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Russian commentators are now moving the goalposts and downgrading what had been a blitzkrieg offensive to an operation of "active defense".
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Yep, that's a direct quote from a news interview Putin gave a couple of days ago. ISW and other analysts saw it as Putin deliberately trying to wind back public expectations of major gains because Russia simply doesn't have the mass available to launch a significant offensive at this time. Given current production limitations and the Russians insistence on holding what they have at all costs it seems unlikely they will have the those reserves any time soon.Originally posted by Ironduke View PostIf you are emotionally invested in 'believing' something is true you have lost the ability to tell if it is true.Comment
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ATACMS have entered the chat...9 or 10 helos, SAM system, ammo warehouse taken out.There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac AsimovComment
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Last edited by Albany Rifles; 17 Oct 23,, 15:29.“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
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the cream of the jest is that these were the Block 1 ATACMS from 1996.
https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/sta...88855610998980There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac AsimovComment
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I believe that's what the kids on the World Of Tanks chat used to call "surprise butt secks"Originally posted by astralis View Post“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”Comment
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"OMG op arty hax nerf!!" or words to that efect...Originally posted by TopHatter View Post
Funy, when someone in game complains about "being hit repeteadly with arty" I usually ask them why they didn't move or take cover when spoted... guess that works in the real world too...Comment
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I had a PzIVH with the 10.5 cm leFH 18M configured with the fastest reload possible (crew stats, equipment upgrades etc) and got accused of using "hax" because the relatively rapid fireOriginally posted by jlvfr View Post
“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”Comment
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The age may account for a higher bomblet dud rate...the older the munition the higher the bomblet duds. Same for DPICM & FASCAM.Originally posted by astralis View Post
But still devastatingly effective!“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
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oOO nice!Originally posted by TopHatter View Post
I had a PzIVH with the 10.5 cm leFH 18M configured with the fastest reload possible (crew stats, equipment upgrades etc) and got accused of using "hax" because the relatively rapid fireComment
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Footage of ATACMs being launched in Ukraine:
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/111252055453217648
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/111251800423918630
Not sure if these are different angles of the same launch, but the first video shows only two missiles, and the second video shows three.
Abridged video of the aftermath:
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/111250539190371606
Longer version:
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/111250963716493914Last edited by Ironduke; 18 Oct 23,, 02:51."Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."Comment
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Did Putin just accidentally call the SMO a war?
At the end, he says, "война есть война", "voyna yest voyna", which means "war is war".
"Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."Comment
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Well I guess that's better late then never!Originally posted by Ironduke View PostDid Putin just accidentally call the SMO a war?
At the end, he says, "война есть война", "voyna yest voyna", which means "war is war".
That the man finally discovered that when it quacks like a duck, looks like a duck and tastes like a duck, it is a duck!!!When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. - Anais NinComment
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So informed opinion from me on why we are just now seeing ATACMS in the hands of the Ukrainians.
The explanation is pretty simple in my mind...the Precision Strike Missile has entered Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) meaning stocks of the future system (PSM) are backfilling the stores of ATACMS. Which makes ATACMS more and more excess to needs.
Don't think it takes any big brain thinking. I've seen this happen with Army system fieldings for other systems for over 30 years.“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
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