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Rust Martialis
May 8, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 6 days!)

https://farmorocco.wordpress.com/royal-moroccan-army/equipment/tanks/

The Moroccan M60A3TTS are hugely upgraded apparently. Reactive armor!

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DiomedesGodshill
Feb 21, 2009

shadow puppet of a posted:

Time to hit the literal drawing board and have an 88 year old sketch up blueprints for their do-it-all, 100% in house replacement in the spirit of the Armata/Kuznetsov/Caspian sea Monster-derived fight-bomb-intercept-awacs-drone wrangler-air superiority-stealth-vtol-and-scramjet airframe-cum-ekranoplan with attached terror siren for when dive bombing.

Also it runs on diesel.

Does it come in blue? Can we get some lightning bolt stickers for it?

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
It's kinda grimly amusing that Hungary and politicans allied with Putin didnt think the EU or the DoD didnt or wouldnt come up with way to defeat obstructions.

tiaz
Jul 1, 2004

PICK UP THAT PRESENT.


Zelensky's Zealots

Rust Martialis posted:

https://farmorocco.wordpress.com/royal-moroccan-army/equipment/tanks/

The Moroccan M60A3TTS are hugely upgraded apparently. Reactive armor!



That'll save Ukraine's intake teams a lot of time since the ERA's already on.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Well hopefully this Moroccan switcheroo works out.

tiaz posted:

That'll save Ukraine's intake teams a lot of time since the ERA's already on.

But what if we put a bit more on?

Commodore_64
Feb 16, 2011

love thy likpa




I hope they still have the cute little machine gun turret up top, that thing is rad.

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

Sedgr posted:

Somewhere in Russia a little smoke rises above the mighty T-14 Armata as the local blacksmith starts trying to attach its experimental wooden pallet wings with deck screws and a stick welder. Nearby another engineer watches and waits for their turn to add the egg cartons and bury it in used tires. With this much work to do next year they will have to ask for a bigger budget!

Putin is a real piece of poo poo.

Wooden pallets are unknown technology in Russia.

zone
Dec 6, 2016

McGavin posted:

Wooden pallets are unknown technology in Russia.

DiomedesGodshill
Feb 21, 2009

McGavin posted:

Wooden pallets are unknown technology in Russia.

They do/did however attach wooden logs to the sides of the fuel trucks which make it so much worse for everyone around when they were blown up.

zone
Dec 6, 2016


Vatniks are whining and seething about today's disastrous attack in Novomykhailivka. And as before, nothing will change and they'll continue to take heavy losses in banzai charges.

tiaz
Jul 1, 2004

PICK UP THAT PRESENT.


Zelensky's Zealots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTcXeda196E

Reporting From Ukraine is back. Interesting contextualization of the past ~month of strikes in Crimea, sounds like those strikes on air defense systems really messed things up in that area.

His Divine Shadow
Aug 7, 2000

I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

Computer viking posted:

More seriously: Do you import messmör from Sweden in Finland? The brown cheese is the same stuff, we just boil out more of the water.

I bought that once and had to throw away the container after one try.

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

It's kinda grimly amusing that Hungary and politicans allied with Putin didnt think the EU or the DoD didnt or wouldnt come up with way to defeat obstructions.

They were right for like 30 years, also don't count your chickens before they deliver you military aid

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



DiomedesGodshill posted:

Does it come in blue? Can we get some lightning bolt stickers for it?

Uhh.

It only comes in RED and the stickers are HAMMERS AND SICKLES.

zone
Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1752957142967951684#m
:dukedog:

Disco Pope
Dec 6, 2004

Top Class!
Looks like the EU deal has been reached!

https://x.com/CharlesMichel/status/1753001809268920719?s=20

zone
Dec 6, 2016

Ukraine sank a missile boat "Ivanivets - 12144" last night using naval drones.

Dwesa
Jul 19, 2016

Maybe I'll go where I can see stars
:lol:



:sax: My Heart Will Go On :drum:

Ikasuhito
Sep 29, 2013

Haram as Fuck.

zone posted:

Ukraine sank a missile boat "Ivanivets - 12144" last night using naval drones.

I don't feel this description does it justice. They swarm it with like eight of the fuckers. One even speeds into the hole created by one of the other boats.

Mnoba
Jun 24, 2010
the 3rd unmanned craft drove into a massive hole in the ship left by one of other two jesus christ

Dwesa
Jul 19, 2016

Maybe I'll go where I can see stars

Mnoba posted:

the 3rd unmanned craft drove into a massive hole in the ship left by one of other two jesus christ
'tis but a scratch

CommissarMega
Nov 18, 2008

THUNDERDOME LOSER
Anyone have a good video of the incident? Sounds like a must-watch :allears:

Ikasuhito
Sep 29, 2013

Haram as Fuck.

