Were you really wondering?Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 2:05 pmI was wondering - it's Friday, have you been in the pub all day again
Having made a massive effort to not watch any news in a while I wouldn't know the answer to my question.
Were you really wondering?Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 2:05 pmI was wondering - it's Friday, have you been in the pub all day again
That bit at least is not hi-tech in the slightest - using sound.River unit didn’t see RU units, but was able to hear motor boats and report it immediately
Theoretically, you can get laser guided artillery, and you can mount fairly powerful lasers to drones on stabilized gimbals.Mito Man wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 12:01 pm At least the bridge crossing makes sense now. Originally I read that one battalion got blown up attempting to cross then then next day another battalion made the exact same mistake. Turns out it was just the same troops trying return.
This war is fascinating in terms of future warfare though. Seems like anything land based is a sitting duck with hundreds of drones all around, then it’s just down to out artillery-ing the enemy by having longer range.
I was chatting today to my friend who's a history & politics teacher, and whose knowledge of such things is vast, and he agrees that a military coup is looking increasingly likely. Russian senior officers have shown plenty of disregard for the lives of their troops but somewhere in the chain of command there's going to be some common sense and an appreciation that having *some* army left at the end of this is going to be a lot better than having *no* army left.Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:50 am Re: ATMs and a run on Russian banks, this fits with what I've been thinking in the last 24h, that this will be ended internally, by popular protest and unrest at home and a tipping point within the army when enough Russian troops just say "no".
I realise you have more experience than I do, but isn’t the “infantry first” approach exactly what they did before tanks were invented and led directly to inventing armoured vehicles & tanks in the first place ? I’m thinking WW1.V8Granite wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 4:27 pm People are thinking too cleverly about the reason the invasion isn’t working.
Since the ability of destroying tanks was perfected with rocket propelled grenades, the single thing you never do with a tank is just drive it into unknown territory. You clear the way with infantry, from what I’ve seen they are doing nothing at all to clear the way.
Dave!