Posted on 05/07/2022 6:38:33 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
A 'hero' Russian world champion in an international tank warfare competition was killed when he was sent by Vladimir Putin into a real battle in Ukraine.
Bato Basanov, 25, from Buryatia, was in a record-breaking tank biathlon team that performed last year in war games in front of defence minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the army general staff Valery Gerasimov.
But his conflict ended in death when his tank was hit in Ukraine.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Okay:)
the difference btwn a oneway and both-ways rifle range...
Negative. You NeoCons got the Russians beat by thousands of deaths, trillions of dollars, and several Forever Wars.
> its easy to see why tankers would rather destroy their own tanks rather than face actual warfare <
Along those lines, by late 1944 the Allies had pretty much perfected anti-submarine warfare. German U-boats were being sunk at a great rate, and it almost became suicide for those boats to go out to sea. So at least some U-boat crewmen took to sabotaging their own engines while they were in port.
What a horrible waste of a promising young life.
> The war racket... <
It’s that, of course. But here’s another thing. The Navy loves their carriers because that’s where the promotions are. You get extra stars on your shoulder by commanding a carrier battle group. You don’t get them by commanding some supply depot somewhere.
This is, of course, nothing new. A hundred years ago the exact same thing could have been said about battleships.
You don’t get do-overs in real war...
If you are to continue with dehumanizing
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So calling you what you are is de-humanizing? And occasion to make threats (which just happen to be against FR policy)?
How’s your warm milk?
Your cookie supply holding put?
How does the internet signal get through the safe room you live in at FSB HQ?
The term for sending young and even highly competent soldiers into battle is “cannon fodder”.
This meat grinder war is turning into a real test of grit and determination. And the Ukraine under Zelenskyy has more grit and determination than the Russian Federation under Putin.
What threats? What am I?
Daily Mail? I guess the old adage is true: there’s a sucker born every minute! 🤣
Actually, it’s on NATO, the EU, and the US State Department. They’ve been warned for years now.
Don’t worry about the name calling and over-the-top rhetoric. It’s all they have left when they can’t debate the facts. 🤣
The “elfs” are above debate.
Seriously? The Young Putineers have called me a warmonger, motherf*cker, and a fag for the crime of opposing Putin’s aggression. So get off your high horse.
It’s all fun and games until the real bullets start flying.
And they’re being dealt with like pests.
Hey, how’s that Black Sea fleet doing?
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Oh stuff it.
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