weg posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGr0kfpWWE

Adam Something just posted a good summary of the counter offensive so far. My biggest criticism is that the sponsor of the video is a bit jarring considering the content lol.

quote:

BERLIN, Aug 9 (Reuters) - German prosecutors have arrested an officer of the military procurement agency on suspicion of passing secret information to Russian intelligence, the federal prosecutor's office said.

The German national, whom the prosecutor's office identified only as Thomas H., repeatedly approached Russia's consulate in Bonn and embassy in Berlin from May on his own initiative and offered his cooperation, the office said.

"The Federal Prosecutor has arrested a German officer on suspicion of working for a foreign secret service," wrote Justice Minister Marco Buschmann on social media platform X. "Vigilance is the order of the day."

Germany, one of the largest providers of military hardware to Ukraine, is a major target of Russian spying operations, which have grown in scale since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, authorities have warned.

On one occasion, the man handed over information obtained during the course of his work with the intention that it be passed to a Russian intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.

He was arrested in Koblenz, the procurement agency's seat in western Germany, and his home and workplace were searched, it added. A judge remanded him in custody on Wednesday.

The prosecutor's office gave no further details. Germany's Defence Ministry declined to comment on the case.

Almost 12,000 people work for the procurement agency, among them some 1,800 soldiers. In 2021, the agency struck deals for the purchase of Bundeswehr weapons and equipment with a total volume of 17.6 billion euros.

In December, authorities arrested a German Foreign Intelligence Service (BND) employee they suspected of spying for Russia.

tiaz posted:

to be clear, I agree with this, though it's not like everything he says is completely false. If it's about something consequential to you, absolutely go look into it instead of taking the word of funny drunk pig man. Chieftain is much more serious but I still wouldn't trust him as a single source on something controversial.

steinrokkan posted:

That T-14 video was pretty much wrong about everything, on every count.

I don't think anybody has posted the main debunking video yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyWAd1pQiwU

Not just a commander, a colonel and a professional armored warfare historian, lol

tiaz posted:

One of the claims made in the video is that the engine is derived from a Nazi design,

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"When civilians are surprised by Lancets and Krasnopols attacking enemy decoys, that’s normal. But when people who at least served conscript service are surprised by it (and even more so they ridicule it), then you should also be surprised.

The Soviet system of military service (which we have morally preserved) is very simple. The primary desire for a military man is to make something go boom, let's be honest. The more modern and powerful the available weapons are, the greater the internal need to boom them. The category "expensive" in military psychology is not applicable if it is not coming from your salary.

The second point are the reports. You can know for sure that you are hitting a decoy, and not the enemy’s vehicle, you can suspect this, but if the decoy as a whole is not bad and suits you for a report, then you hit it and report about success to the top.

Any Soviet officer (whom many people f*p on today) would have done just that. Because the army is simple. Because your report about the hit target (especially a “fat” one) is a joy for you, and for the authorities, and for the authorities of the authorities.

But if you give an “All Clear” and write a dull report that "the detected target turned out to be false and it seemed inappropriate to hit it because of the need to save precision-guided ammunition," then you will become an a*shole for both the authorities and fellow officers. And for all of them, you will be “not really military.”

How is this problem solved by the enemy? Their "Western specialists" got control over the targets. They did not try to break the established psychotype of the Soviet officer school (Ukrainian officers, especially the older ones, remained Soviet in their psychotype, there’s nowhere for anything else to come from), they simply took control, removing the motivation to create false reports. A kind of substitution of the military classics for a business approach.

But we're not only hitting wooden models. Now I’ll say a vile and unpopular thing, but let at least one active officer point that out if I’m lying: before, and after the appearance of Western military equipment - in general, a very popular way to give a good result upwards is to beautifully fire at the enemy’s already destroyed equipment.

Bradley, that was ATGMed yesterday, today can be beautifully fired at from helicopters, and tomorrow you can hit it from self-propelled guns. With video recording, reports, and all the right angles. So this becomes not one, but three wrecked Bradleys. Since the political leadership is demanding a specific report, the General Staff will demand such a report too.

And the military will solve it the way they know how - in a military way. I won't list specific examples, but everyone in the army knows perfectly well what I'm talking about. This is not exotic, this is already a mass practice.

Exotic is to make an order for a service of designing pictures a video of an objective control of a battle. You give an acquaintance a video and a photo of a wrecked MTLB, you give him a task, and he returns high-quality pictures to you, where instead of an MTLB there is a tank or self-propelled guns, next to which there are several wrecked infantry fighting vehicles.

But in the army itself, no one will ever try and fight this, and it is stupid to scold the General Staff or the minister. Some external solution is needed. Something similar to how the targets of the Ukrainians are controlled by Western instructors.

