Dervish
Anarchist
The U.S. M60 series and original M1 used the same cannon (British L7) and I’d be astonished if we did not have large quantities in stock.
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Sounds like a good opportunity to get rid of obsolete stock. Give it to a friend that can use it.
enigmatically2
Super Anarchist
ETA - Sound on for any fans of David Attenborough
Ha ha. Thanks for a touch of humor, it's hard to find on this subject.
d'ranger
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A lot of the Leopard 1s are being sent, they don't have the heavy armor that can take a big hit and survive but are very mobile with excellent fire power so look for them to be used to back up armored infantry and mobile artillery units. Once targets are identified the above clip will be very accurate and deadly.
chesirecat
Super Anarchist
Looks like it.
Looking like corruption. Long series of bribery and corruption scandals. 5000 USD to avoid mobilisation, incompetence troop organisation, , pilots sent to infantry.
New guy Budanov, has an impressive background. GRU, avoided 10 assassination attempts. One wonders how many Zelenski's avoided
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ntel-may-replace-reznikov-as-defense-minister
TWZ: Do you think that there's any real chance that there'll be an effort to overthrow Putin?
KB: Not now, but as soon as Russia suffers defeat, this will happen really fast.
TWZ: And then what?
KB: Then the Russian Federation will change its form.
TWZ: Do you think that there's anybody behind Putin that's going to be any better in terms of Ukraine’s future and really the future with the West?
KB: I don't believe Russians at all. I don't believe that there's any good person behind him but whoever comes to power will surely blame Putin for all the bad that was done.
On another note re Kreminna area
The Russians have some 125,000 troops there needing 250 trucks a day and it looks like they can't get this number in. A lot of pressure on maintenance and they consume more than they stock. UKR sending in remote teams to blow up depots. 1:8 kill ratio in UKR favour.
Ease the sheet.
ignoring stupid people is easy
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LeoV
Super Anarchist
If that is true, it will be a problem for a big offensive for Russia.
They are talking of a Russian offense in a few weeks.
Over 4 weeks spring and rainy season again.
Mambo Kings
Super Anarchist
Perhaps as a face saving way out for Russia, Ukraine could allow the "Krasna Talivka pocket" to be recognized as part of Russia, provided Russia recognizes all the rest of Ukraine as Ukraine. Everything to the East of the Derkul River and south of Frolovka is Russia. Everything to the West of the Derkul is Ukraine.
Ukraine recovers Crimea and Sevastopol. Russia gets to keep the Krasna Talivka pocket and Talove in the Luhansk Oblast.
Ukraine recovers Crimea and Sevastopol. Russia gets to keep the Krasna Talivka pocket and Talove in the Luhansk Oblast.
Kiwing
Super Anarchist
Give it a year (and 100,000 lives) or so and that might be the solution?
enigmatically2
Super Anarchist
One sticking point could be that Ukraine was leasing part of Sevastopol naval base to Russia. Can't see them doing that again
Elegua
Generalissimo
The Germans don’t have any. They already asked the Brazilians who said “no” and put out an RFQ.
Very likely. The US Army is also reintroducing 105mm for infantry support. It is the main weapon for the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle, a ~40 ton tank.
Previously nobody wanted to sell 105mm to Ukraine. Or to Germany for use in Ukraine.
Obvious answer IMNSHO would have been to give the tanks to Ukraine anyway. Let someone else get roasted for lack of support after the last ~4000 rounds from Germany are gone. Should be enough to train the first batch of tank crews.
Tough shit for Russia. They need to be beaten like a carpet.
Rain Man
Super Anarchist
Russia wants to control the access to the Sea of Azov. They will have to lose the war decisively before they give that up.
