Samovar posted:

The fact that they foolishly think they can stand up to the Mother of the Woods goes to show how unprepared they actually are.

beer_war posted:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1779900693282742390

He is right.

beer_war posted:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1779900693282742390

He is right.

LordoftheScheisse posted:

I'm EXTREMELY skeptical of this source, but they claim that the dipshit Russia-fan American guy is dead:

https://russiavsworld.org/russell-bentley-texan-pro-putin-fighter-and-russian-propagandist-found-decapitated-in-russian-controlled-donetsk/

LordoftheScheisse posted:

I'm EXTREMELY skeptical of this source, but they claim that the dipshit Russia-fan American guy is dead:

https://russiavsworld.org/russell-bentley-texan-pro-putin-fighter-and-russian-propagandist-found-decapitated-in-russian-controlled-donetsk/

LordoftheScheisse posted:

I'm EXTREMELY skeptical of this source, but they claim that the dipshit Russia-fan American guy is dead:

https://russiavsworld.org/russell-bentley-texan-pro-putin-fighter-and-russian-propagandist-found-decapitated-in-russian-controlled-donetsk/

Avirosb posted:

Heck, they can't even stand up to a tree.

quote:

⚡️Wagnerians in Belarus are training to become saboteurs for the war in Ukraine, - Centre of National Resistance.

According to the CPR, the Wagnerians are conducting classes in engineering and firearms training, as well as tactical medicine. "The main weapons for these units are hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, automatic grenade launchers and Kalashnikov machine guns,"
- the statement said.

LordoftheScheisse posted:

I'm EXTREMELY skeptical of this source, but they claim that the dipshit Russia-fan American guy is dead:

https://russiavsworld.org/russell-bentley-texan-pro-putin-fighter-and-russian-propagandist-found-decapitated-in-russian-controlled-donetsk/

Jasper Tin Neck posted:

Mike Kofman and Rob Lee did a War on the Rocks podcast episode on Drones in Ukraine.

Key takeaways:

• There's a hectic arms race going on in the drone space. Systems and practices that were hot poo poo in 2022 are long obsolete by now.
  
• Drones help offset a lack of artillery fires, particularly for Ukraine. That being said, the volume and effectiveness of drones is limited by signal interference, so drones are at best an inferior substitute for artillery.
  
• Those oft-ridiculed cope cages and sticking ERA on every surface probably work? After all, most drone warheads are just modified RPG or mortar grenades. There have been several documented instances of Russian vehicles shrugging off several direct hits by drones
  
• Terrain features have a big impact on drone signal range and quality, so controlling high ground that puts transmitters above the treeline is important.
  
• Crowdfunded sourcing campaigns result in an incentive to show results that look good on video, which sometimes leads to units wasting drones on blowing up immobilized vehicles.
  

Jasper Tin Neck posted:

[*] Crowdfunded sourcing campaigns result in an incentive to show results that look good on video, which sometimes leads to units wasting drones on blowing up immobilized vehicles.

mllaneza posted:

Possibly this,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqn43Ufejg

Burns posted:

Ehh, i dont imagine the situation is any better.

mllaneza posted:

The war sucks for both sides if you're on the front lines.

zone posted:

Mistle posted:

That's pretty much just a pair of commercial heavy-duty utility blades like in a retractable box cutter, that's some "U.S. Army Tactical Manual for Improvised Weapons" poo poo

quote:

1/ Russia is considering a return to producing low-quality gasoline to make up for shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on its oil refineries. However, this is likely to cause damage to vehicles, which owners may find difficult to repair due to a shortage of spare parts.
2/ Reuters and the Russian newspaper Kommersant report that the Russian government is considering temporarily suspending fuel environmental standards to enable gasoline to be produced at a lower quality, or to include environmentally damaging octane-boosting additives.
3/ Since 2016, Russia has only allowed the production of at least Euro-5 standard gasoline (a standard set by the European Union which is also in effect in a number of non-EU, Asian and South American countries). Modern vehicles are designed to run only on compliant fuel.
4/ Most of Russia's oil refineries were built in the 1940s and 1970s and a number were modernised in the 2000s, increasing Russia's gasoline output and quality. However, the Ukrainian campaign appears to have disrupted several of the most modern refineries.
5/ According to Reuters, the Ukrainian attacks have reduced Russian gasoline output by an estimated 14%. In response, the Russian government is reportedly exploring options to roll back fuel standards to enable outdated but intact refineries to make up the shortfall.
6/ Russia is reportedly considering increasing the amount of octane in its gasoline by adding toluene and the environmentally damaging monomethylaniline (MMA), which was banned in 2016.
7/ However, as experts have noted to the Russian outlet 'Agency. News', this would have highly damaging effects on vehicles. Jan Heitzeer of Russia's National Automobile Union says that low-quality gasoline will seriously reduce the service life of engines, especially diesels.
8/ "When one of the 'experts' say that we have few cars with Euro-6 fuel, he is deeply mistaken. We have a lot with Euro-5 and quite a few with Euro-6. Well, we probably have nowhere to go, we'll have to drive, but we will have to prepare for not the most pleasant times."
9/ A Skoda repair specialist says that "most likely, there will be problems with burnout of pistons, valves and other elements. The fuel will burn poorly, continue to burn in the exhaust manifold, and the temperature there will be significantly higher than it should be.
10/ "All catalysers may burn out, causing the lambda probe to read incorrect readings that will go to the engine control unit. And then it goes in a circle – errors, unstable functioning, and so on."
11/ The Skoda specialist suggested that the situation might end up being like that in Uzbekistan, where the antiquated Soviet-era 'Normal-80' low-octane fuel is still widley used.
12/ "They use gasoline like our old 80. On modern engines, especially in Skoda Kodiak cars, pistons burn out in almost every second car with a mileage of 40,000 kilometers or more."
13/ Replacing damaged components is likely to be more difficult and expensive due to the effect of sanctions, particularly for Western-made vehicles. Kommersant suggests that the proposals are unlikely to be accepted due to the amount of harm they could cause. /end

Dwesa posted:

shed tank 2.0 spotted

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1780136247329001822



edit: short thread on possible return to glorious days of Soviet low-quality gasoline due to damage to refineries

Bluemillion posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v063wuJtM0

Karate Bastard posted:

Idea for a computer game: you are trying to deliver something valuable (oil? rubble? pcp?) to a russian production project, through a maze made entirely of graft. Maybe in a platformer (many, many windows!). Maybe in the style of I wanna be the guy? I wanna be the blyat.

BART IM PISS posted:

its just loud mouth americans

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