The War in the Ukraine

tankphobia

tankphobia

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typexx said:
Su-25s work in pairs, move sharply without slowing down, turn around in the air and launch missiles. Stormtroopers are shooting at the thermal traps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (APU), confusing the ukr air defense system.
The crews of the T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks study the weakest and most vulnerable places of the latest Western-made tanks supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by NATO countries, as well as hone their skills in fire training and control of a combat vehicle.
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I'm wondering about this additional anti-western tank training, shouldn't all crew members already be very familiar with this topic? NATO has been the main enemy that the Russian army had needed to prepare for since WW2 ended, why would Russian tankers not be trained on countering western tanks already?
 
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CMP

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I think that's what a lot of observers are failing to understand. High-end missiles are being reserved for targets with strategic value. Fuel/munitions depots, command centers, etc. Not for trenches, troop formations, armor, etc. They interpret this to mean that Russia is out of missiles. On the contrary, it means that Russia is reserving missiles for a contingency of direct NATO and US intervention.
 
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Tam

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UR-77 Serpent Gorynych aka Flying TNT, sent one right into a Ukrainian troop command post. This is in the Kremennaya front. The UR-77 is a mine clearance vehicle but here we're seeing it used as a direct weapon.


Ukrainian BMP-2 is firing, someone of the DPR sent an ATGM at it.


Home made suicide drone from Ukrainians. The term 'held together with duct tape' takes new meaning.


Compilation of recent Lancet strikes.


Admittance that the northern fronts are heating up.

 
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SolarWarden

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abc123 said:
What use of it if you have no means to find target and attack it with precision guided means?
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Sorta the point. Why have this huge air force and lead us to believe that they are a modern capable air force with interdiction, CAS, SEAD/DEAD capabilities when its obvious that is further from the truth.
 
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gelgoog

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The Russian Air Force was way more active in ground attacks in Syria despite having less aircraft there. The reason why this is not possible in Ukraine is the extensive IADS that Ukraine had from Soviet times including the S-300 and Buk. This means it is harder to spot targets from the sky with combat aircraft and perform high altitude bombing until those air defense assets are degraded.
 
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