re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Useless against tanks but they can be good infantry support and can take out APCs and IFVs. If they are used correctly they be effective but you are screwed tanking on a tank.

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That dude would probably be up for some serious hardware in the form of medals in the US military. 3 different weapons in a 30 second clip taking out 1 enemy vehicle and at least 2 enemy soldiers. I can't imagine the adrenaline dump he got when he saw the Ruskie coming over the hill with rifle in hand.

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Here's the full video with original sound (instead of music). Definitely worth watching to get an idea of what CQC in trenches is like in Ukraine right now.

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I saw a comment that was supposedly from the Ukrainian guy in the video indicating that his teammate was paralyzed with fear, which is what it looks like. Of course, he's not completely paralyzed -- his reloading still helps the two of them survive.

I also thought that it was interesting that the Russian shot at 1:00 is wearing mixed camo: he's got winter white pants and a "tree" jacket. I never thought about it before, but I guess that's actually a good combo, as from a distance, he probably looked like a tree in the snow.

Apparently, in addition to Macron announcing the delivery of the 14 AMX-10 RC "light tanks" that they had previously promised, he also committed 25 AMX-10 P. This is a tracked IFV (like a Bradley or a Marder), but this is an older and more basic vehicle that was withdrawn from French service in 2015.





Beyond that, we also got confirmation that France has delivered Akeron systems to Ukraine. I'm just learning about these, but they look awesome. They are the successor to the Milan ATGM, but the Akeron has a 4 km range (the Javelin is only 2.5 km). The Akeron can be used in fire-and-forget mode, or the operator can watch on screen and adjust the target. The missile has both infrared sensors and high-speed image processing to acquire its target, which means that it can be used to attack targets beyond visual range. The launchers for this missile cost 350,000 Euros each, so it's definitely not a cheap ATGM.



Manufacturer's webpage

Youtube video in French (but hit CC and then the Settings gear and select auto-translate to English)

Putin: Thank you for agreeing to come.

Lukanshenko: As if I could disagree.

I will say this, of all the despots in all the world, Lukanshenko is the funniest. A real quick wit. He’s like a Belarusian, slightly more evil John Kennedy

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Unreal.

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Russian media reports that Rustam Muradov, who ordered the frontal assault on Vuhledar, which resulted in a complete defeat of the 155th Marine Corps of the Russian Navy, was promoted during an internal leadership change in the army.

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Here's a pic of Muradov receiving the Hero of Russia award in 2017:




The guy just finished destroying an entire Russian unit and over 100 armored vehicles ... and it gets him promoted.


This is what Wagner's Gray Zone blog had to say about him last week:




It's the kind of thing that makes me wonder how far out of the loop Putin is. Did someone falsely report to him that the Vuhledar offensive was a success? Or is Putin actually properly informed and "promoting" him to a desk job in Siberia? I dunno.

Looks like Poland is heating up the conversation with the U.S. and everyone else about finally sending them their 2 squadrons of Mig-29s that they have left in active service. I think this is going to happen in the next 1-2 months. They have orders for around 32 F-35s as well as T-50 light fighters from South Korea. Theres no reason we can’t send Poland 10-12 f-16s that we have pulled out of active service to fill the gaps of losing their Migs until they get their orders filled for new aircraft. Their pilots can jump in it and fly right away. F-16s would be great for Ukraine to have that kind of capability but they won’t help them now. Russia is about to get be its final push and Ukraine needs all the weapons they can get to hold the line and then come after their arse in the spring when they have western armored vehicles and tactics. It’s going to take a decade for Russia to replenish what they have lost in this invasion.

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Poland's military transformation is mind-boggling: -

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18 HIMARS rocket launchers, 500 launcher loader module kits, 9, 000 guided missiles, including 45 ATACMS tactical missiles (with a range of more than 300 km)
* 366 M1 Abrams
* 32 F-35s
* 8 Patriot air defense systems
* 96 Apaches
* 1,000 K2 Black Panthers
* 600 K9 Thunder ACS howitzers
* 48 T-50 Golden Eagle
* 3 new Miecznik frigates
* 48 AHS Krab self-propelled howitzers

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Russian media reports that Rustam Muradov, who ordered the frontal assault on Vuhledar, which resulted in a complete defeat of the 155th Marine Corps of the Russian Navy, was promoted during an internal leadership change in the army.

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Probably promoted to deflect the growing criticism of the Vuhledar operation. Reminds me of 'Dugout' Douglas McArthur. Unprepared and out-manuvered in the Phillipines, he ran away and deserted his command. To try to reduce the criticism, FDR gave him the CMH. Probably had to have a clothes pin on his nose when he did it.