Agthatbuilds said:Well this is both fucking insane and somehow also grimly predictable: founder of site exposing torture and corruption in Russian prisons is nearly killed by a sniper who hunted him down in France. But he noticed the beam and managed to get out of the way! https://t.co/uqLQZDPzIP
— Joshua Yaffa (@yaffaesque) September 19, 2022
With the upgrades, bet it could take a 62 in a straight up fightGAC06 said:
With Russia scraping the bottom of the barrel with T-62's, these should fit in
NEW: U.S. defense official said "tanks are on the table" for Ukrainian forces but Ukraine will need to show the ability to maintain more modern variants to receive them.
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) September 19, 2022
Western countries have already provided Ukraine with Soviet-era tanks.
Can they get a 'learner's permit' with a simulator?Waffledynamics said:NEW: U.S. defense official said "tanks are on the table" for Ukrainian forces but Ukraine will need to show the ability to maintain more modern variants to receive them.
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) September 19, 2022
Western countries have already provided Ukraine with Soviet-era tanks.
It isn't about learning to drive and shoot them so much as how to maintain a turbine engine. Completely different from any of the soviet tank engines they are used to.aggiehawg said:Can they get a 'learner's permit' with a simulator?Waffledynamics said:NEW: U.S. defense official said "tanks are on the table" for Ukrainian forces but Ukraine will need to show the ability to maintain more modern variants to receive them.
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) September 19, 2022
Western countries have already provided Ukraine with Soviet-era tanks.
Do we have tank simulators? IDK.
I thought we had mechs in Poland that were using encrypted comms to tell them how to do that? And getting replacement parts, or watching them improvise with what they had?Quote:
It isn't about learning to drive and shoot them so much as how to maintain a turbine engine. Completely different from any of the soviet tank engines they are used to.
aggiehawg said:I thought we had mechs in Poland that were using encrypted comms to tell them how to do that? And getting replacement parts, or watching them improvise with what they had?Quote:
It isn't about learning to drive and shoot them so much as how to maintain a turbine engine. Completely different from any of the soviet tank engines they are used to.
Duly noted.Quote:
Big difference between howitzers/trucks and a turbine engine.
aggiehawg said:
Can they get a 'learner's permit' with a simulator?
Do we have tank simulators? IDK.
aggiehawg said:Can they get a 'learner's permit' with a simulator?Waffledynamics said:NEW: U.S. defense official said "tanks are on the table" for Ukrainian forces but Ukraine will need to show the ability to maintain more modern variants to receive them.
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) September 19, 2022
Western countries have already provided Ukraine with Soviet-era tanks.
Do we have tank simulators? IDK.
There used to be large tank simulator groups in Germany. Wouldnt surprise me if they still have those.aggiehawg said:Can they get a 'learner's permit' with a simulator?Waffledynamics said:NEW: U.S. defense official said "tanks are on the table" for Ukrainian forces but Ukraine will need to show the ability to maintain more modern variants to receive them.
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) September 19, 2022
Western countries have already provided Ukraine with Soviet-era tanks.
Do we have tank simulators? IDK.
FriscoKid said:GeoConfirmed.
— GeoConfirmed (@GeoConfirmed) September 19, 2022
"Destruction of a Russian BMP by the Ukrainian 128th Mountain Assault Brigade in Myroliubivka, Kherson Oblast."
47.407746, 33.650000
GeoLocated by @TexAgg04 and @doppelot https://t.co/Rn61xEe3IEQuote:
GeoLocated by @TexAgg04
Western tanks are certainly rising to the top of the conversation. M1?GAC06 said:
Not sure our tanks are what would be provided. Lots of other western tanks to choose without the thirsty turbine engine. Leopards would be a likely choice in my opinion. Also Ukraine produced and refurbished tanks before the war so I don't think maintenance would be a huge issue
Based on what the source was saying above, I would not think M1s are going to Ukraine any time soon. The turbine engines are unlike anything else the Ukrainians have or would have worked on. It will take time to train the mechanics and maintainers to take care of them. The Leopards have a V12 diesel that is probably much closer to what they are used to working on.GAC06 said:
Pure speculation but Poland has about 250 leopards and is buying M1's. Pretty easy to send the leopards and buy more abrams
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"The chaos of casualty evacuations is indescribable. You arrive on scene and see soldiers clustered around the wounded, shouting for help, frantically trying to stop the bleeding, trying to apply makeshift bandages. Their eyes are full of terror at the thought of losing another buddy…another brother-in-arms.
Typically, the sight of a female medic will garner a small amount of attention, and gives me enough time to call out commands in my limited Ukrainian vocabulary. One day, however, the scene was particularly chaotic and I was attempting to transfer a casualty from the back of a pick-up truck to my ambulance.
The man was bleeding profusely from multiple sites, and time was of the essence. His buddies were gathered around me, trying to help but mostly just yelling and getting in my way. After none of my usual attention calling tactics worked, I found myself desperately calling out in English:
"Listen to me, mother-****ers!!!"
