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AllenFarnsworthIV posted: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.  Never forget 
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https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1701531957509882117quote:Soldiers from the 47th Mechanized Brigade describe their experiences with Leopard 2A6 tanks. Another tank review from the Ukrainians, this time the Leopard 2A6.
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Wasabi the J posted:I'm gonna just call it a teaching moment. There is a scene in “Valley of Tears”, a movie which features a lot of tank warfare during the war with Israel in 1973, where the tankers set up a grid fire at an attack aircraft with uzis. Didnt work out. Can’t find the clip online either though but it was interesting to see if it was really trained to shoot in a grid at an aircraft
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Swedish public radio just reported that the cabinet is about to formally ask the military about the possibility to give Gripen jets to Ukraine. I'm doubtful anything will actually come of it but it seems there's the political will at least.
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Huh. Didn't see that Ukraine had gotten the A6s. I thought they only got A4s and 5s. Good for them.
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PurpleXVI posted:https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1701531957509882117 I like that the reviews from the Western tanks are summed up as two thumbs up, I enjoy not worrying about being turned to paste on the slightest of hits, and I also love that I can actually hit what I'm shooting at while I'm moving. It makes the Soviet descended tanks seem really abysmal.
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Oscar Wilde Bunch posted:I like that the reviews from the Western tanks are summed up as two thumbs up, I enjoy not worrying about being turned to paste on the slightest of hits, and I also love that I can actually hit what I'm shooting at while I'm moving. It makes the Soviet descended tanks seem really abysmal. Also a repeat of the previous "holy poo poo, I can sit in this tank without hating life."
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Chopstix posted:There is a scene in “Valley of Tears”, a movie which features a lot of tank warfare during the war with Israel in 1973, where the tankers set up a grid fire at an attack aircraft with uzis. Valley of Tears is by the way an excellent show and the tank combat in it is very realistic and the events follow several significant moments. It's also a reflection on the societal trauma of the war, and Israel's treatment of minorities and how they view their service while they struggle with discrimination. There's some artistic liberty to the tank combat, for example in one of the final pushes they crest a small embakment and engage Syrian tanks in close combat, but the "close combat" in reality had them separated by 200-400 meters, instead of 100 meters or so in the show, but the dynamics of that battle still hold pretty well to reality. I imagine showing the intensity was going to be hard with visual separation. The tank battles happening on 6 to 9 October 1973 at the Valley of Tears are relatively geographically constrained and the events are well documented. The Israelis had, depending on the moments, 5 to 7 times less tanks, and the show shows it well. Don't watch with english dubbing, watch original Arabic and Hebrew audio. My relative was part of one the battles shown in the show. At the conclusion of the battle, the whole Brigade had 7 functioning tanks, and my great uncle and his crew had abandoned their Sho't Kal near the Israeli line, where it can be found in the same spot today. I've actually gone and checked it out, and there's a picture of it on lots of places. 
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Gervasius posted:
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Gervasius posted:I should really get to making Flanker variant guide. I'd definitely be interested to see it.
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PurpleXVI posted:Also a repeat of the previous "holy poo poo, I can sit in this tank without hating life." Wasn’t that the verdict on lend lease Shermans that were sent to the USSR?
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PurpleXVI posted:https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1701531957509882117 I would just like to point out that the guy's call sign is "Fartovyi". That is all, carry on.
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Vahakyla posted:Valley of Tears is by the way an excellent show and the tank combat in it is very realistic and the events follow several significant moments. It's also a reflection on the societal trauma of the war, and Israel's treatment of minorities and how they view their service while they struggle with discrimination. Lebanon (2009) is another interesting movie featuring tank combat, practically entirely shot from the perspective of an Israeli tank crew in their tank. It's very intense and claustrophobic with heavy themes, so don't go watching it lightly.
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Mederlock posted:Lebanon (2009) is another interesting movie featuring tank combat, practically entirely shot from the perspective of an Israeli tank crew in their tank. It's very intense and claustrophobic with heavy themes, so don't go watching it lightly. Yes, Valley of Tears is also full of mental anguish and should not be viewed lightly.
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Oscar Wilde Bunch posted:I like that the reviews from the Western tanks are summed up as two thumbs up, I enjoy not worrying about being turned to paste on the slightest of hits, and I also love that I can actually hit what I'm shooting at while I'm moving. It makes the Soviet descended tanks seem really abysmal. The last 20 seconds is why I support them getting every piece of gear they can use. gently caress Russia.
