1. paulobrito

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

    The nations that hate Russia are the Anglos - because they are adversaries. Or in the words of one American president - because Russia is too strong, too rich, too big, and too independent. The EU are just US vassals (at least the politicians), that are right now busy destroying their economies...
  2. paulobrito

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

    France or the crazy Macron? Exist a difference between what a nation thinks and a deluded ending term 'leader' regurgitates. The Baltics never counted. Finland switch position the moment they sense is dangerous for them.
  3. paulobrito

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

    The day after Germany broke from the US control, they ask Russia for commercial terms and conditions. The only doubt is how much time Germany needs to break free. Hint - is not going to be with the actual gov.
  4. paulobrito

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

    Zach, Zach, stop drinking what you are drinking. Is too strong for your body/brain. The so tired excuse that is always the guilt of the politicians is not working anymore. The EU? They are just waiting for an excuse to re-enact good commercial relations with Russia. Just ask Germany. Oh, wait...
  5. paulobrito

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

    LOL, nope. Only that the US uses and abuses lame excuses to exit conflicts that enter without any idea of why is in. And don't even convey adult excuses to exit. Just the US international 'life' in the last 70 years.
  6. paulobrito

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

    On that, we are in agreement. This is only going to end when the US - like in many other conflicts - throws the towel to the ground and invents some lame excuses to withdraw.
  7. paulobrito

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

    Continue to drink in your little propaganda, the reality of the frontlines don't care about your little dreams.
  8. paulobrito

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

    Funny, because today, said side is clearly winning. Maybe something is wrong with your side's propaganda?
  9. paulobrito

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

    Sure you can. If you are lucky with the first shots and destroy the sensors, after that you are going against a mostly blind adversary. Yes, you can't turret launch an Abrams, but you can kill it. You are probably talking about one of my older stories on alternatehistory.com.
  10. paulobrito

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

    As I said before, any tank/all tank class/variants in use in the world are vulnerable to arty, modern ATGMs, top attack weapons of all kinds, etc. So, no surprise. In a war that has a massive saturation of detection systems, as soon as the Abrams is deployed, is detected, attacked, and...
  11. paulobrito

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

    An F-15 is a much bigger/easier target than a drone/missile for any S-300/350/400/BUK.
  12. paulobrito

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

    Sorry to smash your wet dreams, but sending a hundred F-15 to Ukraine, before first defeating the Russian IADS is equal to losing them for no gain. The Ukraine war is nothing like the very easy wars that the USAF has done in the last decades. The best approximation - and that one is not the same...
  13. paulobrito

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

    I see you still believe too much in your propaganda. Just look at the WSJ for example - they started talking about containing Russia, not defeating it anymore. Even before October 7, NATO + Japan + SK couldn't produce enough ammo, and now, almost all US production + stocks are sent to another...
  14. paulobrito

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

    Right now the US is 'distracted' sending all its ammo to its rightful masters - Israel. Nothing is available for Ukraine. If you have any doubts, just ask why they want the EU to take the burden. And the EU can't send more - they are already at max production capacity. If anyone thinks that...
  15. paulobrito

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

    After the first year, is evident to anyone with two working neurons that that war is a disaster in the making. Just takes about 20 years for the powers that be to reach the same conclusion - that tells you a lot about the interests involved/their intelligence.
  16. paulobrito

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

    Yep, it is a better tank, but... Against arty, drones, minefields, and ATGMs by the dozen - not good enough to make a difference on this battlefield. And that applies to any NATO tank.
  17. paulobrito

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

    To be honest, any tank hit from that range on the side is going to be toasted. What is strange is that the T-90 'let' the T-64(?) get to that position.
  18. paulobrito

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

    Many, but there are many more in the theatre of operations. To be fair, no tank in service today is designed to survive top-down attack weapons. You can place any model you care and they don't survive much time in the Ukraine 'little' war.
  19. paulobrito

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

    And hardware alone doesn't win and tech alone doesn't win, etc. You need numbers, hardware, tech, information, and know-how (aka professional military with competent logistics behind) to win. And even then, the enemy has a vote.
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