nic Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Satellite videos of Ukraine from Planet. New mass graves in Mariupol could hold 5000. Grain silos and storage purposefully bombed and destroyed. https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/05/22/ukraine-satellite-images-russia-tuchman-pkg-newday-vpx.cnn Link to comment
commando Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 could also go in the racism thread.....language warning, edit to add....the 2nd video has english translation 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Shot: Chaser: Nearly 90 days into what was supposed to be a two-day war and nothing is going well for Putin. Have to wonder how much longer this will last. Link to comment
Scarlet Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 2 hours ago, knapplc said: Shot: Chaser: Nearly 90 days into what was supposed to be a two-day war and nothing is going well for Putin. Have to wonder how much longer this will last. Here's a good thread on what the near future of the Russian military might be facing. Running out of steam, digging into a defensive mode, then facing an insurgency like they've never seen. 2 Link to comment
nic Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 29 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: I feel like Russia will not have much left once Putin's war is over....except nukes I guess. No pride, no army, no leaders. It could get dangerous or it will be another Berlin Wall moment with folks in Russia going a different direction than Putin. Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, nic said: I feel like Russia will not have much left once Putin's war is over....except nukes I guess. No pride, no army, no leaders. It could get dangerous or it will be another Berlin Wall moment with folks in Russia going a different direction than Putin. They're going to need at least a generation to rebuild the structure of their army from the ground up. They are being embarrassed by a smaller, but more professional army in part because they have no noncom officers. They won't be able to produce that rank in short order. It's going to take decades. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 5 hours ago, nic said: I feel like Russia will not have much left once Putin's war is over....except nukes I guess. No pride, no army, no leaders. It could get dangerous or it will be another Berlin Wall moment with folks in Russia going a different direction than Putin. $1,000 says there's a correlation between the freedom of a country's citizens and the size of their military hats. 2 Link to comment
commando Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 russia is digging deep into their reserves now. in 1 way these tanks might be better......they don't have the auto loader so the turrets might not pop off so easy. how long till the t-34's come out of storage? Link to comment
commando Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 these were produced from 1962 until 1975. Link to comment
walksalone Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, commando said: these were produced from 1962 until 1975. One of the problems with the newer soviet tanks is that they have autoloaders so they technically only need a driver, gunner, and a commander. When they did this they store most of the ammo near the turret, so if it takes a hit, there's a good chance the ammo stores will go up, and say goodnight to hollywood. Link to comment
commando Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Just now, walksalone said: One of the problems with the newer soviet tanks is that they have autoloaders so they technically only need a driver, gunner, and a commander. When they did this they store most of the ammo near the turret, so if it takes a hit, there's a good chance the ammo stores will go up, and say goodnight to hollywood. and now they are short of tank crews....the t-62 requires 4 instead of 3. there are reports that the russians have been running tanks with only 2 crew members recently due to that shortage of tankers. Link to comment
walksalone Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 minute ago, commando said: and now they are short of tank crews....the t-62 requires 4 instead of 3. there are reports that the russians have been running tanks with only 2 crew members recently due to that shortage of tankers. so they're probably just going gunner/driver.... You think they'd have learned something after Afghanistan? Link to comment
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