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Crab Dad posted:The last 20 seconds is why I support them getting every piece of gear they can use. gently caress Russia. Yeah, that got me good
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Crab Dad posted:The last 20 seconds is why I support them getting every piece of gear they can use. gently caress Russia. So much gently caress Russia.
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PurpleXVI posted:https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1701531957509882117 Thank you for the link
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https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1701764738936443287 Harsh wakeup for everyone in Sevastopol today, as of a couple of minutes ago every OSINT person on Twitter was posting videos of their getting hit from the sky while air defense frantically tried to stop the attack.
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I guess Russia will have no option than to strike a preschool now.
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Crab Dad posted:I guess Russia will have no option than to strike a preschool again.
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Crab Dad posted:I guess Ukraine will have no option than to strike their own preschool now. 
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Crab Dad posted:I guess Russia will have no option than to strike their own preschool now.
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Some guessing about sub or landing ship https://twitter.com/Global_Mil_Info/status/1701791200242479449 Looks like filmed from a ship nearby: https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/16h8ox5/massive_explosion_of_russian_military/ Turrurrurrurrrrrrr fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Sep 13, 2023 |
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Alan Smithee posted:*Ukrainian tractor towing kilo class away* When's the last time a cutting out mission was performed on a docked ship? US Civil War?
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Madurai posted:When's the last time a cutting out mission was performed on a docked ship? US Civil War? There was a reverse cutting out mission in WW2 - The raid on St Nazaire where the Royal Navy and Commandos raided the French port to destroy the largest drydock in occupied France. The 'reverse' part because they left behind a destroyer so the Germans gained (temporarily) another ship. Unbeknown to the hun the ship had 4.5 tons of explosives on a time-delay to destroy the gates of the dry-dock.Theres even photos of the happy Germans with their new ship (not happy for very long).
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The captain of the bomb ship, HMS Campbletown, had balls of steel. He was captured after running her aground, and while a prisoner calmly walked around the ship with his captors, never letting on she was hours overdue to detonate and liable to go at any time. He received one of the five V.C.s awarded for that mission, and survived the war. Of the 600 odd who went on that raid a quarter died and a third were captured.
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Baconroll posted:There was a reverse cutting out mission in WW2 - The raid on St Nazaire where the Royal Navy and Commandos raided the French port to destroy the largest drydock in occupied France. The 'reverse' part because they left behind a destroyer so the Germans gained (temporarily) another ship. Unbeknown to the hun the ship had 4.5 tons of explosives on a time-delay to destroy the gates of the dry-dock.Theres even photos of the happy Germans with their new ship (not happy for very long). The St. Nazaire raid was absolutely insane, both that someone greenlit the endeavor and also that it loving worked.
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Baconroll posted:There was a reverse cutting out mission in WW2 - The raid on St Nazaire where the Royal Navy and Commandos raided the French port to destroy the largest drydock in occupied France. The 'reverse' part because they left behind a destroyer so the Germans gained (temporarily) another ship. Unbeknown to the hun the ship had 4.5 tons of explosives on a time-delay to destroy the gates of the dry-dock.Theres even photos of the happy Germans with their new ship (not happy for very long). That's really more in the tradition of the fireships.
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Arrath posted:God I hope Ukraine bagged a Kilo on top of the Moskva. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1701864069102281055 quote:A major incident occurred at the Sevmorzavod shipyard in temporarily occupied Sevastopol last night. Witnesses observed a number of violent explosions that continued for some time, followed by a major fire. Russian sources said that a large landing ship Minsk and a submarine "Rostov-na-Donu" had been struck. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian GUR thanked Ukrainian pilots for their great work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_B-237 quote:Project 636.3 RFS Rostov na Donu (B-237) is an improved Kilo-class attack submarine of the Russian Navy. So, obviously not confirmed yet, but generally Russian sources tend to downplay how hard they get hit, not play it up. So it might be!
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Wonder if the Zaporizhzhia got blown up. Not that it's worth anyhing militarily, urbex of it from 2019 showed it was falling apart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsf2RIHAunh/ (fun fact, the photographer just finished 9 months in an albanian prison because one of the military facilities she was exploring was not as abandoned as she thought, and her native guide peppersprayed a guard.)
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Sending a big huge gently caress You! to Putin and Elon at the same time. Ukrainian efficiency is terrifying.
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https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1701917293633028509 Now that there's been daylight for a while, we're getting a look at the damage done. That does not look like a healthy ship. Fingers crossed we get a look at the damage to the Kilo, too.
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