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Old 17th Jun 2024, 15:39
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Not sure if he is telling truth about not knowing Ukraine at all or about war, but this is very telling how Africans can be lured into Russia and how they become a meat for Russian army. As he says – with that income he would be a king in Somalia. Poor folks, naive and lost.

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He's not Somali, and he'd automatically lie if asked what day it was.
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Old 17th Jun 2024, 17:42
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Re Nutty’s 11193, detailing the ratings on War Thunder for tanks various, I note there is no mention of the Chally. I appreciate that they aren’t exactly awash with them, but I’d love to know how they’re performing - anybody seen/read anything?
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Old 17th Jun 2024, 17:55
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Originally Posted by Flyingmac
He's not Somali, and he'd automatically lie if asked what day it was.
Yes, this guy is suspicious but I can imagine that Russian recruiters may lie to their prospects and offering such amounts of money can be very tempting for the poorest Africans. Putin needs bodies. Many bodies.
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Originally Posted by Canary Boy
Re Nutty’s 11193, detailing the ratings on War Thunder for tanks various, I note there is no mention of the Chally. I appreciate that they aren’t exactly awash with them, but I’d love to know how they’re performing - anybody seen/read anything?
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So that’s were crop circles come from.


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Ouch.

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Re the Challenger

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The problem is Challenger is fighting a mobile war, they were never designed for that, they were designed to fight hull down against advancing armour, their strength being in the upper armour and longer range gun.
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Ukraine having the same problem with Abrams and Chally as the Germans did in the same region with the Tiger 1 (and to a lesser degree with the Panther) and why the T-34 had a huge advantage over the terrain over there, outside of a small window after the summer sun had dried everything out.


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The problem is Challenger is fighting a mobile war, they were never designed for that, they were designed to fight hull down against advancing armour, their strength being in the upper armour and longer range gun.
Isn't that what's required against the meat waves?
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Isn't that what's required against the meat waves?
No. Armour is used to fight armour but is vulnerable to attacks by infantry with ATGW. Which is why armour is always accompanied by troops in IFV to protect their flanks.

I f the enemy isn’t using tanks themselves it better just to use artillery and mortars rather than endanger your own tanks which aren’t equipped with anti-personnel rounds.
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Old 18th Jun 2024, 17:02
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Originally Posted by Pali
Yes, this guy is suspicious but I can imagine that Russian recruiters may lie to their prospects and offering such amounts of money can be very tempting for the poorest Africans. Putin needs bodies. Many bodies.
and tragically that’s all they become
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Switzerland has broken free from the deadlock: The Security Policy Commission of the Swiss National Council has approved a proposal to allow the re-export of weapons to Ukraine - Blick

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The electronic warfare race.

“Most drones in this war are lost from electronic warfare fratricide.”

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/06/...-warfare-race/
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Ukraines latest future supply of anti air defence.

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This kind of rankles, the USA sort of giving Ukraine permission to attack Crimea to regain their OWN territory.

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Crimea’s ferry is up and running again, for how long is another matter.

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They never learn.

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Italy is sending another air defence system and more Storm Shadows

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