Here we go again-Ukraine once again

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by UglyMowgli

Nope. France doesn't train pilots to fly the M2000 but on SERE in case of ejection.

I made search after having seen the video and I thought that Pravda UA was reliable source.

Markus

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by UglyMowgli

Nope. France doesn't train pilots to fly the M2000 but on SERE in case of ejection.

For those not knowing it:

Survival
Evasion
Resistance
Escape

training.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I made search after having seen the video and I thought that Pravda UA was reliable source.

Markus

Ukrainian media also have a job of boosting the morale. They tend to exaggerate when it comes to reports about Western support.

[Skybird]

In German media it gets reported that the Ukrainians have destroyed a full Russian brigade near Bakhmut. The fleeing survivors made room for Ukrainian advances in the Bakhmut area.

The advance is not so relevant, but the high Russian losses are. And the fleeing survivors will not help to boost morale in the Russian camps further behind.

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Total combat losses of Russian Federation since beginning of war - about 196,920 people (+610 per day), 3,740 tanks, 3,053 artillery systems, 7,287 armored vehicles. INFOGRAPHICS

As noted, the total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 11.05.23 are approximately:

personnel - about 196,920 (+610) people were liquidated,
tanks - 3740 (+4) units,
armored combat vehicles - 7287 (+12) units,
artillery systems - 3,053 (+14) units,
MLRS - 557 (+2) units,
air defense systems - 310 (+2) units,
aircraft - 308 (+0) units,
helicopters - 294 (+0) units,
UAVs of the operational and tactical level - 2627 (+3),
cruise missiles - 970 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0) units,
motor vehicles and tankers - 5984 (+10) units,
special equipment - 391 (+2). Source: https://censor.net/en/n3417611

[Skybird]

The UK is to provide the Ukraine with Storm Shadows.

It is air-launched and has a range of 250 km, is hard to detect due to very low flight profile and uses an infrared seeker for the terminal approach on target. It has a 450kg warhead, and is build with stealth technology. Its warhead is designed to penetrate and destroy hardened concrete structures and bunkers. Wikipedia says it can penetrate 6-9m of conctrete wall and can reach targets dug in up to 6m deep.

Pity about the Samova.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The UK is to provide the Ukraine with Storm Shadows.

It is air-launched and has a range of 250 km, is hard to detect due to very low flight profile and uses an infrared seeker for the terminal approach on target. It has a 450kg warhead, and is build with stealth technology. Its warhead is designed to penetrate and destroy hardened concrete structures and bunkers. Wikipedia says it can penetrate 6-9m of conctrete wall and can reach targets dug in up to 6m deep.

Pity about the Samova.

Heard about it earlier today-My first thought was...Goodbye Kerch Bridge.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The UK is to provide the Ukraine with Storm Shadows.

It is air-launched and has a range of 250 km, is hard to detect due to very low flight profile and uses an infrared seeker for the terminal approach on target. It has a 450kg warhead, and is build with stealth technology. Its warhead is designed to penetrate and destroy hardened concrete structures and bunkers. Wikipedia says it can penetrate 6-9m of conctrete wall and can reach targets dug in up to 6m deep.

Pity about the Samova.

I believe Wikipedia would have been more accurate had they quoted 2-4m.

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The UK is to provide the Ukraine with Storm Shadows.

It is air-launched and has a range of 250 km, is hard to detect due to very low flight profile and uses an infrared seeker for the terminal approach on target. It has a 450kg warhead, and is build with stealth technology. Its warhead is designed to penetrate and destroy hardened concrete structures and bunkers. Wikipedia says it can penetrate 6-9m of conctrete wall and can reach targets dug in up to 6m deep.

Pity about the Samova.

Storm Shadow Missiles are already in Ukraine https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/11/p...ine/index.html

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by ET2SN

We also "know" that Russia has an infinite amount of cold war hardware. There just aren't enough trains to bring it all to the front lines.

Think about it, the Russian Air Force should have had a field day and a romp above Ukraine. Why didn't that happen?

Russians have an infinite amount of Cold War hardware, yep, but they’ll need a considerable amount of work (months) to get them back into good running order. The American and British tanks were knocking out Iraqi T-55s from 23 kilometers against a Leopard or a Challenger if it’s a one-on-one tank engagement, this old Russian hardware will lose every time. For the Russian Air Force, think they lack personnel to fly and maintain.

[Skybird]

As I said already days ago, Prigozhin has sort of overstepped red lines with his latest tirades in quite offensive, aggressive choice of words, the Kremlin sees him as a threat now.


https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/05...ign=2023-05-11


Personally I wonder what takes them so long. If I were Putin I would have showed him a room with a wide view already severla weeks ago.

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by Skybird

In German media it gets reported that the Ukrainians have destroyed a full Russian brigade near Bakhmut. The fleeing survivors made room for Ukrainian advances in the Bakhmut area.

The advance is not so relevant, but the high Russian losses are. And the fleeing survivors will not help to boost morale in the Russian camps further behind.

The Russian army units that escaped from Bakhmut have already been defeated twice in Ukraine. The 72nd Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, parts of which were defeated near Bakhmut, had already suffered two crushing defeats in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions. (Institute for the Study of War)

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Dargo

The American and British tanks were knocking out Iraqi T-55s from 23 kilometers

No. I do not believe that for even just a second.

What comes to mind when thinking "Abrams" and "23", is the Battle of Eastings where 9 AmericanM1A1s destroyed 50 Iraqi T-72 and dozens of APCs and IFVs within 23 minutes.

The longest recorded direct-fire kill-shot of as tank versus another tank, AFAIK, was a Challenger 2 in 1991, killings its foe over a distance of 5km, by direct fire.I take it that luck has a role in shots at such distances.

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by Skybird

As I said already days ago, Prigozhin has sort of overstepped red lines with his latest tirades in quite offensive, aggressive choice of words, the Kremlin sees him as a threat now.


https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/05...ign=2023-05-11


Personally I wonder what takes them so long. If I were Putin I would have showed him a room with a wide view already severla weeks ago.

Prigozhin does not attack Putin directly Putin is dividing responsibility between the rival factions in his military Prigozhin outbursts are part of a long-running spat between Prigozhin and Russia’s top military. Wagner remains important to Putin Ukrainian military officials say that the group’s units are among their enemy’s most effective, not least because of their willingness to sacrifice men.