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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Why are there turrets pointing backwards alot? Makes the tank shorter. The axis of rotation of the turret is offset to the front. Having a shorter tank is good if you are trying to park it somewhere.
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CommieGIR posted:But really isn't anything new. Armed Assault and Operation Flashpoint were both used by the US Marines for Squad Officer training. Video games have neem used for military training for decades now. That reminds me that I made this extremely real video of an extremely real Gepard a long time ago. I think(?) it was for an OP or just loving around with assets. https://i.imgur.com/Ot2IDq0.mp4 Slap some filter over it to hide the perfectly still shot and you can get this thing on the news… 
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Mar 15, 2023 20:35
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Pablo Bluth posted:I'm chuckling at the difference between the careful training of the Ukrainians shown in the MoD released footage, and the Ukrainians immediately letting a politician hoon about in one the moment they get delivered. Eh, 
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Mar 28, 2023 11:23
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People who can read the instructions on the AT4 are not the target audience of Russian propaganda. No, not even the pictograms.
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Apr 8, 2023 21:14
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Somaen posted:I don't know why DW is doing this but i want more Friend, https://www.youtube.com/@zapovednik/videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-qRHYs2ldI&t=43s Antigravitas fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Apr 9, 2023 |
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Apr 9, 2023 12:17
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OctaMurk posted:They invaded a nation and broke a whole bunch of treaties and ate a million sanctions. Breaking a contract in a time of special military operation is really that big of a deal?? Yes. Why does Russia still have elections when they aren't real? It's for the pageantry, to pretend there is a democratic mandate for everything the dictator does. Because the idea of a leader with the full support of a majority of their people is still powerful, even when the entire process behind it is not at all democratic. In the same manner, Russia cloaks itself in the language of Rule of Law. There's no substance there, but the idea is powerful and prestigious. The idea of "there are laws, and everyone abides by the laws in a rules based order" is considered so powerful and prestigious that even dictators are invested in the appearance of following it. The imperialistic land grab Russia is involved in is draped in the language of International Law as well. I guess you can call it a "win" for the "West" that even countries nominally opposed to everything "Western" appropriate the language of the "West". And I'd like to add that I would've used more scare quotes, but I don't think I can properly express how hollow that "win" is even with more of them. Anyway, breaking contracts is bad, because it makes you look like someone who breaks contracts, and that's bad in a world that kind of likes the idea that contractual obligations aren't optional. Committing force majeure against infrastructure and walking away whistling innocently is preferable.
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Apr 28, 2023 09:09
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Somaen posted:The last decade, especially after the euro crisis, had a very strong narrative to the lines of "EU is a neoliberal project and they will force everyone to privatize everything". Let's not get carried away here, the EU absolutely is a neoliberal project that is big into privatisations. But it's a project of True Believers in free movement of capital, workers, goods and they will send Margrethe Vestager after megacorps for misbehaving. The rules of the EU are pretty hostile to kleptocrats and low-level corruption as experienced by ordinary people. I strongly agree that any country joining the EU is much harder for Russia to influence, because there's nothing Russia could offer that can compete with the EU. (Beyond Culture War poo poo, that is)
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May 1, 2023 13:04
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Animatronic-rear end dictator.
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May 15, 2023 17:30
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Philonius posted:Ok, here's my suggestion. It's much easier actually. Hungary could have its voting rights suspended tomorrow. However, Hungary has a loyal ally in Poland, which is blocking this measure.
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May 17, 2023 20:40
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It's just American Exceptionalism. The concerns of Europeans are necessarily subservient to the enlightened thoughts of the American Twitterata. And in a way they aren't totally wrong. The pro-Russia culture war poo poo is being imported from America to Germany right now, and American fascists along with Russia have given ample support to the AfD and even dictated the talking points the other right wing dipshits are using – see for reference the recent meeting of CSU politicians with DeSantis, or the CDU suddenly talking about "woke" and calling Ukrainian refugees "welfare tourists". Violence against minorities is on the rise, and the rhetoric used to dehumanise them is a straight import from the US of A.
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Jun 4, 2023 19:45
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Wait a minute. The US supported Groß, falls wahr.
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Jun 4, 2023 21:24
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You shouldn't dive anywhere near the Danish isles because the area is busy as gently caress and quite shallow, along with pretty brutal tidal currents between those isles despite the Baltic not having much tidal movement otherwise. We are talking <25m anywhere around Denmark, often <10m even in the Greater Belt. If you want to sail a sub through the Greater Belt, consider hoisting a radar reflector.
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Jun 5, 2023 23:30
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Sedgr posted:Thats a sprayer. I'm surprised the Russians destroyed it rather than steal the GPS out of it. The expertise required to jailbreak tractors is primarily concentrated in Ukraine.
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Jun 6, 2023 16:22
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Do people think the UN is a world government of some sort? It's weird how people constantly have a go at the UN as if it had power to do things. It's a talking club, that's the whole point.
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Jun 7, 2023 15:32
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It's the same idea as SMART or BONUS, which we've also seen used in Ukraine. The delivery mechanism is just a big huge cluster bomb instead of an artillery shell.
