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Ukraine Is Using UTVs to Combat Russian Tanks
UTV Driver ^ | 13 May 2022 | Jackson Cooper

Posted on 07/16/2022 10:22:11 AM PDT by CodeToad

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To: Noumenon

I don’t know, I bet a smaller missile would. That and a full auto light machine gun. They’d make that Grizzly growl!


21 posted on 07/16/2022 10:53:06 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: PhiloBedo

Its got to be over $47 billion by now.


22 posted on 07/16/2022 10:53:18 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! R)
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To: CodeToad

Nice idea. As long as it wouldn’t make it front end heavy. That 660 is a torque-y beast.


23 posted on 07/16/2022 10:59:15 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: airborne

[Its got to be over $47 billion by now.]


$2.44b as of July 1. $40b was appropriated in total, ~80% of which was *allocated* to civilian aid. Deliveries take time, and are at Biden’s discretion. Even with inflation, it takes a while to peel off that many dollar bills. Every new equipment or civilian aid announcement is coming out from that $40b. New aid amounts in addition to that $40b must be approved by Congress.

https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

As of 2018, over $50b a year was being spent on the War on Terror, mostly in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

https://www.cbo.gov/system/files?file=2018-10/54219-oco_spending.pdf


24 posted on 07/16/2022 11:04:41 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: CodeToad

The problem with ATGMs in Ukraine has been that the Ukrainians rarely get in range of a Russian tank etc until they have been pummeled with wave after wave of artillery fire.

The arty is directed by tactical drones flying at 10-15K’ which renders the UAF in their trenches pretty much naked.

Putting ATGMs on UTVs won’t change this equation much.


25 posted on 07/16/2022 11:06:31 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Granted, arty is 5 times the range of the small missiles, but swarms of UTVs might have a much better change getting into range quickly. I just thought this is yet another interesting adaptation of vehicle usage.


26 posted on 07/16/2022 11:13:48 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad

It would be nice if the guy could fit both legs in that vehicle, but it’s war. You make do.


27 posted on 07/16/2022 11:18:56 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: CodeToad

Shoot-n-scoot sounds good. I was officially a dragon gunner in the mid-1980s. That was a shoot-n-remain-seated-for-10-seconds-to-give-the-enemy-a-sporting-chance-to-kill-you-first system. Shoot-n-scoot is probably better tactics.


28 posted on 07/16/2022 11:25:16 AM PDT by Catholic and Conservative
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To: Paal Gulli

I knew a lot of Frenchmen who were fighting in Chad during that era, and they loved it, and they loved the higher pay of being in a combat zone.


29 posted on 07/16/2022 11:25:22 AM PDT by ansel12 ( Kill a Commie for Mommy, proud NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon.)
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To: CodeToad
Looks like a step up from Toyota pickup trucks.


30 posted on 07/16/2022 11:35:19 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: for-q-clinton

mini Halo Warthog.
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They still will not have any effect on Vlad’s murderous artillery. If you haven’t noticed, Vlad has switched tactics, the last Ukie soldier’s interview stated they are now never able to even see a Russkie and are constantly falling back from the artillery, all their casualties are from artillery and lack of medics.


31 posted on 07/16/2022 11:35:29 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

New developments, the words from the Serbian President, the Ukie war cheerleaders will not be pleased. Serbia remains neutral in this current clown show.

https://files.catbox.moe/0wa6ij.mp4


32 posted on 07/16/2022 11:43:59 AM PDT by delta7
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To: Big Red Badger

Polaris Ranger UTV’s are great for work and fun.
I used a professional Construction model on my 60-acre property for 17 years. Dragged logs, used ATV attachments to cut grass, disc, and plowed snow and hauled deer from the woods. Good all-around vehicle.


33 posted on 07/16/2022 12:33:25 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Big Red Badger
What’s the Best Deal ?

With or without the Stugna ATGM system?

34 posted on 07/16/2022 1:39:06 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: CodeToad

Toyota Wars in Africa. Lots of various technicals.


35 posted on 07/16/2022 2:03:59 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Well,with the missiles the price will probably double.


36 posted on 07/16/2022 2:26:40 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

I’m more a Shoulder Fire
Kinda Guy.
Pass!


37 posted on 07/16/2022 2:28:00 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: CodeToad

I’m sure we can get you a good deal by equipping it with some less expensive missiles, perhaps on e-bay.


38 posted on 07/16/2022 5:10:59 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Man, that’d be great! I kinda went broke with all the custom electronics and all, so cheap rockets would fit the budget.


39 posted on 07/16/2022 5:48:47 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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