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Russia releasing "vintage" tanks to fight in Ukraine
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| October 13, 2022
| Jazz Shaw
Posted on 10/13/2022 10:57:18 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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But hey, all those "partially mobilized" old Soviet Red Army vets ought to be able to operate those museum relics, right?
To: Timber Rattler
Insanity. The EU is arming its Ukrainian mercenaries with the most modern weapons available. Russia can’t win.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:02:55 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Timber Rattler
The rockets that the west has been supplying Russia with this year ???????..............
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:04:52 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Timber Rattler; BenLurkin
Tanks, no matter whose, no matter what technology, are obsolete in today’s warfare................
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:06:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
What I find interesting is the inability to change tactics. Tanks are being slaughtered by inexpensive, easy to operate weapons. It’s not just Putin and his generals. It seems historically common. Like calvary or infantry charges against machine guns in WW I. Keep using failed tactics until you run out of cannon fodder.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:07:30 AM PDT
by
sjmjax
To: Red Badger
I’m guessing English isn’t the primary language?
To: Red Badger
Gee I was hoping I could buy on on E bay cheap.
To: Red Badger
To: oldasrocks
I don’t have anywhere to put it.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:09:43 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: Timber Rattler
To be used by the LNR/DNR as assault guns or death traps which ever comes first.
OTOH: 800 refurbished Belarusian T-72s go to regular troops.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:09:45 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Timber Rattler
I’ve driven a T-62. They can’t be that old ;-)
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:10:39 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Timber Rattler
I hope more and more Russians question serving the increasingly deranged Putin.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:12:55 AM PDT
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: Timber Rattler
I expected this. “If the Ukrainians have been able to wipe out that many modern tanks, how well do you think these “vintage” tanks will fare?” is a good question, but another question FOR ME is “if modern defenses are useless for the modern tanks, would the neo-Soviets pause to use ordinary tanks?”
There’s something to be said for sheer numerical superiority.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:12:56 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: Timber Rattler
Lots of entrepreneurial opportunities for Ivan once the troops get these...
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:17:02 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: BenLurkin
Insanity. The EU is arming its Ukrainian mercenaries with the most modern weapons available. Russia can’t win. The insanity is it will now take a $178,000 Javelin missile to knock out a $10,000 museum piece.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:17:19 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: dangus
The invaders had numerical superiority when they started this back in February.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:18:12 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: wally_bert
There’s a place in Brevard Coounty Florida where you can rent a tank by the hour and drive it around an enclosed area. IIRC, for an additional $1,500 you can even crush a car with it.
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:18:26 AM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: Timber Rattler
No KV-1s yet?
How about T-28?
To: Yo-Yo
Hyper-Sonic Missles! Game changer! They made Putin REALLY mad with his bridge getting dinged! Come to the negotiating table...WWIII is on the line!
Did I miss anything?
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:20:13 AM PDT
by
pburgh01
To: Magnum44
Well, yeah...
The good news for Putin is that Russian tanks have been critical in battlefield success in Ukraine.
The bad news is that they were being driven by Ukrainian forces. LOL!
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posted on
10/13/2022 11:21:14 AM PDT
by
dangus
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