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2022-09-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Ukie flying under the wire.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-01 03:46|| 2022-09-01 03:46|| Front Page Top

#2 I recall back in the early 90s, the introduction of drones to the NTC. They learned quickly to kill the drones. Interesting that so many have failed to pick up the battlefield aspects of the tech.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-09-01 08:06|| 2022-09-01 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 For purists, indirect fire doesn't count.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2022-09-01 08:20|| 2022-09-01 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 For purists, it's the 50 meter kills that get the blood flowing.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2022-09-01 08:45|| 2022-09-01 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Ukraine rains fire on Putin's invaders: Drone footage shows Russian self-propelled gun and its crew destroyed and another patrol hit by artillery

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-01 08:51|| 2022-09-01 08:51|| Front Page Top

#6 The Gopher of Donetsk.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-01 10:12|| 2022-09-01 10:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Ukie flying under the wire.

RPG magnets.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-01 12:09|| 2022-09-01 12:09|| Front Page Top

#8 For purists, indirect fire doesn't count.

Indirect fire with a spotter? Twenty rounds? That's not a tank, that's self-propelled artillery.

Posted by SteveS 2022-09-01 12:25|| 2022-09-01 12:25|| Front Page Top

#9 This war shows the need for a tank or vehicle launched over the horizon precision munition. Something like an SDB II that is gun or rocket launched that is capable of finding the target when cued by a UAV, counter battery or SAR radar.

Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-01 15:31|| 2022-09-01 15:31|| Front Page Top

#10 No genuine Armor Officer would tout an indirect fire kill, let alone 20 rounds of HE. That's cannon-cocker, Red-Leg noise, the proof of it is the call-for-fire use of a spotter drone. Little better than H&I area fires with a lucky kill.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-09-01 15:50|| 2022-09-01 15:50|| Front Page Top

#11 When do they target Putie Poot himself, and will Hunter count as collateral damage?

Posted by AlanC 2022-09-01 16:06|| 2022-09-01 16:06|| Front Page Top

#12 Indirect fire with a spotter? Twenty rounds? That's not a tank, that's self-propelled artillery.

Tanks are self-propelled artillery, they just need actual ammunition for the task. I think the Russians and the Israelis have experimented with that sort of thing with varying degrees of success.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-09-01 22:30|| 2022-09-01 22:30|| Front Page Top

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