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Jun 9, 2023 18:44
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FWIW, here's a BAE ad for BONUS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsKYKDdX1Ec With music that wouldn't be out of place in UT, so…
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Jun 9, 2023 18:52
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Herbicidal Maniac posted:I wish I had enough of daddy's money to buy avatars for people who don't follow my tankie mindset. Maybe one day. I'm the meantime I'll continue to wear my St. Javelin shirt and listen to Ukrainian Ska. Ska is the real war crime. Pick this up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWYcWK8o9g
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Aug 22, 2023 23:10
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spankmeister posted:The thing that annoys me the most about these tankie drive by posters is that they invariably have America Main Character Syndrome. Just putting themselves in the center of the world, every single time. Just probe yanks on sight tbh., they deserve it. American Exceptionalism is exceptionally ugly.
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Aug 23, 2023 10:04
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CommieGIR posted:Yeah it seems like the vertical stabilizer got ripped off and then entered a flat spin. Definitely putting "technical failure" in the report. I don't think the rear is supposed to fall off.
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Aug 23, 2023 22:34
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An engine getting hosed means you glide. You can land without engine power (just roughly). You fall from the sky if your tail falls off, which appears to have happened. The rear is not supposed to fall off.
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Aug 24, 2023 19:44
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Sure, but so could a good old missile.
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Aug 24, 2023 21:54
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Philonius posted:I've said it before, but gently caress the short-sighted morons who created the EU without a way to kick out bad actors. Surely when a country has become democratic enough to join the EU, they couldn't possibly ever backslide, right? Idiots. There is a mechanism to strip voting rights from countries and take their funding. But as long as Hungary has the full and unwavering support of Poland, it won't happen.
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Aug 26, 2023 17:35
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It actually reeks of "you should buy a Spiegel at the Späti or pay for S+"
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Aug 26, 2023 21:43
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Russia's current artillery problems seem to be the result of Ukraine getting some really good CB radar systems (COBRA and AN/TPW-36) with a good helping of guided munitions. They have been specifically targeting Russian artillery to the point that Russia seems to be largely incapable of performing CB missions. They could have lots of shells, but their tubes turn to craters at increased rates.
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Aug 27, 2023 17:19
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The seppos must be protected from the horrors of lemonde.fr and arte.tv
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Aug 29, 2023 16:09
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Shout out to the BI devs that got arrested in Greece while collecting reference material for Arma 3. Don't take photos near military installations.
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Aug 29, 2023 18:44
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They also assumed, quite rightly at the time, that low profile and high (forward) speed were more important than armour that wouldn't protect against getting hit anyway, because armour tech had not kept up with penetrative power during that time period. The Leopard 1 was built under the same assumption and is a similarly dire death trap.
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Aug 29, 2023 22:26
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Hey, this is far too cringe for the D&D thread, so I am dumping it on you.  loving guess how this is relevant to the war. I dare you. Grisha, a HOI4 streamer who at one point streamed from Wagner's HQ. Also cried when Prig died. Not making this up most normal HOI4 player tbh.
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Aug 31, 2023 22:02
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You could play Wargame: European Escalation and say hi to the friendly people in the lobby instead, WCG
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Aug 31, 2023 22:14
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whiskas posted:That picture with him and his favorite hotdog vendor can't possibly be real. Framed photos of the wife/gf/cat on your desk I get, but that is just weird. 
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Aug 31, 2023 22:30
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Not actually too surprising, fast movers have serious trouble hitting small, slow flying things with guns. And most gunships aren't really made for the job either if they also have to keep their distance in case there's payload on the drone. Iirc Israel has used some in the role, but everyone is kind of winging it with those drones.
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Sep 1, 2023 13:14
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Reported for posting Mettigel outside of Mettwoch.
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Sep 3, 2023 11:03
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spankmeister posted:You Germans are a freaky bunch you know Scaring the seppos with raw pork hedgehogs is always worth it.
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Sep 3, 2023 11:58
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Elevating a AD above the treeline is normal. You use whatever hill you can find.
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Sep 4, 2023 12:50
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Flyinglemur posted:All of these jokes are plane tired They wouldn't fly in a more serious thread, that's for sure.
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Sep 8, 2023 14:23
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Does anyone even use canister? Can't imagine bringing it along especially nowadays.
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Sep 10, 2023 17:20
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I was not ready for International Realist Football.
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Sep 10, 2023 22:11
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HonorableTB posted:someone remind me which british prime minister it was that hosed the pig as part of fraternity rituals That's normal in Britain. Meanwhile:  Anyway, bob dobbs is dead is correct, autocrats lean hard into pageantry and show, very much like a feudal ruler. It's what happens when your authority and legitimisation stems from your ability to project power, instead of a democratic mandate.
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Sep 12, 2023 22:47
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ORF.at posted:According to Russian media reports, two ponies belonging to ex-Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl have been brought to Russia on a Russian military transport plane. The online platform The Insider writes that two ponies landed at Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg on Saturday. They were transported by an Ilyushin Il-76, which, according to its registration number, belongs to the Russian Ministry of Defence. Presented without comment.
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Sep 12, 2023 22:55
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Glah posted:This is the reason Swedes and Germans for example operate diesel-electric submarines. Germany uses diesel-electric because the Baltic sea is extremely shallow and you need exceptionally quiet and small submarines to act as a deterrent. Additionally, like you said, you can have a bunch of them for the price of a single nuclear-powered submarine, which means Germany can cover more space and deny more of the Baltic sea for the same investment. Nuclear is strictly better if you want to project power, but that's explicitly not the mission.
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Sep 13, 2023 11:32
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