1. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    As amusing as your comment is, I actually suspect that Regulations require a sentry. Or the guard protects from theft/vandalisation/saboteurs. The absolutely useless camouflage netting is also probably due to Regulations.
  2. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Russia and Italy - pre-Napoleon, during the national aspiration trampling invasion by imperialistic French I Republic, Tsar Paul sent internationalist aid to the freedom loving Italians. These Russian volunteers under the always-victorious Suvorov fought in Venetia and Lombardy. The wonders of...
  3. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Why, to steal our women, of course! What I find interesting is that the map used is Ukrainian.
  4. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    The lack of blood and body parts is indeed strange. My thoughts went to deaths caused by overpressure - or summpin' like dat.
  5. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Cute that the Polish general highlights the prevailing (?) Polish attitude towards baldness - shave the remains.
  6. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Speaking of T-55 and other antiques - almost 9 nine years ago the T-14 Armata was unveiled - with hype of how uber and metal it was, and that Russia would have thousands of them soon ...
  7. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Hmm - Weight? In an era of easily available tractors should not be a factor. The M114 should use standard NATO ammo. I suspect it was the bother of having a (small) battery of unique weapons ... maybe no spare parts for them? Antiquated sights? Lack of manpower to man such guns? Like you said...
  8. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Such "all stock must go!" warehouse clearing has been ongoing since 2022.
  9. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    I never learned if she completed that project, but a fellow SoB player had plans to put sunbathing bikini girls on her Rhinos :)
  10. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    What I find fascinating is Russia having such stuff in running condition ...
  11. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Hits do not correct terminology make. Most modern field artillery are gun-howitzers, that's true. For one female relation everything pre-1900 was "mortar" :) As she was showing me the sites of the city where that part of my family lives, she was terrified that this could involve me asking to...
  12. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    NATO expansion into Scandinavia has joined the chat .... :) Considering that Churchil was a perenial fuckup it is incredible that he ended up as revered as he is ... Back to topic - my uninformed opinion is that the 2014 and 2021 conflicts forged Ukraine as a nation. This killed all (?)...
  13. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    And no wonder - I wanted to write twenty and not two years. The dog internet ate the zero. Nice graph - over the 12(?) illustrated years the navigation season swings between c. 85 and c.15 days. Not something a business can be build around :)
  14. Buba

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Maybe. Possibly. Nobody knows. As of today the North-East Passage still is NOT a viable route for large scale maritime traffic. The warming may continue, may stop, may regress - all are equally possible. The Vilkitski Strait can be navigated - with icebreaker assistance! - for 30 days on...
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