Because for the military, everything that I mentioned above is, as it were, not a crime, and not even a “Zalyot” [i.e. blunder]. “Zalyot” is when you were caught doing this, but caught in such a way that you could not get yourself out. Passing out the John Deere harvesters as Leopards was, of course, an oversight, but even then they got away. Although this should be punished three times, primarily those who were stupid enough to create this setup and get caught.

And the rest ... The political leadership has its own universe, from which it gives orders and instructions to the military leadership. The military leadership already has its own universe, very different. And it gives instructions down and reports up, based on its vision of the situation. At the bottom - there is generally a harsh reality, but its adjusted for military perception. The necessary reports are required from you in the universe of military leadership, and if reality does not correspond to it, these are problems of reality. You're an officer, you can do it."

Toxic Mental posted:

I will not be watching a 43 minute rebuttal about tank engines

mdxi posted:

I'm all in favor of the denazification of Nazis. But from a historical perspective, "derived from Nazi designs" is a real dumb thing to try to make into a big deal. For instance, I have very bad news for everyone about the US space program and the early leadership of Marshall Space Flight Center.

Toxic Mental posted:

I will not be watching a 43 minute rebuttal about tank engines

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1689388040307789824#m

Kestral posted:

It's funny, if you go back and watch his Dominions games now, it's like he was meant to do this. He goes into his first two Dom5 multiplayer games, and wins utterly dominating victories over some extremely skilled players. Throughout the whole series he's using the same language and frameworks that are now being used in his videos on Ukraine, the defense industry, national defense strategy, diplomacy, etc., and he's just savagely owning these much more experienced players with it.

For folks interested in Perun as a person, they're fascinating videos. He's very careful to never mention who he works for or what he does, but he'll discuss at length his personal philosophies around diplomacy and conflict in ways that make it clear he's not only put a lot of thought into it, but that he's deeply morally invested in these ideas. If he'd put that content out post-Ukraine I'd dismiss it as "things youtubers say to make themselves sound thoughtful," but he was doing this for an audience of a couple hundred views at a time, essentially talking into a void.

Also he hauls the insane ghosts of ancient murdered gods back from the Underworld to fight for him, and names them after Rupert Murdoch and other Australian conservatives, so, proclick.

HonorableTB posted:

Love the explanation for why we saw the same three destroyed Leopards from 30 angles over two weeks lol

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Perun's day job is vaguely understood to be in "Defence procurement". He does travel extensively for whatever that is meant to be and I think given the depth of his knowledge and interest, that would probably make sense that this is his job to know such things.

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

Ukraine is occupying Ukraine and it's unfair

Karate Bastard posted:

It is not that unlikely. Just recently for example, Russia invaded Russia, and consequently took and held terrirory in Russia, and sent an armed convoy toward the capital of Russia, for the liberation of Russia. All agreed it was very fair, and all was resolved amicably.

Toxic Mental posted:

I will not be watching a 43 minute rebuttal about tank engines

the popes toes posted:

This is the problem with you normies. You just won't do the research.

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

It ended positively for Russia if you think about it because they're more unified than ever

Karma Comedian posted:

Please stop talking about YouTubers

Coquito Ergo Sum posted:

Nooner posted:

LA Beast chowing down on a WW2 Soviet ration but it turns out MRE Steve already did

Kestral posted:

It's funny, if you go back and watch his Dominions games now, it's like he was meant to do this. He goes into his first two Dom5 multiplayer games, and wins utterly dominating victories over some extremely skilled players. Throughout the whole series he's using the same language and frameworks that are now being used in his videos on Ukraine, the defense industry, national defense strategy, diplomacy, etc., and he's just savagely owning these much more experienced players with it.

For folks interested in Perun as a person, they're fascinating videos. He's very careful to never mention who he works for or what he does, but he'll discuss at length his personal philosophies around diplomacy and conflict in ways that make it clear he's not only put a lot of thought into it, but that he's deeply morally invested in these ideas. If he'd put that content out post-Ukraine I'd dismiss it as "things youtubers say to make themselves sound thoughtful," but he was doing this for an audience of a couple hundred views at a time, essentially talking into a void.

Also he hauls the insane ghosts of ancient murdered gods back from the Underworld to fight for him, and names them after Rupert Murdoch and other Australian conservatives, so, proclick.

Mr Teatime posted:

I’m hearing through back channels that Ukraine has spent many gems equipping Zelenskyy with a frost brand, vine shield and horror helm and he at this very moment is busy thugging his way through several Russian Oblasts.

zone posted:

Monke just keeps eating Ls in the last 18 months huh

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWar...web2x&context=3

Well.

Fumble posted:

there was a rebuttal to that a few days ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltPcPouSDBA