"Quiet, Yankee hegemon! We have Austwayan intewests. You go now."
Posted on 04/28/2022 4:15:06 AM PDT by GonzoII
The Australian government has responded to appeals by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia for providing heavy artillery weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as the war intensifies in Donbas. “We need some heavy weaponry – we need jets, we need tanks, we need productive vehicles, we need heavy artillery, we need offensive weapons. We need some real stuff,” said the Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, during an event hosted by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on April 26.“We are there in the trenches for your people basically – because if we fall, the consequences we’re going to see globally will be enormous,” Myroshnychenko further said while emphasizing the importance of the defense of Ukraine for defending the values of freedom and democracy.
The appeal came on the backdrop of Russia intensifying its military offensive in Donbas which has raised the need for more tanks and mobile artillery for the Ukrainian armed forces to take on the Russian mechanized battalions.
So, Australia has agreed to send six M777 155mm lightweight towed howitzers and howitzer ammunition to Europe in response to the urgent plea by the Ukrainian Ambassador.
….snip The M777 is said to be 41% lighter than the 7,154 kg (15,772 lb) M198 howitzer it replaces and it has become the benchmark for 155mm Lightweight Towed Artillery Systems. It is used by the ground forces of Australia, Canada, India, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and the United States.
The howitzer is equipped with a 39-caliber barrel and provides a maximum firing range of 24.7 km with standard rounds and 30 km with EFRB (Extended Range Full Bore) rounds. It can also fire the M982 Excalibur GPS-guided munition, which allows accurate fire at a range of up to 40 km….
(Excerpt) Read more at eurasiantimes.com ...
"The howitzer can be towed by an air-braked 4×4 vehicle greater than 2.5 tons. The maximum towed road speed is 88km/h and the towed cross-country speed is 50km/h."
I guess the government likes defending corruption.
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Hey Aussies, China is moving in next door to you.
Maybe that’s a bit more important…
Putin is a tyrant, but globalists are worse for the world.
Soon there will be no freedom.
Engage in misinformation, locked bank account.
First technology made our lives far better.
Soon it will keep a boot on our necks.
So, is it ok to invade a country as long as its’ leaders are corrupt?
Why do we always get sucked into European wars. None of our damned business.
Yep. And you will love the boot that steps on your neck!
America plays by that rule..
Soon, some Archduke, somewhere, will be shot and then it’s off to the races.
Ask Khadaffi.
CoupFlu, Part Deux.
Whatever.
Damn Serbians…
The Russian Bear need a thorough paddling, lest their expansionist dreams continue. They need to be disabused of their delusions of grandeur. This has been a long time coming (I'd say: Since 1945; Afghanistan was apparently not sufficient for them to "get their mind right").
(I'd prefer a complete neutering, of course, but that is not feasible at the moment, so a paddling will have to suffice.)
If the Ukrainians are willing to perform this unpleasant chore for us, then I say: Help them!
Since the Russian leadership was stupid enough to stumble into this self-inflicted catastrophe, then they deserve to get everything coming to them!
Regards,
“We” want to control the entire world.
"Quiet, Yankee hegemon! We have Austwayan intewests. You go now."
War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
Russia can’t even take a couple regions friendly to them.
You think they’re going to expand further.
Look at NATO and it’s expansion.
Globalists are winning, not Russia.
“Our” side has the money, weaponry, and people.
It’s possible both sides suck.
I wonder if two Drug Narco Cartels in Mexico got into a War which ONE the USA would support..?
I’m sure our spooks have supported some nasty people in Central and South America.
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