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eh even well before the war you'd see hella potbellied russian officers, especially as you got above like major in rank you'd see a bunch of guys who were just fat. hell even a bunch of their combat aviation pilots are notably pretty damned fat tldr, idk I wouldn't read into that too much
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Sep 11, 2023 20:30
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Herstory Begins Now posted:eh even well before the war you'd see hella potbellied russian officers, especially as you got above like major in rank you'd see a bunch of guys who were just fat. hell even a bunch of their combat aviation pilots are notably pretty damned fat I wonder how many were commercial pilots with previous military experience.
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Sep 11, 2023 20:38
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He’s not even that bad compared to some of the people I seen when the U.S military was doing stop loss back in 07-08. I seen guys that was double that size in active duty combat units, who couldn’t pass a fitness test during year of train up before deployment.
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Sep 11, 2023 20:41
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pic is from 2017, so probably not many. bigger issue wrt russian aviation over the last 20 years is that the amount of flight hours is limited relative to total number of pilots and thus tends to concentrate (apparently) in a number of more experienced pilots so you have a handful of guys who simply have 20x more hours than anyone else who become indispensable because of it. If anything the war in Ukraine has almost definitely shaken up that status quo.
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Sep 11, 2023 20:44
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Had a coworkers who older brother got recalled as a truck driver in the opening desert storm days. He literally had grandchildren older than some of his coworkers. Took some amazing photos of the up armored trucks they used that would make Mad Max or 40k Ork Warboss sing it’s praise.
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Sep 11, 2023 20:45
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I hear the old and the fat; when you need boots filled, you fill some boots But both that old and that fat at the same time? Really?
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Sep 11, 2023 20:52
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Turrurrurrurrrrrrr posted:Could be some older variants that were flagged with status flag "under upgrade" that on verification were found to be in boxes ready for shipping or some poo poo like that? I was thinking this, or the listed items were marked for disposal a few years back but not decommissioned yet Charlz Guybon posted:Sounds like good progress This is where the cyborg legend was started...talk about AFU hallowed ground from the pre-2022 invasion days. Sure the battles were nothing compared to Bakmut now but I bet it'll be a morale boost to retake and finally hold it for good.
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Sep 11, 2023 21:41
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https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1701326869855871069quote:In a video published by Ukrainian GUR about raids on the Boyko Towers sea rig near Crimea, they showed a battle between 3 Ukrainian small boats and a Russian jet. Crew on boats managed to hit the jet and force it to flee. This war is wild.
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Sep 11, 2023 21:49
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holy poo poo
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Sep 11, 2023 21:58
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drat, MANPADS from a little rhib? Gotta be some serious pucker factor among the other dudes on the boat trying to stay the gently caress out of the backblast while they're tossing around on the sea doing evasive maneuvers.
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Sep 11, 2023 22:13
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Dick Ripple posted:I can see old timers who were previously active duty in said unit(s) getting on board the support mother Russia train. I doubt Russian recruiters are going to deny someone with experience like that, even if the do not meet physical standards. I believe Russia also has a similar system as the US ready reserve, (previous active/guard who can still pass basic physical/psychological requirements getting mobilized in times of war). Including one in late 2005 who came to TMC Beuhring in Kuwait with a baggie looking for a refrigerator where we could store his insulin for him until his unit went into Iraq in two weeks. That was the most mad I ever saw the clinic CO. Edit: also one of the few times I ever saw him actually accomplish anything. Lemniscate Blue fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Sep 11, 2023 |
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Sep 11, 2023 22:27
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The tweet buries the lede. Makes it sound like they hit it with small arms rather than a MANPAD.
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Sep 11, 2023 22:28
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Hyperlynx posted:The tweet buries the lede. Makes it sound like they hit it with small arms rather than a MANPAD. Yeah I thought my years of winging .50 off in the general direction of an enemy jet in Battlefield were about to be vindicated.
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Sep 11, 2023 22:32
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Depending on the quality of these rhibs.... isnt there also a concern the backblast may just straight gently caress up the boat?
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Sep 11, 2023 22:38
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Gaj posted:Depending on the quality of these rhibs.... isnt there also a concern the backblast may just straight gently caress up the boat? just fire it from the back, gives you propulsion too
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Sep 11, 2023 22:49
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Gaj posted:Depending on the quality of these rhibs.... isnt there also a concern the backblast may just straight gently caress up the boat? Won't gently caress the boat up any harder than the jet trying to line up a strike on you. Backblast or no, that guy didn't pay for his drinks the next time they were at the watering hole.