Surprisingly, this unorthodox approach worked, and the man to my right even called out:
"Yes! Mother****ers! Listen!"
With the help of the soldiers, I was able to get the casualty into my ambulance and get him out of there. On the way to the hospital, my team and I were sure we would lose him. The loss of blood called for a blood transfusion but all I had was fluids and TXA. We applied tourniquets, packed the wounds, and administered the meds we had.
The whole ride, while we tried to stabilize him, we kept calling his name, willing him to hang on. He was barely conscious when we arrived at the stabilization point, but I was sure he wouldn't last much longer. As we washed the blood out the ambulance, I kicked the stretcher with the most anger I think I have ever felt.
Then, a colleague/doctor came to my ambulance and nodded at me.
"What's the word?" I asked.
"He's okay. He will make it."
I went inside and spoke to him as he lay on the table. He squeezed my hand and winked at him.
He survived."
- bekamaciorowskiii. Volunteer Medic. Ukraine. August, 2022
Ulysses90 said:aggiehawg said:Can they get a 'learner's permit' with a simulator?Waffledynamics said:NEW: U.S. defense official said "tanks are on the table" for Ukrainian forces but Ukraine will need to show the ability to maintain more modern variants to receive them.
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) September 19, 2022
Western countries have already provided Ukraine with Soviet-era tanks.
Do we have tank simulators? IDK.
Oh yeah, the US has got simulators. PEO STRI Foreign Military Sales could get Lockheed Martin moving really fast on some M1A1 Armored Gunnery Training Simulators. They sold a dozen to the Saudis just a few years ago.
The biggest challenge the Ukes would have is with the fuel requirements of the gas turbine engine. It burns several gallons just to fire it up. That's a LOT of fuel trucks.
One of authors of the law on amendments to penal code, senator Kovitidi, denies that the law means mobilisation
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) September 20, 2022
CONFIRMED https://t.co/Gh4Uvqlxh0
"In an another totally unexpected move"
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) September 20, 2022
Occupation authorities in parts of Kherson region also to hold fake poll on annexation by Russian Federation on 23-27 September https://t.co/H8sDRmkZrL #Ukraine
74OA said:It's been uparmored, upgunned and has decent electronics, but not a MBT in a modern military.CondensedFoggyAggie said:Is it not a frontline main battle tank?74OA said:
It's an upgraded T-55 with a 105mm main gun. Good for rear security and infantry support.
⚡️ Wagner PMC recruited about 6,000 prisoners in Russian colonies, – Russian media.
— FLASH (@Flash_news_ua) September 20, 2022
It is noted that their real number may even exceed this figure. Recruiters went to some prisons on a second round.
👉 Follow @Flash_news_ua pic.twitter.com/67tU41x1Ci
Agthatbuilds said:"In an another totally unexpected move"
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) September 20, 2022
Occupation authorities in parts of Kherson region also to hold fake poll on annexation by Russian Federation on 23-27 September https://t.co/H8sDRmkZrL #Ukraine
Russia is going to make ukraine a part of russia again.
Does that mean Russia will consider nato as attacking Russia proper? Will nato take the bait?
Agthatbuilds said:One of authors of the law on amendments to penal code, senator Kovitidi, denies that the law means mobilisation
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) September 20, 2022
CONFIRMED https://t.co/Gh4Uvqlxh0
Russia getting ready to try and overwhelm Ukraine by sending massive numbers?
Should be interesting
agent-maroon said:Agthatbuilds said:"In an another totally unexpected move"
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) September 20, 2022
Occupation authorities in parts of Kherson region also to hold fake poll on annexation by Russian Federation on 23-27 September https://t.co/H8sDRmkZrL #Ukraine
Russia is going to make ukraine a part of russia again.
Does that mean Russia will consider nato as attacking Russia proper? Will nato take the bait?
Maybe that's why the Ukes are prosecuting the current counter offensive with such a strong sense of urgency? Thoughts?
Waffledynamics said:Agthatbuilds said:One of authors of the law on amendments to penal code, senator Kovitidi, denies that the law means mobilisation
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) September 20, 2022
CONFIRMED https://t.co/Gh4Uvqlxh0
Russia getting ready to try and overwhelm Ukraine by sending massive numbers?
Should be interesting
If Russia mobilizes and sends mass numbers, then the losses will be unfathomable.
For them.
I cannot imagine the scale of the ****show they would bring upon themselves. They cannot even handle what's on their plate, and they're supposed to handle a full mobilization? Logistics is already a nightmare.
Sham ‘referendums’ will not change anything. Neither will any hybrid ‘mobilization’. Russia has been and remains an aggressor illegally occupying parts of Ukrainian land. Ukraine has every right to liberate its territories and will keep liberating them whatever Russia has to say.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) September 20, 2022
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Moscow city authorities to convert "migrants center" in Sakharovo into mobilisation center for foreign citizens
