I would have asked for a third minute of silence for future Russian soldiers.
I like this one. 
He complains that Russian generals led by the “cretin” Gerasimov are burning through armour at a rate that Russian defence plants can’t withstand.
If true, when the newly acquired hardware is fielded by Ukraine, the war is going to progress very fast. Zelinskyy has already stated the he thinks whey can win this year. Should be an interesting spring and Summer.
It amazes me that Girkin hasn’t fallen out a window yet.
I’m guessing that he knows that old trick and is sticking to the ground floor and turning down any offers of tea.
according to the formerly somewhat well respected Seymour Hersch, Russia has yet to put any of their main forces in
Ukraine and all its allies are also burning through
ammunition at rates that their defence industries can’t withstand.
True.
But I am optimistic about the west solving this problem first.
Reminds me of that old Rocky and Bullwinkle skit:
- Nothing up my sleeve…
- Presto!
Funny.
Even back then the bad guys (Boris and Natasha) were Russians.
Russian Troops Given Unusable Shells as Ammunition Shortage Hits (newsweek.com)
When one side runs out of ammo, the battle lines can change quite quickly. Particularly if that side is already suffering from low morale.
technically, they were from Pottsylvania
The refurbished from storage T-62s and upgraded T-72Bs are being sent to the front with ancient optics - thermal sights from the middle 80s. Western tanks and APCs (Bradley Fighting Vehicles and the Swedish model CV 90 outrange the Russian tanks 3000 meters to 500 meters. The same shooting gallery as in Desert Storm and Iraq II.
Similar disease to Bruce Willis I’m guessing. Or straight out creeping dementia - dude hasn’t been right for the last two decades.
But how many tanks does each side have? Desert Storm was over in a couple weeks.
This is going to take a year or more, even if Ukraine does eventually win, and that is not assured.
From what I’ve seen,Ukraine is only receiving a few dozen tanks being sent from a couple European countries. With a battle front that’s 400 miles long., it is not going to be like Desert Storm.
Ukraine is fielding inflatable HIMARS decoys to draw Russian missile attacks. The decoys are made in the Czech Republic, which supplies thirty five of the inflatable rocket launchers per month.
The attacks aren’t on a front this large. Intelligence will determine a soft spot ( lightly defended, new conscripts, active partisans operating in the rear …); the armor, IFVs will punch through and roll up rear echelon forces and flanks. A rout ensues (that’s the plan) and your forces capture land, equipment, prisoners. This to the extent of exhaustion of your own troops and supplies. This will happen at a single point or involve multiple actions and feints.
Armor forces are nearly equal with all the russian losses. They are also spread out over the same front. A major breakthrough with combined motivated forces is what current Ukrainian training emphasizes.
You should read up on the tactics Ukrainians used in the successful rout in the northeast earlier. Not so much armor, but intelligence factors and speed/mobility.
Add in internal lines, effective communications and motivated forces. Plus HIMARS.
What the heck is that article? It’s supposedly about a video about the inflatables going viral, and it doesn’t have a link to the video, and a story about a Czech company supplying Ukraine for a war against Russia is in the “Americas” section of the site. And one of the other featured articles on that site is about “Zelenskyy risking nuclear Armageddon to satisfy his ambition”.
And then the enemy, in blue, will undoubtedly pursue, for that’s what you depend upon an enemy to do.
The link in the article is to a Twitter post:
During WW2, the USA made 47billion rounds and something on the order of 8 million tons of artillery shells. In Four years. If we want to , we can make all the ammo Ukraine could ever possibly use, and still have huge piles in the USA. That is just the USA.
We are expanding our munitions production, and can make as many as needed.
As was linked before-
To meet that demand, the Scranton plant is undergoing a massive expansion, fueled by millions of dollars in new defense spending from the Pentagon. It’s investing in new high-tech machinery, hiring a few dozen additional workers and will eventually shift to a 24/7 schedule of constant production.
The Army is planning a 500% increase in artillery shell production, from 15,000 a month to 70,000, according to Army acquisition chief Doug Bush. Much of that increase will be fulfilled by the Scranton plant, which makes a large share of the country’s supply of artillery shells.
Across the US, munitions factories are increasing production as fast as possible. A Lockheed Martin plant in Camden, Arkansas, is cranking out a series of rockets and missiles, including those used by the Army’s Patriot missile system – all of which are in high demand in Ukraine. Bush told reporters in January that the Army was standing up a new plant in Garland, Texas to make artillery shells, while an existing plant is being expanded in Middletown, Iowa that loads, packs and assembles 155 millimeter shells.
As was said before in WW2;
