HonorableTB posted:

help i opened my freezer and look

a bunch of russians must have moved into my apartment when i wasnt looking, im being demilitarized

HonorableTB posted:

help i opened my freezer and look

a bunch of russians must have moved into my apartment when i wasnt looking, im being demilitarized

bunnyofdoom posted:

Turns out there was a second hot dog man assassination

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/1698132631961940081?t=Kbs-l3qu7tpTfkd7hXrndw&s=19

HonorableTB posted:

help i opened my freezer and look

a bunch of russians must have moved into my apartment when i wasnt looking, im being demilitarized

HonorableTB posted:

help i opened my freezer and look

a bunch of russians must have moved into my apartment when i wasnt looking, im being demilitarized

bunnyofdoom posted:

Turns out there was a second hot dog man assassination

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/1698132631961940081?t=Kbs-l3qu7tpTfkd7hXrndw&s=19

quote:

It is now clear that Ukraine’s eagerly anticipated counteroffensive has been a colossal failure.[1] After three months, the Ukrainian army has made little progress pushing back the Russians. Indeed, it has yet to get beyond the so-called “grey zone,” the heavily contested strip of land that lies in front of the first main line of Russian defenses. The New York Times reports that “In the first two weeks of the counteroffensive, as much as 20 percent of the weaponry Ukraine sent to the battlefield was damaged or destroyed, according to U.S. and European officials. The toll included some of the formidable Western fighting machines — tanks and armored personnel carriers — that the Ukrainians were counting on to beat back the Russians.”[2] According to virtually all accounts of the fighting, Ukrainian troops have suffered enormous casualties.[3] All nine of the vaunted brigades that NATO armed and trained for the counteroffensive have been badly chewed up on the battlefield.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive was doomed to fail from the start. A look at the lineup of forces on both sides and what the Ukrainian army was trying to do, coupled with an understanding of the history of conventional land war, make it clear that there was virtually no chance the attacking Ukrainian forces could defeat Russia’s defending forces and achieve their political goals.

Ukraine and its Western supporters hoped that the Ukrainian army could execute a classic blitzkrieg strategy to escape the war of attrition that was grinding it down. That plan called for punching a large hole in Russia’s defensive lines and then driving deep into Russian-controlled territory, not only capturing territory along the way, but delivering a hammer blow to the Russian army. As the historical record makes clear, this is an especially difficult operation to pull off when the attacking forces are engaged in a fair fight – one involving two roughly equal militaries. The Ukrainians were not only involved in a fair fight, but they were also ill-prepared to execute a blitzkrieg and were facing an adversary well-positioned to thwart one. In short, the deck was stacked against the Ukrainian counteroffensive from the start.

...

The counteroffensive has been an abysmal failure, contrary to the expectations of almost everyone in the West. Ukraine has suffered huge casualties and lost large amounts of weaponry in three months of fighting.[47] In the process, its army has yet to reach the first line of Russia’s defense-in-depth; it remains bogged down fighting in the grey zone located in front of Russia’s main defense lines, where, as one Ukrainian soldier put it, “They were just waiting for us…prepared positions everywhere. It was a wall of steel. It was horrendous.”[48] As noted, Western officials report that Ukraine lost about 20 percent of the weapons it employed on the battlefield during the first two weeks of the counteroffensive, which included a good number of the tanks and armored fighting vehicles that the West had provided.[49]

The Ukrainian military quickly changed tactics after its initial setbacks and instead of trying to fight through the grey zone with armored forces, they decided to try wearing down the Russian forces by attacking them with small infantry units backed up by massive artillery barrages. These were sometimes called “mosquito tactics” in the West.[50] While this new approach reduced Ukraine’s casualties somewhat, the attacking forces made little progress and were frequently the target of withering fire. In late July, Ukraine launched another major strike with tanks and armored fighting vehicles.[51] Again, the attacking forces made little progress and lost large numbers of men and equipment. It was then back to mosquito tactics. As The Wall Street Journal put it after two months of fighting, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is “a slow and bloody advance on foot.”[52]

HonorableTB posted:

help i opened my freezer and look

a bunch of russians must have moved into my apartment when i wasnt looking, im being demilitarized

Zero VGS posted:

You know what you need to do

Payndz posted:

Special Michelin Operation.

Toxic Mental posted:

If only Prig’s plane was completely covered in old, dirty tires, he’d still be here entertaining us

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Rust Martialis posted:

Butterwagon posted:

I can confirm that Ukraine has constructed a giant claw machine to abduct unaware russian soldiers

Zero VGS posted:

You know what you need to do

shadow puppet of a posted:

Abe Frohminski? NooooOOOOoOoO!

Slugworth posted:

*Squints and looks at the ingredients* What the hell is 'echidna'??

zone posted:

What's the tactical advantage of bringing back Flak towers in the year of our Lord 2023?

E. Revenant posted:

Russia is doing it all wrong putting tires on the entire surface of the bomber to protect them from drones. They need to put their scarce resources to only the parts of the aircraft that receive damage. Here is how they should be placed based on the reports from surviving bombers.

zone posted:

You can feel the helpless anger emanating from this post, LOL

HonorableTB posted:

help i opened my freezer and look

a bunch of russians must have moved into my apartment when i wasnt looking, im being demilitarized

Fumble posted:

I know i would probably throw it in the bin after a few bites, but i have allways wanted to try a corndog.

Alan Smithee posted:

what