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Old 03-22-2023, 04:27 PM
 
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I wouldn't be surprised if a Bradley could take out a T-54 with DU rounds from its 25mm gun.
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Old 03-22-2023, 04:31 PM
 
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Dusting off the good stuff... T-54s spotted on the move in Russia, a tank designed in 1945.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I3piGRE8LU&t=10s

Good thing they didn't make wires out of soy back in the 1940's!
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Old 03-22-2023, 06:14 PM
 
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Dusting off the good stuff... T-54s spotted on the move in Russia, a tank designed in 1945.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I3piGRE8LU&t=10s
Well, at least that's top of the line:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...epel-russians/
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Old 03-22-2023, 07:30 PM
 
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Dusting off the good stuff... T-54s spotted on the move in Russia, a tank designed in 1945.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I3piGRE8LU&t=10s
They need something reliable to tow the T-14 Armatas, I guess.

This is like playing "armor recognition bingo" for this 1980s soldier. I have a lot of the red ones checked - BTR-50P last week, that's a rare one - but there has so far been neither M41s, Centurions, Chieftains, M48s or M60s on the blue side of the scorecard. Kinda lopsided, somehow.
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Old 03-22-2023, 07:37 PM
 
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Well, at least that's top of the line:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...epel-russians/
What's amazing is that war has reached the sort of stalemate where a water-cooled HMG is even relevant. If you're repelling human-wave attacks, a Maxim is just the tool for the job. It is what it was designed to do. It's just that no modern army thought they'd be doing so in the 21st century.
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Old 03-22-2023, 07:40 PM
 
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Russia isn't in great shape but their citizens have resolve that western citizens simply don't.
"Russians are used to living on reduced turnip rations and vodka" is such a weird flex.
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Old 03-22-2023, 07:45 PM
 
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What's amazing is that war has reached the sort of stalemate where a water-cooled HMG is even relevant. If you're repelling human-wave attacks, a Maxim is just the tool for the job. It is what it was designed to do. It's just that no modern army thought they'd be doing so in the 21st century.
This would be an understatement.
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Old 03-22-2023, 07:48 PM
 
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ISW Update 3/22/23

https://www.understandingwar.org/bac...-march-22-2023

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Mar 22, 2023 - Press ISW

Russian forces conducted a limited drone and missile strike campaign in Ukraine overnight on March 21-22, indicating that Russian forces continue struggling with precision missile shortages. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces conducted 21 drone strikes targeting residential and infrastructure areas in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, and Odesa oblasts, and Ukrainian forces shot down 16 of the drones. Ukrainian officials stated that Russian forces struck two residential high-rise buildings in Zaporizhzhia City, killing at least one civilian and injuring 33. Russian forces conducted more intensive and wider-ranging strikes during the fall 2022 air and missile campaign, suggesting that Russian forces may now be rationing their use of high-precision munitions for these strike campaigns or may simply lack the necessary munitions to sustain strike campaigns at their earlier pace and intensity. Head of the Ukrainian Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Forces Nataliya Humenyuk stated that the Russian missile strike threat remains high but that Russian forces would likely only conduct a limited campaign.
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Old 03-22-2023, 07:57 PM
 
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They need something reliable to tow the T-14 Armatas, I guess.

This is like playing "armor recognition bingo" for this 1980s soldier. I have a lot of the red ones checked - BTR-50P last week, that's a rare one - but there has so far been neither M41s, Centurions, Chieftains, M48s or M60s on the blue side of the scorecard. Kinda lopsided, somehow.
I'm wondering if we will see any swords or Long Bows??
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Old 03-22-2023, 08:30 PM
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I'm wondering if we will see any swords or Long Bows??
Didn't one of those reports say some of the Russian conscripts were using shovels?
A la Stalingrad where the back lines were to get their weapons from those killed in front of them. Russians lost over 1.1 million at Stalingrad. Axis lost about 800,000.
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