Russia's War Against Ukraine

[FarAway Sooner]

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Gus, if there's one thing we've learned from this thread, it's that we have to be specific in our language.  If it carries a fixed weapon of any sort (apparently including a snap-on LMG), it's a pick-up tank as opposed to a pick-up truck.

[Staggerwing]

And this is a pick-up van:

[GDS_Starfury]

Those who do not study history are doomed to continue discovering that house-to-house fighting against Russianesque defenders is like hell.

going by all the shit theyve lost so far I wouldnt be surprised to see some ISU-152s show up.

[JasonPratt]

^Is that a Toyota Land Cruiser pickup?? Hahaha

I wondered who would notice!

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Gus, if there's one thing we've learned from this thread, it's that we have to be specific in our language.  If it carries a fixed weapon of any sort (apparently including a snap-on LMG), it's a pick-up tank as opposed to a pick-up truck.

Pretty sure that truck had zero fixed weapons of any sort. So... it's an infantry fighting truck. Wait no, a pick-up personnel carrier.

[FarAway Sooner]

Sorry, when I say the weapons are "fixed", I just mean "mechanically attached" (as opposed to attached using duct tape or Super Glue).  "Affixed" might have been a more appropriate term.  Using that logic, it only takes one screw or bolt affixing the MG to the bed of the Toyota to render it a Pick-Up Tank.

I get why we haven't yet sent our most modern heavy MBTs to Ukraine, but I'm a little surprised that this is the first time we've sent them anything that could be confused with a tank.  I disagree with the decision to not sending longer-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for fear of provoking a Russian nuclear response, but it seems bizarre to me that sending anything heavier than a Humvee was viewed as a major escalation in a conventional military conflict.

[Crossroads]

Lawrence Freedman with a new article. A solid read, again.

https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/makiiva-and-bakhmut-the-impact-of?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

[Pete Dero]

For Russian Christmas Putin went to church with everybody who loves him.

[GDS_Starfury]

elmo made some dumbass remarks about tanks today and twitter is having a field day with it.

[GDS_Starfury]

how not to assault a position.

[Con]

elmo made some dumbass remarks about tanks today and twitter is having a field day with it.

Best quote I read is that he has first hand experience of tanking.  Twitter stock that is

In the other hand Phillip OBrien who I think does a really good job in macro approach to war is somewhat in agreement with Elon on tanks and their capabilities under inadequate air superiority on each side.

Con

[FarAway Sooner]

Lawrence Freedman with a new article. A solid read, again.

https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/makiiva-and-bakhmut-the-impact-of?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Excellent article, Crossroads.  I wish anything about the Russian conduct of this war were more predictable.

[Crossroads]

Lawrence Freedman with a new article. A solid read, again.

https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/makiiva-and-bakhmut-the-impact-of?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Excellent article, Crossroads.  I wish anything about the Russian conduct of this war were more predictable.

I just read agin his articles from the beginning of Russian invasion. Already on March 3 he called this a war Russia can't win, with their plans A and B exhausted.

[Gusington]

Poland to become 'The Greatest Military Power East of France'?

[Skoop]

I got to say I'm quite happy with a powerful Poland.  Why wait around for nato when you can just smash your enemies yourself.

[Gusington]

^One fly in the ointment of a powerful Poland is their declining population...they need people to operate all the hardware they're building and buying.