Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022

Buba said:

I dedicate this post to all fans of "country X ISOTed to year ... " stories, where said country keeps on functioning more or less as normal.

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As recently as the 1980's, such things were much more feasible. Truly globalized supply chains are a much more recent thing; until the 90's, it tended to mostly be raw materials imports, and finished product exports.

LordsFire said:

As recently as the 1980's, such things were much more feasible. Truly globalized supply chains are a much more recent thing; until the 90's, it tended to mostly be raw materials imports, and finished product exports.

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Thanks again, Globalism, ya fecking cunt, for ruining all our ISOT fantasies!

Ukrainian Missiles Struck Targets in Crimea. Twenty three were reportedly killed including many officers and other important personnel. There's also rumors that Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces was there but there's literally no evidence that he even was in Crimea at the time, much less killed in the strike.



Reported Strikes on Ukrainian Forward Operating Bases by What is Suspected to be North Korean KN-23 Ballistic Missiles. There have been rumors and reports in recent days that North Korea was delivering Russian short range ballistic missiles.



Recent German Military Aid to Ukraine to Boost its Air Defense Includes drone detection sensors, two air surveillance radars, 120 IRIS-T Missiles and another Skynex SPAAG which are more advanced variants of the Gepards reportedly.



Also Military Expert (among other noted career achievements) Scott Ritter Visited Chechnya, Shaking Hands with Kadyrov himself.



This comes around the same time that Kadyrov apparently offered to exchange Ukrainian POW's for lifting of Western sanctions off of himself and his family.

Husky_Khan said:

This comes around the same time that Kadyrov apparently offered to exchange Ukrainian POW's for lifting of Western sanctions off of himself and his family.

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What a piece of shit, not even sanctions on Chechnya just on his family.

Buba said:

I dedicate this post to all fans of "country X ISOTed to year ... " stories, where said country keeps on functioning more or less as normal.

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Old pulpfiction trick - they survived thanks to Herculean Strenght of Will !

OSINT Analyst Ryan McBeth Analyses a Ukrainian Ambush of a Russian Armored Formation of Two Tanks and Two BMPs by Ukrainian Forces utilizing landmines, FPV Drones and Autocannon Fire near Kupyansk in Northeastern Ukraine.


Analysis of Ukrainian Grain Exports Since the Beginning of the War.



Covert Cabal Postulates How Many Ballistic Missiles Russia Would Need to Defeat Ukraine. He also goes into detail, with graphics, of how many missiles Russia has launched and how the recent missile attacks launched against Ukraine were some of the most intense of the War and likely required months of stockpiling.

Spoiler: It'll require a lot since hundreds have already been expended.



Twitter Thread Of a Ukrainian Service Member Talking of Operations Eliminating Russian Equipment in the Krnyky/Kherson Area Some Time Ago through the use of FPV drones, HIMARs rockets and bomber drones deploying landmines.


Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhniy gave a press conference on the upcoming mobilization of Ukrainian Forces. Stated 500,000 will likely be needed, not just to replace losses but to form new units and also to replace those soldiers who are going to finish their terms of service next year so training has to begin now.

Loss of a Russian A-50 Airborne Electronic Warfare aircraft and damaging of an Il-22 Airborne Command Center by Ukrainian Air Defense near the Kerch Peninsula and Sea of Azov.


Slight fragmentary damage on the damaged Il-22 Plane.



First documented destruction of a RB-109A Bylina electronic warfare system meant to debut in 2025 originally.



France to send Ukraine an additional forty SCALP/Stormshadow Cruise Missiles. They had sent Ukraine fifty of them earlier.



Ukrainian Bradley versus Russian BMP-2. One of the many, many, many Bradley Autocannon Military Porn Videos On the Internets. The BMP was reportedly already abandoned.



Informative Thread on Russia's Current Production and Importation According to Skibitsky, Deputy Head of Ukraine's military intelligence.

He states Russia produced two million artillery rounds in 2023 and imported another million from North Korea. They also manufacture 115-130 "strategic" missiles per month with 80% of their electronics mostly gotten through China but not sourced from China. 330-350 Shahed/Geran Drones can also be manufactured per month... with 4% apparently failing to launch, often exploding at launch. A thousand Russians or so enlist in the military, mostly motivated by the higher wages and are sent to replenish depleyed units or form reserve regiments.

Ukrainian Drone(s) Reportedly Struck an Oil Terminal in St. Petersburg, Russia, a target that required flying through much of Russian airspace for its estimated 1250 kilometer journey. Russia stated there was no damage and their air defense in the area downed multiple drones.



More Bradley Porn, this time of two Bradley's engaging a Russian T-90M Tank in fighting around Stepove in the Donetsk region. No turret tossing evident but there was turret spinning!





France to provide Ukraine a steady supply of munitions and long range fires in the coming weeks. This includes a reportedly monthly delivery of fifty A2SM Hammer stand-off bombs and the production off 78 Caesar Self Propelled Guns for Ukraine in addition to the earlier announced intention to deliver Ukraine more Scalp EG/Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

Husky_Khan said:

Ukrainian Drone(s) Reportedly Struck an Oil Terminal in St. Petersburg, Russia, a target that required flying through much of Russian airspace for its estimated 1250 kilometer journey. Russia stated there was no damage and their air defense in the area downed multiple drones.



More Bradley Porn, this time of two Bradley's engaging a Russian T-90M Tank in fighting around Stepove in the Donetsk region. No turret tossing evident but there was turret spinning!





