Disco Pope posted:

Switzerland? That's a huge plus, but also a red flag.

zone posted:

So what now? are we getting an army of debtors next?

Toxic Mental posted:

I mean don't get me wrong, he's not a bad guy at all, I think we agree on most stuff overall, just not the "we should put all Republican voters against the wall" stuff might be a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle overboard.

Vengarr posted:

The Debt Corps of Krieg

A Festivus Miracle posted:

If your autoloader on your T-72 explodes, does the crew end up hamburger or is it a survivable event for the crew? I know the Abrams is specifically designed so that an explosion like (hopefully) doesn't reduce the crew to charred gristle but I'm not versed on the survivability features of a T-72.

mllaneza posted:

The lower strake of the side armor on a T-72 is 20mm of rolled steel at 60 degrees. 30mm can get through that, and so can the 25mm on a Bradley. What's behind it? The fuel tank. On top of that is the ammo.

Coquito Ergo Sum posted:

Ever since the T-55, Russia has basically stored the ammo in its tanks around its crew and some measure of "in" the crew compartment. If you sit in the gunner or TC seat of a T-72, you can look down and see a hole where the ammo is pulled out of. It's not really armored or protected in any way, and the best you get in the case of a cook-off is a fire suppression system that doesn't seem to prevent catastrophic explosions, nor can really mitigate any damage from a catastrophic chain explosion.

You don't even need to score a direct hit to detonate this ammo. The instant flash heating and pressure from a successful hit is often enough to cook off the ammo.

Supposedly, Ukraine created an upgrade to increase the ammo storage protection in their T-84s, but I know nothing about it.

Ammunition cook-offs happen in Abrams and Leopard 2s from time to time. I can't speak for the L2s, but I know that Germany has tried to mitigate the damage that cook-offs may do to the crews. The Abrams has a large number of fallback measures in order to make crew fatalities from an ammo cook-off be a freak occurrence. There are anecdotal stories of Iraqi crews of being struck, then being trapped inside the tank for different reasons while the ammo cooked off, then being able to later leave the tank with minor burns/injuries.

Herstory Begins Now posted:

for some no doubt unrelated reason, every conflict I've paid close attention to that had significant numbers of Russian tanks invariably had significant issues with tank crew attrition

Vengarr posted:

The Debt Corps of Krieg

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1696633878843113549
WHAT AIRDEFENSE DOING?????????

Disco Pope posted:

Switzerland? That's a huge plus, but also a red flag.

quote:

According to preliminary data, one of the drones hit a fuel filling complex on the territory of the Pskov airport.

This is what the Russian media say.

And they do not recognize that Russian military is based at the airport.

the popes toes posted:

More. Rather impressed at this since Pskov is so damned far from the action.

https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1696631209642602807

zone posted:

https://t.me/Tsaplienko/38456

Refueling complex got fried at the airport. And Puccian propagandists claim military aircraft aren't based there. lol

zone posted:

quote:

Well, another monster with his death entered the annals of Russian history. We have witnessed the death of a man and the simultaneous birth of a “martyr”, whose portraits proud Russians will carry in their arms for years and decades to come.

Another bloodsucker becomes a national hero, putting him on a par with an endless list of predecessors who were no less bloodthirsty than the newly minted “hero”. Particularly useful is the fact that “Uncle Zhenya” is dead: according to the old tradition, “you never speak ill of the dead”, so it is possible (and even necessary) to forgive all his sins and remember only the “good”.

Another ****in, along with other ****in's (one is currently in power) will become a litmus test - as long as his name is exalted, and flowers are brought to his grave, fascism in Russia will not go anywhere. The amazing ability of the people to generate national heroes from the most disgusting criminals and bandits.

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1696530877709500914

He's 100% right

Tai posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYW4vwDIkI

Lmao China just openly rinsing Russian resources IN Russia. Promises of new homes and schools. Nah gently caress that, take everything and gently caress off.

Not shocked

Funky See Funky Do posted:

Just imagine for a moment that you're a poor peasant farmer in 1914, still using oxen or horses to plow your fields, and you see one of these rumbling towards you.