladio 2.0 in less than a decade. It would seem to indicate that there were a lot of contradictions and insecurities already present and all the US had to do was apply some pressure and suddenly it turns out Ukraine has always actually been European and not like those dirty asians, which those horrible Russians totally are. Now they're stuck wanting to revive Galacia but also being incredibly attached to 'Ukraine' which has 5000 years of history. Something has got to give.
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Aug 7, 2023 22:44
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was Russia at the Saudi peace talks ??
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Aug 7, 2023 22:57
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1688183706228248576?s=20 logi wins wars
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Aug 7, 2023 22:58
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euphronius posted:was Russia at the Saudi peace talks ?? Nope, which is what makes it extra funny; with no opposing voice at their fake peace talks they still couldn't settle on a joint statement. Saudi Arabia is just not interested in playing along.
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Aug 7, 2023 23:03
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supersnowman posted:You are totally right. The Koreas would also be able to sustain an artillery industry. Juche spirit!
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Aug 7, 2023 23:08
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the destruction of alderaan was not as bad as the holodomor: discuss
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Aug 7, 2023 23:11
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Iirc the story behind that is actually kind of cool: the government's pet nazis pushed the mayor to take down the Lenin statue, so instead the mayor decided to have a cheap lovely shell of something extremely tacky built around it, so that it can be removed if a sane government suddenly manifests
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lobster shirt posted:the destruction of alderaan was not as bad as the holodomor: discuss The Alderaanians had it coming, all they had to do was tell Lord Vader where the rebel base is.
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