Posted on 12/24/2023 12:20:02 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
https://twitter.com/region776/status/1740009961428746611
Mobnik training does not include EOD.
He was probably told to remove the obstruction so the tanks could get through.
- the Russian Foreign Ministry.
https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1740023156117770465
My guess is the Japanese Patriot missiles are early versions and are nearing the end of their shelf life.
Japan has received permission to manufacture PAC-2 and PAC-3 missiles under license.
Win-Win.
I tried to estimate the altitude and when we assume that the tree is 15m tall and the fact that the turret even left the frame then we easily exceed 100m.
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1740043709905846758
There is also a video at the link.
Mobnik training does not include EOD.
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Maybe not but when in the field, they get OJT on EOL
Newsweek was told after Kyiv shot down 5 Russian Fighter Jets near Crimea, over the Black Sea, and around Mariupol
A US 🇺🇸 source told Newsweek on Wednesday that it was likely Ukraine had indeed received its first F-16s
https://twitter.com/ukraine_map/status/1740050970153992623
It is likely true that the first couple F-16s have arrived in Ukraine.
However, the first couple of jets delivered are always used for maintenance training.
The jets are used to train things like engine removal and replace (R&R)...ejection seat R&R...LRU R&R...etc.
I doubt that F-16s are flying combat missions.
https://twitter.com/MissionArtist/status/1739760460642373922
I wonder how many 155mm shells can be shipped in a C-17.
Https://twitter.com/astraiaintel/status/1740054904788713767re
These will be flown by Ukranian pilots.
The planes will be painted in the Ukranian paint scheme.
Hopefully, they will be parked in shelters similar to the shelter below.
I wonder how many 155mm shells can be shipped in a C-17.
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C-17 cargo weight = 42,000 lb.The average weight of a 155mm shell (44lb) plus propellant charge (2.l b). Divide 42000/46=913 shells and propellant. Less because they are all packaged - so say 850 shells per C-17 flight.
Which is why this stuff comes by ship and is distributed by rail.
Hopefully, they will be parked in shelters similar to the shelter below.
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Even more hopefully, the runways are swept clean.
Hopefully, the ship from Japan docks in Harwich, England, where they get paperwork for follow-on shipment directly to Rotterdam.
Note: 44 kg not pounds
The FOD issues associated with the F-16 are well known.
Hopefully, sufficient equipment to sweep the primary runways, divert runways, and highway landing strips are also being provided.
FOD walks should be accomplished several times a day.
Hopefully, the ship from Japan docks in Harwich, England,
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No transshipment involved. Load once, unload once:
Port of Bremen, Germany, and from there direct by rail to Poland, then to Ukraine.
Thought 44 lbs was light, but I was in a hurry, which is why I posted the graphic so you’all could check my numbers.
It makes your point that that artillery shells can’t be moved in quantity by aircraft.
The logistic train for any mechanized army is roughly half the weight is fuel, a quarter is artillery ammunition, and the remaining quarter is everything else.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1740124103263306191
“catapulting the turret into the next dimension.”
Good one!
“The average weight of a 155mm shell (44lb)”
Kilos, not pounds. Its about 100 pounds a round. Artillerymen get a serious workout.
“for some reason I don’t remember that scene”
It is part of the “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” scene, shortly before the Wicked Witch of the West shows up to spoil the party.
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