mclumber1 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: lol. Pathway out of Russia is to sign up for the army, get sent to Ukraine, and immediately surrender? Plus a monetary bonus if you surrender your tank or truck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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finaljedi Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 47 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Russians freezing in a country they're invading? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris- Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 20 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Jesus, that dude rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Imagine trying to do a beach landing or something today, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 That's a WWI-era gun on a utility trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 The aktual reason Russian troops are so ill-equipped and their guns ill-kitted is because they prefer 360 no-scopes compared to soft, western soldiers: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 Good thread on how the NYT slowly changed the maps it uses, and how this type of thing both reflects and influences how people think about war: And a good reply, lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: The aktual reason Russian troops are so ill-equipped and their guns ill-kitted is because they prefer 360 no-scopes compared to soft, western soldiers: I also remember reports of American troops without body armor going into Iraq. Good times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Some state of the art equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 46 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: To be fair, plenty of Russian equipment have become Ukrainian equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 ISW analysis for 22 March 2022: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 22 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG Russian forces did not make any major advances on March 22 and Ukrainian forces conducted local counterattacks northwest of Kyiv and around Mykolayiv. Russian forces around Kyiv and other major cities are increasingly prioritizing long-range bombardment Quote Russian forces did not make any major advances on March 22 and Ukrainian forces conducted local counterattacks northwest of Kyiv and around Mykolayiv. Russian forces around Kyiv and other major cities are increasingly prioritizing long-range bombardment after the failure of Russian ground offensives but are unlikely to force major cities to surrender in this manner. Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations toward the northeastern Ukrainian cities of Chernihiv, Sumy, or Kharkiv in the last 24 hours. Russian forces continued to further reduce the Mariupol pocket. Key Takeaways Russian forces are likely moving to a phase of protracted bombardment of Ukrainian cities due to the failure of Russia’s initial campaign to encircle and seize Kyiv and other major cities. Ukrainian forces conducted successful localized counterattacks northwest of Kyiv. Russian forces in northeastern Ukraine did not conduct any offensive operations in the past 24 hours. Ukrainian forces repelled several Russian assaults in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in the past 24 hours. Russian forces continue to make slow but steady progress reducing the Mariupol pocket. Russia may have failed to appoint an overall commander for its invasion of Ukraine, leading to Russian axes of advance competing for limited supplies and failing to synchronize their operations. Russian forces are likely moving to a phase of protracted bombardment of Ukrainian cities due to the failure of Russia’s initial campaign to encircle and seize Kyiv and other major cities. Russian forces continue to conduct air and missile strikes against both civilian and military targets across unoccupied Ukraine in the absence of offensive ground operations.[1] The Ukrainian General Staff reported at 6:00 pm local time on March 22 that Russian aircraft conducted over 80 sorties in the past 24 hours.[2] Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby additionally stated on March 21 that Russian forces have increased their long-range bombardment against Ukrainian cities in an attempt to force them to surrender.[3] Russian forces are unlikely to force Ukrainian cities to surrender with bombardment alone. Russian forces face continuing logistics and reinforcement issues. The Ukrainian General Staff specified for the first time on March 22 that Russian forces—particularly highlighting the 7thAir Assault Division operating around Kherson—are suffering casualties due to a poor medical supply system and lack of medicine.[4]The Ukrainian General Staff additionally stated that Russian forces face growing supply issues, claiming some unspecified units have stockpiles of food and ammunition for no more than three days.[5] Russian forces continue to cobble together ad hoc units of servicemen from several units to replace combat losses.[6]Russia is expanding its methods to generate replacements, including expanding forcible conscription in Donetsk Oblast and forcing Russians with large amounts of debt to sign military contracts in return for exemption from credit obligations.[7]The Ukrainian General Staff reported on March 22 that Russia is increasingly carrying out propaganda aimed at Belarusian servicemen to incentivize Belarusian participation in the war, although ISW cannot independently verify this claim and an unnamed US senior defense official stated on March 21 that the United States has seen no indication that Belarus is preparing to enter the war.[8] Russian forces are unlikely to successfully resolve their command and control issues in the near term. A senior US defense official stated on March 21 that Russian forces are increasingly using unsecured communications due to lacking sufficient capacity on secured networks.[9] CNN additionally quoted multiple sources on March 21 that the United States has been unable to determine if Russia has appointed an overall commander for the invasion of Ukraine.