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Sep 11, 2023 22:50
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mlmp08 posted:The R in HARM stands for Retail. If you can think of a better solution for Arby's, I am all ears
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Sep 11, 2023 23:05
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Jesus gently caress!  The real question is whether that pilot is still alive or was shame-beat to death. "I thought RHIBs would be easy targets!  "
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Sep 11, 2023 23:13
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They stole the strategy I use in Battlefield. 
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Sep 11, 2023 23:23
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Just taking the Whaler out with the boys, having some beers, shooting some guns, and man you shoulda seen the size of the one we hooked!
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Sep 11, 2023 23:35
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Next Ace Combat is gonna have a weird mission
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Sep 11, 2023 23:39
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I really hope they rename one of those platforms outer haven.
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Sep 11, 2023 23:41
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Now i wanna see an Igla shot off the back of a jetski
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Sep 11, 2023 23:46
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That Works posted:Now i wanna see an Igla shot off the back of a jetski honestly that's probably ideal
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Sep 11, 2023 23:47
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That Works posted:Now i wanna see an Igla shot off the back of a jetski where are belarusian special forces when you need them
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Sep 11, 2023 23:55
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That Works posted:Now i wanna see an Igla shot off the back of a jetski Watch out the heatseeker is gonna circle back around and harm ya
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Sep 11, 2023 23:56
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I'd say Call of Duty is a documentary but I'm not sure they covered this scenario in one of their many oil platform missions
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Sep 11, 2023 23:59
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That dude popping 5.56 at the jet is THE god drat optimist I want on my team. I will hate him with every fiber, but that's a dude I want.
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bulletsponge13 posted:That dude popping 5.56 at the jet is THE god drat optimist I want on my team. You can't win the lottery if you don't buy a couple magazines' worth of tickets!
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Flavahbeast posted:I never watch those videos because of the dumb preview thumbnails, but in that case he might not be wrong - they paint the white cross on knocked out/captured tanks for the same reason they paint it on their own tanks, so they know not to shoot it Ah, good catch. About the fat Russian pilots, that's actually an old tradition. Those aren't fighter pilots, they're interceptor pilots. very different job description, very different physical requirements (none). Paper Skies has a video that covers this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEf16SVwV44
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Sep 12, 2023 00:54
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Suicide Watch posted:I was thinking this, or the listed items were marked for disposal a few years back but not decommissioned yet Yeah it was where a lot of things began. Also that is right on the outskirts of Donetsk City, which is itself kinda huge.
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bulletsponge13 posted:That dude popping 5.56 at the jet is THE god drat optimist I want on my team. I'm gonna just call it a teaching moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWYqu1Il9Ps
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Sep 12, 2023 04:30
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A real life action so unrealistic that the Arma 3 devs decided it couldn't possibly work, so when your RHIB gets caught by a jet in the base game campaign even vigorously hosing it with a minigun doesn't save you.
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Sep 12, 2023 07:27
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The video shows a MANPADS fired...
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Sure, but in a RHIB vs. fighter jet fight, my money is still on the jet.
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Sep 12, 2023 07:33
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An SU-30 is primarily an interceptor, though? Does it even carry ordinance that can easily hit a boat that small?
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Lead out in cuffs posted:An SU-30 is primarily an interceptor, though? Does it even carry ordinance that can easily hit a boat that small? It depends which Su-30, because Flanker variants are bewildering. Irkutsk aircraft plant took baseline Su-27UB, two-seat training variant of the basic Flanker interceptor, added some doodads and technology from abortive Su-37 project and bingo, you have Su-30MKI for India with Israeli and French avionics. So Russians took the Su-30MKI, replaced foreign avionics with their home built stuff, and presto, Su-30SM. They are mostly used as interceptors, have canards, thrust vectoring, and both Russian Air Force and Russian Navy operate them from Crimea. Komsomolsk-na-Amur plant took basic Su-30, added chinese avionics and sold them to China as Su-30MKK, also to Venezuela, Vietnam and others. So then Russians again removed foreign avionics, replaced it with their own and built those as Su-30M2. Those are mostly fighter-bombers similar in concept to Strike Eagles. No canards or TVC. Only used by RuAF. I should really get to making Flanker variant guide.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:An SU-30 is primarily an interceptor, though? Does it even carry ordinance that can easily hit a boat that small? Even if it isn't carrying any guided air-to-ground stuff, cannon and rocket pods could turn those things to body bags in pretty short order.
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