Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

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kage69

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In stop-action, it looks like the drone went straight for the top-side gunner's puckered ass. Kudos to drone pilot. He deserves a new washer that the orcs probably ripped off from her/him and a week off from duties. Hopefully there was a trailer behind the rectum wrecker to go after the cabin crew. Poor bastards.

It kinda looks like it takes a hit right before impact.

Rectum? Hell it probably killed the guy.
 

fskimospy

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I'd like to see that explanation to the commanding officer.
I have a pretty good guess as to how it goes:

1) Tank crew -> immediate commander: 'we drove into a tree'.
2) Immediate commander -> battalion commander: 'our tank was ambushed by partisans and during the fight hit a tree.'
3) Battalion commander -> brigade commander: 'our tank was ambushed by partisans, killed them all, but was damaged in the fighting.'
4) Brigade commander -> division commander: 'our tank singlehandedly routed a Ukrainian division but a crashing airplane it had just shot down damaged the turret.'
5) Divison commander -> whoever else: 'we have conquered Ukraine.'
 

K1052

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I have a pretty good guess as to how it goes:

1) Tank crew -> immediate commander: 'we drove into a tree'.
2) Immediate commander -> battalion commander: 'our tank was ambushed by partisans and during the fight hit a tree.'
3) Battalion commander -> brigade commander: 'our tank was ambushed by partisans, killed them all, but was damaged in the fighting.'
4) Brigade commander -> division commander: 'our tank singlehandedly routed a Ukrainian division but a crashing airplane it had just shot down damaged the turret.'
5) Divison commander -> whoever else: 'we have conquered Ukraine.'

MOD official statement: Hero tank crew of Mother Russia destroys 6 HIMARS, a Patriot Missile battery, and an aircraft carrier but damages barrel in the process.
 

trenchfoot

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I have a pretty good guess as to how it goes:

1) Tank crew -> immediate commander: 'we drove into a tree'.
2) Immediate commander -> battalion commander: 'our tank was ambushed by partisans and during the fight hit a tree.'
3) Battalion commander -> brigade commander: 'our tank was ambushed by partisans, killed them all, but was damaged in the fighting.'
4) Brigade commander -> division commander: 'our tank singlehandedly routed a Ukrainian division but a crashing airplane it had just shot down damaged the turret.'
5) Divison commander -> whoever else: 'we have conquered Ukraine.'


More true than not I'd wager.

In meme mode I went with "The fascist Nazi tree was making threatening gestures at me so I had to take immediate and decisive action against it."
 
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Indus

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Wow! Not one actual push up. And just look how proud he was . . . like some short bus kid suckered into thinking he's won the Olympics.

This should be seared into our minds for the rest of our lives..


Whenever some Russkie lover speaks negotiate with Russkies, let em have it right then and there!

Never give them a fucking inch!
 

Indus

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Yeah, this would be great. The bradley isn't a light tank (the BMP's basically are), but the Bradleys have better armor which is more important I think in getting infantry into a combat zone. Roll in tanks if you need tanks.

If umm sorry when the Kreminah defense line collapses.. those should come in really handy at pushing the Russkies back since the goal should be that the entire Russkie supply line should be in HIMARS range.

Right now the Kerch bridge only allows truck traffic, not rail traffic so that's hampering the Kherson region. If Kherson and Donetsk are both hampered.. Russia may need to mobilize sooner than later and it'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel!

Not sure how long those will last in the meatgrinder!
 
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K1052

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Yeah, this would be great. The bradley isn't a light tank (the BMP's basically are), but the Bradleys have better armor which is more important I think in getting infantry into a combat zone. Roll in tanks if you need tanks.

Their armaments would also draw on ammo supplies that are not under strain (25 x 137mm, TOW, 7.62 NATO). No spare parts crisis for mismatched or captured units like is a problem for the ex-soviet stuff either. At this point I think M60 tanks should be sourced and heavily upgraded since the Germans are not going to help out in this area. There are a number of upgrade packages that would turn them into quite capable units.
 

kage69

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Israelis helped with HARM, even though they wanted to stay out of it. Italy's Leonardo does it too, their A3 looks good and they're already supplying artillery and ammo to Ukraine.

Both? Both.

Fun fact: 25x137mm APEX from Nammo (made for F-35, quite nasty) works in the Bradley's Bushmaster, also an M242.
 
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kage69

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So that's how Viktor was killed, I hadn't heard. RIP hero of Ukraine and animals everywhere.

Vasquez must have taken it hard, he hasn't been communicating with the outside like he used to.

When a man knows he's near death, uses his remaining minutes to tell others to leave him, to get to safety... :cry: RIP Ivan.
 
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