[10] These sources stated that Russian units from different military districts appear to be competing for resources and are not coordinating their operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 ISW also published a pair of supplementary pieces today: What Stalemate Means in Ukraine and Why it Matters | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG The initial Russian campaign to invade and conquer Ukraine is culminating without achieving its objectives—it is being defeated, in other words. The war is settling into a stalemate condition in much of the theater. But the war isn’t over and isn’t likel Quote The initial Russian campaign to invade and conquer Ukraine is culminating without achieving its objectives—it is being defeated, in other words. The war is settling into a stalemate condition in much of the theater. But the war isn’t over and isn’t likely to end soon. Nor is the outcome of the war yet clear. The Russians might still win; the Ukrainians might win; the war might expand to involve other countries; or it might turn into a larger scale version of the stalemate in Ukraine’s east that had persisted from 2014 to the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022. The failure of Russia’s initial military campaign nevertheless marks an important inflection that has implications for the development and execution of Western military, economic, and political strategies. The West must continue supplying Ukraine with the weapons it needs to fight, but it must now also expand its aid dramatically to help keep Ukraine alive as a country even in conditions of stalemate. Ukraine Conflict Update 18 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG The Kremlin retains its maximalist political demands in ongoing negotiations with Ukraine and is unlikely to soften them despite the Russian military failing to achieve its objectives. Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated Russia’s political d Quote The ISW Russia team has relaunched its Ukraine Conflict Updates as a semi-weekly synthetic product covering key political and rhetorical events related to renewed Russian aggression against Ukraine. This update covers events from March 18—21. Key Takeaways March 18-21 The Kremlin is unlikely to withdraw its maximalist political demands of Ukraine in ongoing negotiations, despite the Russian military failing to achieve its objectives. The Kremlin staged a 195,000-person rally in Moscow attended by President Putin on March 18 to falsely portray high levels of public support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kremlin bans of Facebook, Instagram, and other major western platforms in Russia are likely intended to coerce these companies to meet Russian censorship standards to retain their market share in Russia. Russian officials continue to downplay the impact of new sanctions and proposed retaliatory measures against international companies that have left Russia. The Kremlin continued to set conditions for a possible false flag chemical or radiological attack in Ukraine by promoting false claims of threats from United States-funded biolaboratories in Ukraine. Eastern European NATO heads of state called for a more proactive NATO military posture and response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the leadup to an emergency NATO summit on March 24. China publicly stated it will not provide financial or military assistance to Russia and pledged further humanitarian assistance to Ukraine but blamed the United States for the war in Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Quote China publicly stated it will not provide financial or military assistance to Russia and pledged further humanitarian assistance to Ukraine but blamed the United States for the war in Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kal-El814 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I also remember reports of American troops without body armor going into Iraq. Good times. Liberators don't need body armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jwheel86 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 US poised to have three armored brigades in Europe at once as troop numbers climb WWW.STRIPES.COM The Army soon is likely to have three armored brigades in Europe for the first time in well over a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 13 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: US poised to have three armored brigades in Europe at once as troop numbers climb WWW.STRIPES.COM The Army soon is likely to have three armored brigades in Europe for the first time in well over a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 12 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Interesting thread. @rc0101 - this might be of some interest to you as it was to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I feel like the US right now is allowing the loophole in order to have more leverage later if Russia uses WMDs or some other war crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 56 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: Quote “Ukraine has been effective in the sky because we operate on our own land,” Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said. “The enemy flying into our airspace is flying into the zone of our air defense systems.” He described the strategy as luring Russian planes into air defense traps. Neat, they're using the same strategy I do in Civ when I'm completely fucked for oil next to an enemy that already has aircraft, just induce them to fly at your anti-air infantry so they can get fucking slaughtered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jason said: Neat, they're using the same strategy I do in Civ when I'm completely fucked for oil next to an enemy that already has aircraft, just induce them to fly at your anti-air infantry so they can get fucking slaughtered. And Russia is falling for it...sure explains a lot that the Russian military is apparently being controlled by the same AI Firaxis uses to fight wars in Civ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 43 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: *Suwalki Gap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: I'm sure this was posted earlier, but it's definitely worth re-visiting: A Ukrainian Town Deals Russia One of the War’s Most Decisive Routs WWW.WSJ.COM In the two-day battle of Voznesensk, local volunteers and the military repelled the invaders, who fled leaving behind armor and dead soldiers. ‘They had no orders for what to do if they are defeated.’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 They probably just chucked the corpse into one of those mobile crematoriums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: *Suwalki Gap NATO Northern and Central Army Groups, bring em back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 51 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: They probably just chucked the corpse into one of those mobile crematoriums. Mobile creamtoriums sounds like something out of the Warhammer 40k universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 The fact that this is in the shape of a shipping container makes me hope that they captured this via the Fulton Recovery System Ukraine Just Captured Part Of One Of Russia's Most Capable Electronic Warfare Systems WWW.THEDRIVE.COM Russia's lost Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system command module would be a prize for foreign intelligence agencies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: The fact that this is in the shape of a shipping container makes me hope that they captured this via the Fulton Recovery System Ukraine Just Captured Part Of One Of Russia's Most Capable Electronic Warfare Systems WWW.THEDRIVE.COM Russia's lost Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system command module would be a prize for foreign intelligence agencies. Kojima may really BE a fucking genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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