France to provide Ukraine a steady supply of munitions and long range fires in the coming weeks. This includes a reportedly monthly delivery of fifty A2SM Hammer stand-off bombs and the production off 78 Caesar Self Propelled Guns for Ukraine in addition to the earlier announced intention to deliver Ukraine more Scalp EG/Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

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A Bradley can damage a MBT? The Brotherhood of Nod shall be pleased.

Anyway, if drones can penetrate that far into Russia, the Ruskies have a major problem on their hands.

Jormungandr said:

A Bradley can damage a MBT? The Brotherhood of Nod shall be pleased.

Anyway, if drones can penetrate that far into Russia, the Ruskies have a major problem on their hands.

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If you shoot the weaker optics and the such yes

Very interesting video about the T90 versus M2 clash. The tank - as stated by the commentator - was "in a bad place" - alone, being hit by drones, and facing two IFVs. Damage led to the whole crew (IMO wisely) running away.

Buba said:

Very interesting video about the T90 versus M2 clash. The tank - as stated by the commentator - was "in a bad place" - alone, being hit by drones, and facing two IFVs. Damage led to the whole crew (IMO wisely) running away.

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Death by a thousand cuts, basically?

Actually, I'm surprised no one in Ukraine has adapted one of its Bradleys or other fighting vehicles to have a smaller calibre cannon, e.g. a 75mm. I mean, we've seen all sorts of weird and innovative shit develop in Ukraine and the Middle-East because of either desperation/lack of resources, doctrine adaptation (e.g. anti-drone technicals), and "hodgepodge" hardware mixing/sourcing already.

I know real-life follows fiction, but if Ukraine began adding light cannons to their Bradleys, I'd stare in fucking disbelief.

Capability to would be a lot more difficult with western tech that they have no real way to fully repair or maintain.

I suppose the M2's are more useful "as given" then object of experiments. Also, there are not that many low MV and thus short recoil 75's about.
Maybe a heavily damaged example - but in running condition - could end up mated with a 73mm jobbie from the BMP-1?

Zachowon said:

Capability to would be a lot more difficult with western tech that they have no real way to fully repair or maintain.

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That hasn't stopped such... well, wackiness before, though.

Dazzled by my own genius I did some checking and found that the Bushmaster 25mm and the 2A28 Grom do weight more or less the same - about 115-120kg.


Look how much more space the 30mm cannon (admittedly much(?) more powerful than the Bushmaster) needs, hence I'd wager that a 73mm gun - IF they can salvage one from a wrecked BMP-1, almost certainly could be fitted, ESPECIALLY as the M2 has a two man turret. Hmm - will ask Wise People on another board about this ....

Jormungandr said:

Death by a thousand cuts, basically?

Actually, I'm surprised no one in Ukraine has adapted one of its Bradleys or other fighting vehicles to have a smaller calibre cannon, e.g. a 75mm. I mean, we've seen all sorts of weird and innovative shit develop in Ukraine and the Middle-East because of either desperation/lack of resources, doctrine adaptation (e.g. anti-drone technicals), and "hodgepodge" hardware mixing/sourcing already.

I know real-life follows fiction, but if Ukraine began adding light cannons to their Bradleys, I'd stare in fucking disbelief.

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Bradley has a good cannon for what it is already. Ukraine doesn't have bigger hi tech stuff like modern high velocity 75mm, and if they did, it would still fuck with Bradley's center of gravity.
They did however put 100mm Rapira guns on MT-LBs, turning them into WW2-like tank destroyers.

Buba said:

Dazzled by my own genius I did some checking and found that the Bushmaster 25mm and the 2A28 Grom do weight more or less the same - about 115-120kg.

Look how much more space the 30mm cannon (admittedly much(?) more powerful than the Bushmaster) needs, hence I'd wager that a 73mm gun - IF they can salvage one from a wrecked BMP-1, almost certainly could be fitted, ESPECIALLY as the M2 has a two man turret. Hmm - will ask Wise People on another board about this ....

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They wouldn't wanna do that. The 73mm is notoriously shitty, firing slowly and inaccurately. As in good luck hitting something smaller than a house beyond 500m. If anything they would want to make the switch the other way around.

The M2s did the right thing with their Bushmasters. Put fire on target, essentially suppressing the ability of the T90 to engage them. If they'd had the AT missiles M2s normally mount as well, one M2 would have been sufficient. Encounter at close range calls for the Bushmaster to suppress while the Missile gunner lines up a shot. Then see how high the turret pops.

Monk si right.
Standard Bradley engagement.
Shoot at anything fragile, be it turret ring, optics, barrel. What ever it must be.

Buba said:

Dazzled by my own genius I did some checking and found that the Bushmaster 25mm and the 2A28 Grom do weight more or less the same - about 115-120kg.

Look how much more space the 30mm cannon (admittedly much(?) more powerful than the Bushmaster) needs, hence I'd wager that a 73mm gun - IF they can salvage one from a wrecked BMP-1, almost certainly could be fitted, ESPECIALLY as the M2 has a two man turret. Hmm - will ask Wise People on another board about this ....

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Not calibrated for the weapons and the fact that it would make an already top heavy vehicle heavier.

Interview with the Bradley crew who took out the T90M

If you read between the lines, the gunner is a War Thunder player and remembered where the T-90's weak points were in game, and applied that knowledge to fuck the T-90 up with his auto-cannon.