CommissarMega posted:

Anyone have a good video of the incident? Sounds like a must-watch :allears:

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status...mber%3D398pti39

zone
Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1752981674302779403#m
We are winning, by a lot

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

I'm crying like it's 1997

Mnoba posted:

the 3rd unmanned craft drove into a massive hole in the ship left by one of other two jesus christ

Nice double penetration action

E: Seems like it'd be this one


Still quite a few to go. Should probably focus on the ones that have AA capability, the rest could be hunted down when the F-16s arrive.

mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Feb 1, 2024

Comstar
Apr 20, 2007

Are you happy now?

CommissarMega posted:

Anyone have a good video of the incident? Sounds like a must-watch :allears:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX1Gwk0qkV8

At the 2:26 mark you see some sailors running across the deck (back to behind the other side of the ship). The gunfire looks like a Hollywood movie when you're shooting at the hero and dust gets kicked up on all sides but misses them. We don't see the ones that hit of course, but the ship got swarmed by drones that would make the US navy very worried.


Ship goes straight down at the end. I have to wonder at what point do they get blockaded into port.

freelop
Apr 28, 2013

Where we're going, we won't need fries to see



Russian corvette promoted to submarine after successfully intercepting Ukrainian sea drones.

Gejnor
Mar 14, 2005

Fun Shoe
Well, it finally happened:

https://www.dw.com/en/eu-leaders-reach-deal-on-50-billion-ukraine-aid-package/live-68140069

Orban finally relented, or rather was intimidated into dropping his proposition, the 50 billion euros for Ukraine is happening.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

Gejnor posted:

Well, it finally happened:

https://www.dw.com/en/eu-leaders-reach-deal-on-50-billion-ukraine-aid-package/live-68140069

Orban finally relented, or rather was intimidated into dropping his proposition, the 50 billion euros for Ukraine is happening.

Orban isn't getting funds from Putin as much as he does the EU, he knows who butters his bread even if he talks big game about Putin.

boofhead
Feb 18, 2021

huh, i forgot how big the moskva was. i was googling quickly to see if there was a size comparison between the slava- and the tarantul-class ships and found this photo from 9 years ago



that's apparently the moskva herself in the background, and the middle ship that's firing is a tarantul-class

the wikipedia page has a photo of the tarantul-class with some people on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantul-class_corvette#/media/File:ORP_Metalowiec_in_Gdynia.JPG

Nice piece of fish
Jan 29, 2008

Ultra Carp

mobby_6kl posted:

I'm crying like it's 1997

Nice double penetration action

E: Seems like it'd be this one


Still quite a few to go. Should probably focus on the ones that have AA capability, the rest could be hunted down when the F-16s arrive.

That is an insane amount of ships to lose to a country without a navy.

CeeJee
Dec 4, 2001
Oven Wrangler

CommieGIR posted:

Orban isn't getting funds from Putin as much as he does the EU, he knows who butters his bread even if he talks big game about Putin.

A document was 'leaked' to the Financial Times on what would happen if the EU went full gently caress Hungary and blocked all the funds it could.
Turns out, not very well for Hungary with its massive public debt which would make interest rises and a run on the currency a disaster.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/29/secret-eu-plan-to-sabotage-hungarian-economy-revealed-as-anger-mounts-at-orban

The EU denied this was a policy document and more a what-if hypothetical but the message seems to have come through.

Victis
Mar 26, 2008

boofhead posted:

huh, i forgot how big the moskva was. i was googling quickly to see if there was a size comparison between the slava- and the tarantul-class ships and found this photo from 9 years ago



that's apparently the moskva herself in the background, and the middle ship that's firing is a tarantul-class

the wikipedia page has a photo of the tarantul-class with some people on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantul-class_corvette#/media/File:ORP_Metalowiec_in_Gdynia.JPG

Yeah the big thing with the Tarantul-class is the large fire control radar, that dome on top

Victis fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Feb 1, 2024

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

Nice piece of fish posted:

That is an insane amount of ships to lose to a country without a navy.

Worth noting Admiral Makarov survived the attack and is in port still, so not sunk unlike what that chart claims.

ZogrimAteMyHamster
Dec 8, 2015


:dogstare:

:ukraine:

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

CommieGIR posted:

Worth noting Admiral Makarov survived the attack and is in port still, so not sunk unlike what that chart claims.
Aww bummer. Is that the one that was filmed from one angle being towed into port?

I guess there's always another day to sink it.

shadow puppet of a
Jan 10, 2007

NO TENGO SCORPIO


I guess someone convinced that drugged out ceo not to shut down the starlink anymore. Or someone shut down the Russian’s internet first so they couldn’t get an sos message out to him in time. Either way well done. gently caress those boats. gently caress those airframes.

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006

mobby_6kl posted:

Aww bummer. Is that the one that was filmed from one angle being towed into port?

I guess there's always another day to sink it.

If it's tied down in drydock for repairs it's effectively sunk for the duration it's out of action and that is assuming Russia's dogshit navy is able to even repair the thing to begin with.

beer_war
Mar 10, 2005


glug glug motherfuckers

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DiomedesGodshill
Feb 21, 2009


That's great! Unfortunately Putin is going to have a tantrum and fling a bunch of missiles and drones at civilian apartment buildings, hospitals, malls, etc again.

Putin is a real piece of poo poo.

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