Ukrainian War Developments

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GodRektsNoobs

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RottenPanzer said:
i have criticized this video for it's bold claims by based on after combat photos of the T-72B3 but i'm still unsure regarding if my criticism are that correct or not, so i need a tank expert to confirm me of my doubtfulness

the video what i'm implying

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Side panels falling off is quite common for tanks after long periods of combat, especially if they are heavier armored panels.
 
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williamhou said:
As Russian advances has mostly stalled for the time being, it will likely take some time before significant military advantage is achieved if diplomacy fails.
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They are not stalled. There are daily advances in DNR/LNR despite it being fortified for years positions. Plus Mariupol situation do develop in Russian favor considering information that we get. IMHO after dealing with Mariupol there would be increase of pressure on Ukrainian forces in the East.
 
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Abominable said:
That's a very western centric view. Certainly Most of the worlds population in Asia, Africa, South America would be unaffected. Certainly not, either directly or indirectly. Why would civilisation collapse there, Modern civilsation as we know it let alone humanity becoming extinct? As I already wrote questionable but we still lack certainty You know all that stuff about nuclear winter is discredited? It's not, only the hyperbole version of it is. It will still be catastropic.

Scaled for the current world population it'll be the equivalent of the damage and loss of life that happened in WW2, but in an instant rather than over a few years. From direct impact in a limited exchange maybe, not with indirect casualties added in an all-out exchange.
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Let's stop here :)
 
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Insignius said:
Yet China fought Vietnam for over 10 years after '79. Long wars are a thing and even completely obliterated countries like Syria can sustain them. Keep in mind that China also had US support back in the day.

And also, the Cultural Revolution has no bearing upon China's ability to fight long attritional wars. If so, how do you call the sectarian free-for-all-violence that rocked the middle east to this day? Is that any better than the Cultural Revolution? Getting your head chopped off for saying the wrong things about Muhamad's 90th disciple's pubes is somehow better than struggle sessions? Keep it real, man. In global politics, nobody cares about your people's fragile fee-feels. And Deng Xiaoping's decision to invade Vietnam has shown this - since by modern twitter and weibo emo standards, he should have been sitting in his corner to cry about Red Guards crippling his son instead of thinking about how to defend China's geopolitical interests.
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The country was in deep trouble after the Cultural Revolution. The PLA was pretty much the only organization in China that has cohesion at the time and it was plagued with issues. One scene in the show 高山下的花环 that got burned into my mind is a soldier tried to fire an RPG toward a pillbox but turned out to be a dud. The soldier got gun down because of it. I think the explanation was the poor manufacturing during the Cultural Revolution. That showed how bad things were even for the PLA at the time.
 
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vincent said:
The country was in deep trouble after the Cultural Revolution. The PLA was pretty much the only organization in China that has cohesion at the time and it was plagued with issues. One scene in the show 高山下的花环 that got burned into my mind is a soldier tried to fire an RPG toward a pillbox but turned out to be a dud. The soldier got gun down because of it. I think the explanation was the poor manufacturing during the Cultural Revolution. That showed how bad things were even for the PLA at the time.
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Yes that was a very unforgettable scene to me, too. It was a 75mm recoiless rifle. That soldier was nicknamed as "Young Beijinger" (小北京) by his buddies. IIRC in the show he was son of a high rank PLA officer.
 
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